Corvette SSX

I was at one of my favorite spots the other day taking pictures of the 82 when a couple of kids ride by on their bikes. They cruise past a couple of times but never say anything. Finally, one stops at the back of the car and I hear him read "Corvette". Then he goes over to the other one and says "it's a Corvette". The other one replies with "Wow, the new Vettes are awsome." C3's are truly timeless.

76 Shark

That's :cool:

Kids LOVE C3s. Heck, EVERYONE loves C3s :yesnod:

WA 2 FST

This is just like a story I've shared here before. When I pick my son up from school its the '69 vert that gets more attention than the Z06. Now, I am surprised as many of these grade-school kids even _know_ the difference b/w a Z06 and the coupe/vert C5 (and they do!)...but the C3 just stops the bicycle traffic, if you know what I mean. :)

Fevre

Was talking with some of my neighbors about my cars and everyone said they thought I had sold the vette (or blue one if they didn't know what it was) when I bought the Formula but all where happy to hear I didn't. People just love a c-3 even if they don't know what it is. :)

Alwyn678

Older vettes always attract more attention newer vettes are a dime a dozen. Very nice but everywhere

desi

Last weekend I was washing the Vette and a mother with her 5 yr old walks by....the kid says "look mom, it's a Mustang". So I start laughing....the mother corrects him right away and tells him it's a Corvette. His reply: "WOW that's even better than a Mustang, we should tell Dad to buy one of those".

Shows that even at 5 yrs of age, they know what's better... :chevy


:party:

mrvette

Even with a basically 15 year old paint job, custom though it is/was....I get more stares than most any other car from age 6-60, all the time stopped and looked at, parking lots, streets, kids on bikes, adults....I sort of got used to it over the last 7 years....

Yeh, you right, it used to **** off an old vette friend, with his ZR1, here he had the faster car, but I got the car show attention....

GENE

68shark

True!! Young kids (pre teens) seem in awe when I drive by, like it looks like some kind of "toy car" but they just aren't sure what! Always get the "thumbs up" and a "nice car!". The fact they may not know the year/make but do know it's "cool" is what counts! I get a kick out of their reaction!

mrbeaubo

The cool thing about owning an old vette at 17 is that everyone loves them, your fellow students AND your teachers ;)

NHvette

Well, MINE do !!!! :p:

And, apparently my kids' friends parents do, too !!
I have a parts car in the driveway. No front clip, no bumper in back, no
Ttops, with a car cover and then a tarp over it.
Parent asks my wife, "Is that a Corvette ??"
Kim says, "Yeah, but the good one is in the garage."
(jealous look from parent)

HAHA - they are POSs - but still draw envy.
:seeya

Tominator

It's one of the joys of owning one, it doesn't seem to matter if their 101 or 5 it gets the looks.

jrzvette

:iagree:

I get as many "thats beautiful" and thumbs up from people in their 70's as I do from younger kids.

Fasteighty

:withstupid:

Captain_Kaboom

I drive thru like 6 school zones on my way to work. Kids love older vettes.
Guys pointing at the car out of the school buses, yelling "now that's a cool car", and "wow I am going to have a car like that.." I know it's just kids, but it makes you feel good. I remember doing that when I was a kid, too.

I think it's because the C3's body is just so dang distinctive, and just screams "total sports car". Nothing else like it. I never got those kinds of comments with my C4.

Black Snowman

I hate you all ;)

One day I'll have a shark too. I'm just not very good at waiting.

MotorHead

I had the day off last Friday and happened to drive by a public school at 3:30 when they were getting out, nothing gives me more of a kick that an 8 year old little girl stopping dead in her tracks on the sidewalk, her jaw drops wide open and points her finger a my Vette as I drive by.

gdh

[QUOTE] her jaw drops wide open and points her finger a my Vette as I drive by [QUOTE]

..umm Wayne in reality they were point you out from the last Crimestoppers video that was just shown. :rofl:

1Bad69

:lolg: ..oh man...did you walk into this one... :jester

BigBadRed

I think the sharks are the only ones that get attention the way that vipers do. My wife and I grew up in the c-3 years. Even after having the zr-1 and the 76, the first time she saw a c-2 she did not know it was a vette.

pillowmeto

im 17 and when i fist took my vette to school, a month or 2 ago, a few of my teachers had to come see it along wiht all my frinds, and eveyone was asking if that was my white car or stingray or that wierd car or that nice car or that old car, no one ever said the word corvette but my frinds. everyone just say stingray and said h then its s stingray, never heard of one but ok. on guy, my age, asked me if that was white ferrari in the parking lot, i was somewhat offened cause i dislike ferraris.

MAtt