The timeless C3
Drifting
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From: Columbus MN
My wife and I drove our Corvette to church last Sunday morning. A yellow C5 convertable with a black top was at the near end of the short row and our dark blue metallic '80 was at the other end of the row.
Family with a few young kids walked by the yellow C5 towards our '80. As they got close to our '80, the 8-10 year old girl pointed at ours and said with certainty, "Now ttthhhere's a Corvette."
Comment like that from kids really make me smile.
Family with a few young kids walked by the yellow C5 towards our '80. As they got close to our '80, the 8-10 year old girl pointed at ours and said with certainty, "Now ttthhhere's a Corvette."
Comment like that from kids really make me smile.
Pro
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Albuquerque New Mexico
I'm not so sure that one is that much better than another to the point of where you get to stand on top of the hill all by yourself. They're all cool and I can appreciate each one for different reasons. It's funny though cause I'm a "chrome lover: by nature and think that the Mustang, Camaro & other muscle cars looked worse as they swapped chrome for plastic with newer models but when it comes to the Vette design this doesn't apply in my book. I think it looks great and classic with the chrome bumpers but in all honesthy when you put a '68 next to an '82 they just both look awesome to me. I wouldn't change either a bit.
Drifting
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From: Baltimore MD
, they look the best of all the c3's (wow im going to get a lot of hate mail for that) they look..well...right, like that's how a vette should look. there only flaw is they did not have a option for a big block. what's so great about having chrome bumpers? oooo, ahhh, B.F.D.edit
if you where wondering, B.F.D. - short for big f'en deal.
Burning Brakes
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From: Hazerswoude-Rijndijk Zuid Holland
I love one of the episodes of stargate SG1, where they go back in time and a C3 passes by. Colonel Jack O'Neill say's "They never should have changed that car" priceless ;-)
Burning Brakes
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From: Chichester, UK
Administrator
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, they look the best of all the c3's (wow im going to get a lot of hate mail for that) they look..well...right, like that's how a vette should look. there only flaw is they did not have a option for a big block. what's so great about having chrome bumpers? oooo, ahhh, B.F.D.edit
if you where wondering, B.F.D. - short for big f'en deal.
Melting Slicks
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From: Lincoln CA
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Racer
Joined: Sep 2007
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but I'm not picky, I have an appreciation and love for all vette's. If I had the money, I would own at least one from every generation. I would love my rubber bumper cars as much as I would love my chrome bumper ones.
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Winnipeg
ANY C3 is awesome... IMO.
I drive an 1980(l-82)
Back to thread, I was driving my Vette last weekend and a few teenagers crossed the street and as I passed by them I hear one say "Now THAT'S a car!" put a smile on my face...
I drive an 1980(l-82)
Back to thread, I was driving my Vette last weekend and a few teenagers crossed the street and as I passed by them I hear one say "Now THAT'S a car!" put a smile on my face...
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: San diego ca
one of my fave things to do is take my vette to my nephews little league game. At the end of the game the parents throw a picnic for the kids. I bring the vette quite alot to these events, I think by now each kid on the team (and a few from opposing teams) have gotten a ride around the block, gotten to sit in the drivers seat, crane their necks to look over the dash and make vroom vroom sounds while pretending to saw back and forth on the steering wheel.
Every one of these boys thinks the corvette is the shiznit
Every one of these boys thinks the corvette is the shiznit
Racer
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I went out to eat with a few friends on last week. I had my Stingray (in need of paint) parked in between my friends custom trucks. While we were eating folks kept coming up and talking to me about the vette. My buddies couldn't understand.