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Years ago, I was on patrol at about 03:30 a.m. I was following a white C3 that was going about 15 mph over the speed limit with the T-Tops removed. I flipped on the reds and blues and they pulled over to the shoulder of the highway. I walked up to the passenger side and noticed the couple was in their 40's, were smiling at each other, holding hands and they were both completely naked. The wife made a spontaneous statement that their kids were out for the weekend and this was something they always thought would be fun to do. I advised them to drive safely and have a good morning. I almost asked the husband what he was running under the hood, but was afraid he might, out of habit, jump out and show me.
I get comments/questions all the time. Just the other day a guy said "move it! Your blocking the pumps" Then there was the time the drivethru girl wanted to know if I wanted fries. One time a cop pulled me over just to ask if I knew how fast I was going. I love the attention
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I have been accused of being a poser! That's ok, I still grin ear to ear, not many people get that enjoyment out of driving a car. on my 80, the left front fender is wavy. At a car show someone asked who the hell did the body work on this. I asked what he was driving, he pointed to a rusty Dodge van, I just shrugged! Don't like doing that, but he just ticked me off. Don't forget to wave!
A few weeks back I drove the 77 to the golf course and parked next to a C7. After my round the C7 was still there and a kid I guessed to be about 17 was driving a Lexus SUV and stopped and commented on how cool he thought my car was. He went on to say that between mine and the C7 that he'd rather have mine. Nice kid.
I guess it's where you go and what type of crowd . I had a 69 Camaro convertible fully restored black with factory four speed . Beautiful car but I get far more positive comments with my present 72 Corvette Convertible at the cruises. My wife used to say " I thought Camaros were supposed to be so popular " ? Myself , I have a lot more fun with the Corvette. Years ago a Camaro was considered to be a grocery getter , second car for the wife . They still don't do anything for me so I sold it !
I agree that a same year Corvette should be higher in the automotive hierarchy than a Camaro but I ain't seeing it in the Ozarks. My guess is that many more people have some sort of direct connection to Camaros than Corvettes and the responses are based on memories. Also I think people have gotten used to seeing clapped out steel cars from the 60s so a shinny one seems more special than a nice plastic car. Now that I think about it the '66 Mustang I drove for a few months got more comments than the old Camaros.
I have been getting the shouted-out "69??" inquiries at the traffic lights.
And so far, I've been resisting the temptation to respond "Sure! What's your number?"
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I live on the 49th parallel, on the Canuk side. I was crossing the border into Washington. The officer, in his early thirties, eyeballs my 81 and says, "everyone needs a project"... ouch...:-)
I have been getting the shouted-out "69??" inquiries at the traffic lights.
And so far, I've been resisting the temptation to respond "Sure! What's your number?"
I wish people made comments about my car, but I just don't think people have much to say. I have those darn open sidepipes with that 427. Some people point and move their mouths like they are trying to talk, but I can never hear them making any sounds... strange.
Of course if you can hear them it probably means you are at too low an RPM.
After downshifting from a high rate of speed, a black female cop pulled up alongside and hollered at me, above the whumpity whump of my loud sidepipes, "What year?" and "It's beautiful!"
This dude came alongside and hollered "Nice car!" Then he sped up to the next light, stuck a movie camera out his window and filmed me coming alongside.
Sitting at an intersection, I heard several horn honks. This wrinkled old lady two lanes over was giving me a thumbs up. That will get your heart pumping, especially with my wrinkled old face!
A few weeks back I drove the 77 to the golf course and parked next to a C7. After my round the C7 was still there and a kid I guessed to be about 17 was driving a Lexus SUV and stopped and commented on how cool he thought my car was. He went on to say that between mine and the C7 that he'd rather have mine. Nice kid.
A few weeks ago a C7 and my 68 BB convert were going along in traffic in adjacent lanes. When we stopped at a red light next to each other, I pointed to the C7 and yelled "nice car" to the driver. With a peculiar look on his face he replied "I'd rather have yours". He may have been thinking about his car payments. Mine's paid for.
I normally get a thumbs up when driving my C3, but C3 cars are pretty common around here so it does not cause a big stir. I get funnier comments when driving my C7 though. For example, A guy in a suburban asked me: How do you keep gas in that thing. (C7 gets close 30 MPG on the highway, the Suburban, not so much)
My favorite is "if I had one of them thangs it would have to be one of the old ones." Then they talk about their Uncle Clem who had a 63 that would blow my C7 off the road. They then crawl back in their old beat up Honda with the funny looking exhaust can and drive away with smoke belching out the back.
I used to get the "Is that a big block?" all the time with my 80. I guess the larger small block sounded big through the 3" pipes.
I got pulled over by a cop one morning and I was thinking now what? He came up said good morning. I have a Corvette too and just wanted to check yours out. He proceeded to asked what was in it and other questions.
The night I bought my 75 Convertible I drove it through downtown Minneapolis. The Zombie Pub Crawl was going on. There were hundreds of drunk college age kids on the streets. The guys would all yell, "Do a burnout" or "That car is sick!"
I had girls run out on the street and take selfies with the car. I had one girl come up and open my door and ask if she could ride with me. I said sure, you just have to ask my wife first, she's in the car behind me.
The funny thing is the car looked like a clown car to me at the time. Not my taste at all. Back end was jacked up, a fake roll bar, trumpet shaped exhaust pipe extensions, and a Mr Gasket scoop sticking through the hood.
Mike
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I had a Harley pull up beside me at the lights. Guy looks over giving me a thumbs up and says that's the first time he has not heard his loud pipes beside another vehicle.
I usually get the what year is it? since the new paint job i get "Nice Blue Color".
Best one i ever got was at Taco Bell, chick at the counter says, is that one of the corvettes with the metal hood? I said no i am pretty sure they are all fiberglass, She said the fiberglass one catch fire don't they?
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The late Great George Jones would have posted this comment in this thread:
"I stopped off at the Quicksack
For some beer and cigarettes
The old man took my money
As he stared at my Corvette
He said, I had one just like her son
A nineteen-sixty-three
Till the man down at the
Bank took her from me
Oh, She was hotter than a two-dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean, every young man's dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handle, son
I'm glad that you dropped in"
The last time I filled up with gas, two young guys - late teens to early twenties - came out of the gas station and talked to me the entire time I was pumping gas into my '77.
They asked all sort of questions about the car.
Both kids shook my hand and thanked me for showing them my old Corvette.
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One comment I get quite often is, "how fast will it go?" Mine has a four speed and 3:70. So I usually say "about a hundred". I guess C3s just look fast.
One time I had just got in my car to move it forward in a car show registration line when I guy pulls up in his pickup and rolls the window down and says nothing. My car has just a mild rumble when started, so I fired it up, shrugged and said "sorry that's all it has". I'm sure he was expecting to get his windows rattled.
I get the "what year all the time. Even when I have the show plate on the front end that says 1977.
