I need Help! 93 Corvette
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I need Help! 93 Corvette
This is my first post on this thread and I am 15 yrs old. My parents are my idols, especially my father. We both have a love for Corvettes, but my dad 's love is fading for his 1993 corvette. In 1995 when my dad was 24 years old, he purchased a 1993 quasar blue corvette from Blasius Chevrolet in Connecticut in Janurary of that year. In July of 95, he installed headers, tints, and zr1 rims with 315's in the rear on the corvette. I have been in this car every since I was born, I was even driven home from the hospital in it. In 2011,my family and I moved from stratford to shelton ct. It was parked outside for a few months and the power booster failed as well as the weather stripping in the car rotted away. When we moved to our new home, the corvette was parked in the garage and now has a hard brake pedal due to the power booster. With the problems with the car and my dad's fustration from work, he keeps telling the family he wants to sell the vette. I would be heart broken and need your help on keeping the car in the family and even restroing the car when I'm 24, when the car is going to be gifted to me by my parents, which would be in 2023, when the car is 30 years old. Please help me to help my father keep his car he has owned for 19 years.
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Brunswick Georgia
Life at 15yo
I would try to understand you fathers point of view. You could find a nice Vette later on in life, if your dad sells that Vette.
On the other hand, show your dad this website, let him view some of the many helpful threads and posts. ESPECIALLY, let him see your thread. If that does not work, please try to understand, this is a lesson in life, and let your dad do what he must...
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On the other hand, show your dad this website, let him view some of the many helpful threads and posts. ESPECIALLY, let him see your thread. If that does not work, please try to understand, this is a lesson in life, and let your dad do what he must...
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Pro
Joined: Jul 2012
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From: St. Petersburg Florida
Have you considered talking to your dad about turning it into a father-son project.
Tell him it would be a great opportunity for him to teach you automotive skills and for you guys to spend quality time together.
Tell him it would be a great opportunity for him to teach you automotive skills and for you guys to spend quality time together.
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Joined: Feb 2012
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Mans gotta do.....
Hey grasshoppa, sounds like you need to let Dad know your feelings and like an earlier post suggested point him here to this forum, I have only been a member since 2012 but I have gotten plenty of excellent advise and there are some really sharp motor heads on this site, on the other hand young man your Dad knows what he has to do if he is in a financial bind and the selling of the car can help his family out, you have to try and see it from his point of view because Dad's make hard decisions all the time and will sacrifice there wants and needs for there kids and spouses, you will be able to get another corvette as much as you may hate to lose this one as obviously you have a sentimental attachment but don't be to hard on Pops if he sells it as he has to do what he has to do, in fact give him your support if that is the way the wind blows and when you come of age and are pulling a pay check in drive up in your own vette and invite Dad for for a ride or throw him the keys and tell him to take her for a spin for old times sake, it will work out one way or the other..good luck
Melting Slicks
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From: Sacramento California
Don't take it personally kid. It is clear that your Dad selling the car would impact you, but his reasons for wanting to sell the Corvette have nothing to do with you. Just be honest with him about how you feel, but don't make any demands and try not to have any expectations. If it ends up gone, trust that it was not meant to be and there's another Corvette out there that you will enjoy more. Just be patient and enjoy life, have fun in your youth! It doesn't last forever. And life is not all about sports cars.
