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Sometimes the Forum is depressing
Team Owner
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From: Reno Nevada
2024 C3 of the Year Finalist- Modified
I feel your pain. I spent nearly two years under water on submarines.
This is going to be a lean Christmas for the wife and daughter because I just bought the TKO 600 and change over from an automatic tranny. I had to break the news to them until I spend another $3000 on race wheels and tires that we might not even have Christmas this year!
This is going to be a lean Christmas for the wife and daughter because I just bought the TKO 600 and change over from an automatic tranny. I had to break the news to them until I spend another $3000 on race wheels and tires that we might not even have Christmas this year!
Safety Car
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From: Raleigh NC
Originally Posted by gkull
I feel your pain. I spent nearly two years under water on submarines.
This is going to be a lean Christmas for the wife and daughter because I just bought the TKO 600 and change over from an automatic tranny. I had to break the news to them until I spend another $3000 on race wheels and tires that we might not even have Christmas this year!
This is going to be a lean Christmas for the wife and daughter because I just bought the TKO 600 and change over from an automatic tranny. I had to break the news to them until I spend another $3000 on race wheels and tires that we might not even have Christmas this year!
I doing a lingerie shoot as I write--I'll pose her in a submarine ballcap just for old times sake...
Burning Brakes
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From: Tyler Texas
Post the submarine cap photo of Nova so that our depression will go away--at least for awhile--or e mail it to me. The Doll House photo of Belina may be too much for us--but post it or e mail to me anyway, I will take a chance that it may temporary ease the depression.
Le Mans Master
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From: Michigan
St. Jude Donor '15
First, thanks for your service. As for time to work on your vette, hey - do what you enjoy most. Some folks seem to enjoy working on them more than driving. Others will put off work to drive their car and call it a survivor. 
Safety Car
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From: Raleigh NC
Originally Posted by Patrick73
Post the submarine cap photo of Nova so that our depression will go away--at least for awhile--or e mail it to me. The Doll House photo of Belina may be too much for us--but post it or e mail to me anyway, I will take a chance that it may temporary ease the depression.
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From: Bloomington MN
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Don't worry about it. You've been on the forum long enough to know that there are a few guys here who make more money than you or I. Owning a Vette isn't about keeping up with the Joneses....it's about having a car you like. 
Melting Slicks
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From: Salinas Ca.
Originally Posted by A C
Don't worry about it. You've been on the forum long enough to know that there are a few guys here who make more money than you or I. Owning a Vette isn't about keeping up with the Joneses....it's about having a car you like.
Instructor
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From: Virginia
Most importantly, thank you for your military service. Imagine, if it weren't for our military, we would be speaking a different language and there would be no Corvette.
Thanks to those that have served in our military.
Travis
Thanks to those that have served in our military.
Travis
Team Owner
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From: Reno Nevada
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Nice looking lady!
It's so nice to be young! I have the same kind of pictures with my 79 Vette when i bought it new. The 1980's had just come out on the the lot. The window price for my one of 5 of the 79 L-82's was something like $12,984 dollars as optioned for a L-82. The 80's were out so I told the guy would you take $10,000 of the lot Tax lic......... all you BS. I drove away after i handed him the money.
It is just like buying the new Z06 right now. Because back then i bought a house in Las Vegas Nevada on a 1/3 Ac. with a swimming pool for $112,000 in 1980
Just look at it. Right now in Vegas. Nice place with swimming pool. Z06 $75K House now $700-800K
It's so nice to be young! I have the same kind of pictures with my 79 Vette when i bought it new. The 1980's had just come out on the the lot. The window price for my one of 5 of the 79 L-82's was something like $12,984 dollars as optioned for a L-82. The 80's were out so I told the guy would you take $10,000 of the lot Tax lic......... all you BS. I drove away after i handed him the money.
It is just like buying the new Z06 right now. Because back then i bought a house in Las Vegas Nevada on a 1/3 Ac. with a swimming pool for $112,000 in 1980
Just look at it. Right now in Vegas. Nice place with swimming pool. Z06 $75K House now $700-800K
Melting Slicks
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From: Fairport NY
Mines taken 9 years to get it where it is today. In that 9 year period there was a 2 year break when my son was born and we had some medical issues. Patients and you'll have the vette you've always wanted.
Race Director
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Originally Posted by Cali,68,L-79
Just sharing. But sometimes watching people spend $15K just on the drivetrain upgrades and another 20-30K on the body-off just kills me. I'm 3 weeks from a 6-month deployment and have had zero time to do anything to the Vette nor can afford anything considering the major upgrades to my house (vette comes in 2nd). Have had the 68 since Nov 03 and probably have done less to it over 2 years than what most of you all do in a 3-day weekend. I feel like I need to retire just to have time to get to the Vette. Vette Brakes if your listening you can have my car for 2 years of promotions if you throw all your slalom suspension gear on it. 
I'm heading off to 7-eleven to buy a lotto ticket. 
I'm heading off to 7-eleven to buy a lotto ticket. 
Team Owner
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From: Huntersville NC
whenever I find myself slipping into neighbor envy (and it does occasionally happen) I just think how boring it would be to just buy everything your little heart desires. I would be even more bored if I weren't working. If you had all the money in the world and just bought the perfect complete car what fun would that be? But if you had all that moola and were actually working on your car people would think you were an a-hole for not paying someone else to do it. So I end up happy where I am! 
CF Senile Member
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From: Central Plains
St. Jude Donor '08
I understand completely. I sold my Corvette's (75 & 77) because I felt I didn't have the time or money to enjoy them. I waited 20 years (got my kids raised and educated) before I owned another one (1963 coupe). Keep your head up - be proud of what you are doing. It will work out in the end. I spent 20 years in the Army, and know what your are feeling.
Safety Car
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From: Raleigh NC
Yep, this shoot reminded me a whole lot of my Navy days.
Nova kept sampling the product--GoldSchagler--and got really drunk. My fault, models don't eat a couple of days before a paid shoot, so, by the time I realized this, and that I needed to put some food into her, she had passed out. So, I carried her into the house and put her into bed. She was then sick. Yuck!
So, pretty soon you'll be hitting those ports of call and having to deal with drunk buddies--have fun! Make it an adventure!
Nova kept sampling the product--GoldSchagler--and got really drunk. My fault, models don't eat a couple of days before a paid shoot, so, by the time I realized this, and that I needed to put some food into her, she had passed out. So, I carried her into the house and put her into bed. She was then sick. Yuck!
So, pretty soon you'll be hitting those ports of call and having to deal with drunk buddies--have fun! Make it an adventure!