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Old Nov 29, 2016 | 09:27 PM
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That was my 72, 40 years ago stored out behind the barn. Nowadays my 73 vert. sleeps in a heated garage .
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Old Nov 29, 2016 | 10:17 PM
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Caught out in the Blizzard of 78!
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Old Nov 29, 2016 | 10:18 PM
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Lol, my 73 Camaro used to sit outside under a cover during the MI winters. Until I did a restoration and bought a home with a garage.
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Originally Posted by jrdestar
That was my 72, 40 years ago stored out behind the barn. Nowadays my 73 vert. sleeps in a heated garage .
Times change and it sounds like for the better.
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Ed where do you live that looks like my house in Ohio in 1978 blizzard.
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Hi Ed,
Now THAT'S what DRIFTING is!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Ed Harrow


Caught out in the Blizzard of 78!
Hi Ed,
Even in Greenbay we don't get snow like that anymore!
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Old Nov 30, 2016 | 08:55 AM
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The fun starts getting them dug out!
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Were you late, after digging her out. to get to cruise night?
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Wow, I have shorts and flip flops on today. Even ran the A/C in my truck this morning on the way to work...
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Wow, I have shorts and flip flops on today. Even ran the A/C in my truck this morning on the way to work...

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Originally Posted by jrdestar
Hi Ed,
Even in Greenbay we don't get snow like that anymore!
LOL, we, mostly, don't either but:



A snow bank 20 ish feet deep (street to hydrant) and over 6' high. (By snowplow) This was 2014, a spectacular winter. Last Winter, nothing.
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How many vehicles are in this pic?


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I was driving a '71 Challenger in 1978 the day of The Blizzard. I actually called in sick and when I woke up later in the day the snow was a couple inches from the roofline of the Challenger sitting in the driveway. And my Dad had gotten stuck on Rte 128 outside Boston. Ugh.

Yesterday I took the '69 for a drive seeing how it was 57 and very sunny. It was so friggen cold I pretty much turned around in 5 minutes, washed the car, parked it in the corner of the garage with the battery cut off and put it to bed for the winter. Goodnight, 2016.
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C3 and C4 ready for winter naps!
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jrdestar,
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that's a beautiful car
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So funny, I look forward to winter so I can drive an old classic with broken A/C!
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Old Dec 1, 2016 | 08:22 AM
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hi neighbor
that's a beautiful car
Thanks JR73, I was only 19 and had a blast with it, but then a wife , baby became a priority and my first corvette became a house. But I still got the pictures.
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Originally Posted by Vettebuyer6369
I was driving a '71 Challenger in 1978 the day of The Blizzard. I actually called in sick and when I woke up later in the day the snow was a couple inches from the roofline of the Challenger sitting in the driveway. And my Dad had gotten stuck on Rte 128 outside Boston. Ugh.

Yesterday I took the '69 for a drive seeing how it was 57 and very sunny. It was so friggen cold I pretty much turned around in 5 minutes, washed the car, parked it in the corner of the garage with the battery cut off and put it to bed for the winter. Goodnight, 2016.
What brand is that blue car cover?


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