How old were you when?
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From: Richmond Va.
I was 14. It was 1967. My dad managed the local Goodyear store. They had a 64/65 coupe in for service. We had to take it for a road test. From that time on I had to get me one.
It took till 1984 but I got one ,a 1961. Still have it and I just got a 2000 FRC.
It took till 1984 but I got one ,a 1961. Still have it and I just got a 2000 FRC.
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From: NEWTON NC
I was born in 1952, yet I was around five years old before I recall seeing my first Corvette. It was a Pennant Blue 1954 or 1955 going down the road in front of our neighborhood. It stopped me in my tracks because it was so different and so LOW. From that point on, I always paid attention to every Corvette I saw. Even though I was very young at that time, I had always loved cars. My parents said I could tell them what brand cars were when I was three or four years old. They assume I got this from watching commercials on TV because I couldn't read yet.
When I was in my first year of college, I made friends with a guy who had a Safari Yellow 1968 Corvette convertible. I used to ride around with him in that car with the top down and that is what sealed the deal for me. A few months later, I bought a Nassau Blue 1966 327/350 HP, 4-speed coupe. I've had them ever since and am now on car #13!
My signature says it all!
When I was in my first year of college, I made friends with a guy who had a Safari Yellow 1968 Corvette convertible. I used to ride around with him in that car with the top down and that is what sealed the deal for me. A few months later, I bought a Nassau Blue 1966 327/350 HP, 4-speed coupe. I've had them ever since and am now on car #13!
My signature says it all!
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From: Edgewater Md.
I was elevan years old when I sat in the first 1953 vette in Lustine chev . It was the coolest thing I had ever seen, I was sitting there in the drivers seat daydreaming when the salesman chased me & my friends out. Bummer.
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From: Norman Oklahoma - The Only State in the Union with no Blue Counties!
It was the summer of 1967 when I saw and later rode in my cousin's '67 silver and black 427 4 speed. I was 10 years old. 18 months ago I finally realzed my deam. A 2000 MN6 Coupe. Guess what color it is!!!???
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From: Hillsboro Oregon
I was 8 in 1958 when my brother in law took me for a drive in his brand new 1958 Corvette. Glossy Black with a Red interior.
Never forgot that ride or his vette.
Only took me 48 years to get mine
Public School Teachers just don't make the $$ for vettes until late in their career........for me 30 years.
and even then mine is a lightly used 99.
Never forgot that ride or his vette.
Only took me 48 years to get mine
Public School Teachers just don't make the $$ for vettes until late in their career........for me 30 years.
and even then mine is a lightly used 99.
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From: Bonita Springs, Florida
I would have to say that it was when I was 7 years old and my uncle would give me rides in his brand new 1966 Silver Coupe, 327/350 4 spd. I remember feeling the power press me into the seat and waving back at the other Corvettes. I would always watch whenever he modded the car and he would explain whatever he was doing at the time. It really left an impression on me.
Then in 1972 he bought a new Ontario Orange Convertible with saddle interior and a white top. It was then that I really knew that I had to have one as soon as possible. That '72 was a beautiful car and with the Cherry Bomb exhaust it sounded awesome, especially to a 13 year old. He let me drive it in a huge parking lot, first time I drove and learned how to start off on a manual transmission.
In 1975 when I was 16 he bought another, a new White L82 Coupe with White interior and I still remember the new car smell of that Vette. Within 3 years I had my first, a White '74 Coupe. He still has that White '76 plus a Silver '02 Z06, neither of which are at all stock.
That was a long time ago but I remember as if it were yesterday.
Then in 1972 he bought a new Ontario Orange Convertible with saddle interior and a white top. It was then that I really knew that I had to have one as soon as possible. That '72 was a beautiful car and with the Cherry Bomb exhaust it sounded awesome, especially to a 13 year old. He let me drive it in a huge parking lot, first time I drove and learned how to start off on a manual transmission.
In 1975 when I was 16 he bought another, a new White L82 Coupe with White interior and I still remember the new car smell of that Vette. Within 3 years I had my first, a White '74 Coupe. He still has that White '76 plus a Silver '02 Z06, neither of which are at all stock.
That was a long time ago but I remember as if it were yesterday.
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I was born in 55 so the Corvettes of my very young days were quite awesome. My Dad still teases me and says that the very first word I ever said was Corvette.
Didn't get my first Vette until 1980, actually just a few months after I totaled my beautiful 71 V8 Vega that I had poured my heart and soul into. Buying the Vette then really eased the pain of losing that car, and I realized my lifelong dream of owning a Vette. After a ride in my new one, my Dad said, "There's nothin like a Corvette."
Didn't get my first Vette until 1980, actually just a few months after I totaled my beautiful 71 V8 Vega that I had poured my heart and soul into. Buying the Vette then really eased the pain of losing that car, and I realized my lifelong dream of owning a Vette. After a ride in my new one, my Dad said, "There's nothin like a Corvette."