Corvette model pecking order
03-19-2017, 09:10 AM
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This is what he said:
It's unclear what community he's talking about... the C3 or the Corvette community. I'm guessing the C3s, because then he proceeded to insult all other Corvette owners by calling them "mistakes," I assume using the title reference of the worst Corvette book ever.
Think I'll go out the the garage and wash my Mistake Split Window.
Can someone fill me in on these details so that my rubber bumper '81 and I will know our place in the community?
All that said, as far as I'm concerned, C3's are Corvettes - everything else is a mistake... :-)
All that said, as far as I'm concerned, C3's are Corvettes - everything else is a mistake... :-)
It's unclear what community he's talking about... the C3 or the Corvette community. I'm guessing the C3s, because then he proceeded to insult all other Corvette owners by calling them "mistakes," I assume using the title reference of the worst Corvette book ever.
Think I'll go out the the garage and wash my Mistake Split Window.
03-21-2017, 02:11 AM
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This is what he said:
It's unclear what community he's talking about... the C3 or the Corvette community. I'm guessing the C3s, because then he proceeded to insult all other Corvette owners by calling them "mistakes," I assume using the title reference of the worst Corvette book ever.
Think I'll go out the the garage and wash my Mistake Split Window.
It's unclear what community he's talking about... the C3 or the Corvette community. I'm guessing the C3s, because then he proceeded to insult all other Corvette owners by calling them "mistakes," I assume using the title reference of the worst Corvette book ever.
Think I'll go out the the garage and wash my Mistake Split Window.
03-21-2017, 02:15 AM
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When I bought my first Corvette in 1976, it was a 396 convertible. Why? It was the cheapest Corvette in the want ads, at $2500. Nobody wanted convertibles, and the "mid years" as they called them, were yesterday's news.
Back then, the "late models," which is what the 68-up cars were called, were the cool kid on the block, with the newest the coolest. My first late model was a '68 convertible, again because it was an affordable $3500.
In my neck of the woods, the newest rubber bumper cars were the most desired, until the advent of the C4. Then the C3 cars became considered long in the tooth and criticized because of their ridiculously long model run (14 years).
Later the 68-72 chrome bumper cars re-established the model preferences.
03-21-2017, 02:46 AM
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This is what he said:
It's unclear what community he's talking about... the C3 or the Corvette community. I'm guessing the C3s, because then he proceeded to insult all other Corvette owners by calling them "mistakes," I assume using the title reference of the worst Corvette book ever.
Think I'll go out the the garage and wash my Mistake Split Window.
It's unclear what community he's talking about... the C3 or the Corvette community. I'm guessing the C3s, because then he proceeded to insult all other Corvette owners by calling them "mistakes," I assume using the title reference of the worst Corvette book ever.
Think I'll go out the the garage and wash my Mistake Split Window.
Perhaps the old school smilie :-) I prefer to use is to subtle....
Having said that, for me, C3's are the only corvettes, and I will not apologize to you or my C7 driving wife... :-)
03-21-2017, 06:55 AM
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03-21-2017, 01:50 PM
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Well the silly comment was a play on the book title "All Corvettes are Red - Everything Else is a Mistake".
Perhaps the old school smilie :-) I prefer to use is to subtle....
Having said that, for me, C3's are the only corvettes, and I will not apologize to you or my C7 driving wife... :-)
Perhaps the old school smilie :-) I prefer to use is to subtle....
Having said that, for me, C3's are the only corvettes, and I will not apologize to you or my C7 driving wife... :-)
Mike caught it, I know that comment about non red cars is from that book, but many people think its the title.No need to apologize. Some people think 68-72s are the only C3s. To each his own.
03-21-2017, 06:25 PM
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When I bought my first Corvette in 1976, it was a 396 convertible. Why? It was the cheapest Corvette in the want ads, at $2500. Nobody wanted convertibles, and the "mid years" as they called them, were yesterday's news.
Back then, the "late models," which is what the 68-up cars were called, were the cool kid on the block, with the newest the coolest. My first late model was a '68 convertible, again because it was an affordable $3500.
In my neck of the woods, the newest rubber bumper cars were the most desired, until the advent of the C4. Then the C3 cars became considered long in the tooth and criticized because of their ridiculously long model run (14 years).
Later the 68-72 chrome bumper cars re-established the model preferences.
When I bought my first Corvette in 1976, it was a 396 convertible. Why? It was the cheapest Corvette in the want ads, at $2500. Nobody wanted convertibles, and the "mid years" as they called them, were yesterday's news.
Back then, the "late models," which is what the 68-up cars were called, were the cool kid on the block, with the newest the coolest. My first late model was a '68 convertible, again because it was an affordable $3500.
In my neck of the woods, the newest rubber bumper cars were the most desired, until the advent of the C4. Then the C3 cars became considered long in the tooth and criticized because of their ridiculously long model run (14 years).
Later the 68-72 chrome bumper cars re-established the model preferences.