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Old 01-12-2012, 01:26 PM
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It was 1965 my dad gave me a 1961 I was 15, rich kid NO dad owned a used car lot there was catch He said: tires INS repair all on you, sold it two years later brought a 65 roadster. I have over the years owned restored way too many to remember. I have one problem with the new Vette owners turn their nose up at one of my old Vettes took two years to restore it's look at me I got a new Vette no I got a check book, that attitude turning me off .Just saying ..

Thanks dad ,I have learned how to work on a Vette .I got this ..
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21 back in 1993
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23. So long ago. Sigh....
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I was 24.
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33... but spent the previous years playing with f-bodies. Just hadn't pulled the trigger on buying a Vette when I was wheeling and dealing f-bodies so cheaply.
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Got my red '86 coupe with 80K miles on it when I was 17. Had that for about 6 months before trading it in for my current black '94 coupe.
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34, back in 1997.
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at 53.......never too late to have a happy childhood.....
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16, back in October 2011.
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First & so far only at 42. Wouldn't mind getting another someday! (C3 or C6 to compliment my C4).
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Age 17. 1969 Coupe 350/4-speed.

Have owned approx. 45 of them so far.

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37 sadly ...but it was worth the wait!

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Last year at the old age of 25. Loving everyday of it.
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41. Too much life got in the way before that.
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Bought a C5 a few days before my 26th birthday. As I grew older and wiser, I got into C4s. bought my first ZR-1 when I was 30, my second ZR-1 when I was 31.


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