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Old Dec 2, 2015 | 09:05 PM
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My 3 year old is in love with the C3... Everytime she sees the car in the garage or in a picture, she says.. CORVETTE!..

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Old Dec 2, 2015 | 09:10 PM
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Priceless!
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Old Dec 2, 2015 | 09:11 PM
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Yup... that`s how it starts!
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She can sit on the deck lid and wave to the crowd at her high school homecoming parade!
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Just wait it gets better, my daughter who is 5, named our 68, Belle- because she is pretty like a princess she tells me. God bless little girls!
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Old Dec 3, 2015 | 08:51 AM
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Awesome photo! She's adorable - and sitting in a Corvette just gives the photo a huge cool factor. That will be a fun one to share with her when she's older.
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Old Dec 3, 2015 | 10:18 AM
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That's a terrific picture! Good memories now and in the future.

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Too Cool!!! Awesome!! Don't you have like a 5 car garage?
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Originally Posted by coSPEED2
Too Cool!!! Awesome!! Don't you have like a 5 car garage?
I have a 27' x 24' 2 car carage for the daily drivers and a 42' x 21.5' 4 car garage, both attached at different ends of thouse.. i can probably fit 5 cars in the 4 car garage and 3 in the 2 car garage.. I'm in process on tiling the 4 car garage, so the C3 sits in the DD garage.. DD sits outside right now..






This is the 2 Car Garage..


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Love it! SO jealous.
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buy her a Barbie corvette for Christmas.
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Old Dec 3, 2015 | 05:51 PM
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buy her a Barbie corvette for Christmas.
Got to be a C3.. Not sure who sells C3 models..
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Originally Posted by midigike
Just wait it gets better, my daughter who is 5, named our 68, Belle- because she is pretty like a princess she tells me. God bless little girls!
Young girls are such a hoot. SWIMPAL was regaling me last night about 3 in her class - they were going to defeat the bad guys because, in their arsenal, amongst their several weapons, were rainbows!

What a cutie. Here's mine, some older:



Of course, the thing about girls is that they grow up to be women. Where they once were decipherable, in their adult phase there is no hope.
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Check e bay for corvette convertible in contemporary model cars..
You'll see a lot of fun ones from 1:18 to 1:64 scale..
The Greenlight die cast are some of the better small diecast corvettes..Johnny Lightning also.
UTC, Maesto, Franklin & Danbury mints some more expensive 1:16, 1:24 scale.
What year/model is your C3?..Jim
PS: My five kids are all grown..Three girls and two boys.44 down to 22yrs.

I got each of them Greenlight 1/64 scale diecast models that faithfully depict our C3 1978 Silver Anniversary Corvette..
Stocking stuffers for a smille so they can ALL say Dad & Mom gave them a Corvette for Christmas..



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Cute picture.
Enjoy it now because later you going to be sitting on the front porch waving at her going down the driveway in your corvette.
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Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
My 3 year old is in love with the C3... Everytime she sees the car in the garage or in a picture, she says.. CORVETTE!..

What year is your car? I've never noticed on the chrome bumper cars how you open the door with the little button. Is that factory?
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Originally Posted by havesometo
What year is your car? I've never noticed on the chrome bumper cars how you open the door with the little button. Is that factory?
It's a one year only feature.. 1968...
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Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
It's a one year only feature.. 1968...
Thanks I did not know that. Learn something new everyday.
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Originally Posted by jim in oregon
Check e bay for corvette convertible in contemporary model cars..
You'll see a lot of fun ones from 1:18 to 1:64 scale..
The Greenlight die cast are some of the better small diecast corvettes..Johnny Lightning also.
UTC, Maesto, Franklin & Danbury mints some more expensive 1:16, 1:24 scale.
What year/model is your C3?..Jim
PS: My five kids are all grown..Three girls and two boys.44 down to 22yrs.

I got each of them Greenlight 1/64 scale diecast models that faithfully depict our C3 1978 Silver Anniversary Corvette..
Stocking stuffers for a smille so they can ALL say Dad & Mom gave them a Corvette for Christmas..



, M
i will check, thanks..
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Here's a MicroMachines '68 white convertible on e bay..Pretty nice detail for a little die cast model..but not so spendy the gal couldn't play with it..
Think the convertible top comes off this one but ask the question..
You can paint the car together with the hood accents like yours for the little gal..Jim


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1998-Galoob-...YAAOxyJX1TCNT3


OR this one a Johnny Lightning that's yellow and could be a total paint job..This one has no convertible top..and interior is also the black color..Jim

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2005-Johnny-...oAAOSwAL9Ug3zb

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