Corvette Ownership and Modding.

BY Gonzo
(long so don't complain)

OK, Many people will tell you to develop a plan based on what you want to accomplish, and how mush you want to spend. Well yes that's logical, and great advice, however I will tell you the TRUTH.

It doe's not matter where or when you start, or how much you want to spend You'll be on here and see a group purchase and say "hey I gotta get in on that" then that part will wait it's turn to be put on. Or you see something in the pats for sale section and say Oh yeah, I'm all over that. Now is when your car will trully start to evolve

You'll recieve a Mid America catalog at home, and you'll be paging thru it on the thrown, when all of a sudden you see this cool cup holder and say yeah I'll order that. Now depending on if you have a cordless phone in the bathroom or not, you may even order it before you are de-throwned as it were.......Now you are hooked. Life as you know it is over, if you're married pray your wife is just glad you not an alcholic, or womanizer, and that you are gainfully employed.

You will now begin the downward spiral of modding. By the way My name is Bill and I am a modaholic. I bought my last mod yesterday, a hurst T-handle sifter, it's out being threaded as we speak

You will get things that are really cool, and you also will start buying the less expensive things you are convinced your car and you need. Personally I try to stay away from the bling, it's like crack once you go there even other Vette people will try to get you into a program

Occasionally you see these Vette's on Ebay.....a 1978 Corvette station wagon, selling for 300 dollars. The former owner having spent 45 K is now weaving baskets at the Corvette Home for the recovering modder.

Once you feel your hunger can no longer be statisfied by modding the Vette, you will turn to your garage. Yes I have racedeck flooring, and the refridgerator has been painted to match the Vette

When this is not enough, you will enter the world of Corvette artwork, or worse......................Diecast Corvette models I have to many to count

Then you start going to Corvette racing events, like Petit Lemans. You wait on line for hours to have the race team autograph your fuel rails, your hat anything you can think of, Doug Fehan walks by and you have him sign your car. At this point you are almost lost. You know Wil Cooksy is the Plant manager at Bowling green, you think Adam Boca is a folk hero, and you have to make a pilmgramidge to Bowling green at least once in your life, while praying in that direction 5 times a day, everyday.

Now you start thinking, I don't want to drive my Vette in the rain (I don't), and you buy a beater to go to work. You make semi good money have a 30K sports car in the house, and you are driving a 1990 ford ranger that cost you less than your door sill protectors People start talking about you at work, is he having money trouble's, have you seen that heap he drives to work everyday???? he doesn't even care about it, it's a mess. But they don't know what's in your garage

Well you are now at the point you cannot go any further, the garage match's your car, you have a corvette keychain on your ford ranger keys. Your Family now only buys you gifts from the Crovette museum. You even have Zora's autograph. It's so bad the producers of Wife Swap have called to talk to you about being on the show (TRUE).

You finally realize you can go no further, and then you finally have a revalation.......Hey why not buy ANOTHER CORVETTE

Gonzo

P.S. Although this ramble started fiction, I believe it would end up in the non fiction section

 

MY GOD! That's exactly what happened to me!

 

That's a thing of beauty

 

SO TRUE!!

 

Chuck

 

dang i forgot about the key chain,guess im not a total lost,,,,,,,,well not yet key chain is on order

 

Sounds like my life, Gonzo.

 

My story was shorter...

Joined CF. That's it.

 

I feel like you've been following me around.

 

Sounds like you have it bad.

 

My Vette is still stock

 

How true

 

Dang! That's got to ring a FEW bells in here. I can't afford to do this much, but I'm tryin'.

 

Glad to see that someone wrote my life story

 

Don't tell me this .I'm just starting

 

Sorry it took me so long to reply, I was on the Corvette Store ordering the Swarovski Crystal lug nuts for the C5...


Gonzo: Get outa my head, man!

LV2: I want your garage, bad...

 

I hear ya...I can't leave anything alone. Corvettes, bikes, my Escalade, drum set, lawn mower (well not yet)...nothing is safe around a true modaholic. Bought my wife a new car last November and the first thing she told me when we went looking was that this was HER car, and there would be NO messing around with wheels, trim or anything else on the car. I still look at that car every day and wonder what mods would look good...

My name is Jay, and I am a modaholic...

 

hello my name is cory and i'm an apprentice modaholic on a poor mans budget.. you guys inspire me and make me imagine what it would be like to have some girth to my wallet as soon as i pay off the vette, a house will be my next purchase and my vette will finally have her own bedroom

 

There is a Blackwing in the box next to my Vette, I have a Corsa order ready to call in tomorrow from work. My red interior has black floormats (I thought it would be a nice contrast). Red calipers are in the near future. You nailed this one Bill.

BTW Bill how is the CE doing?

Paul from Indiana

 

Yes....yes.......keep spending more $$$ on mods.....surrender to the urge to splurge....yes, yes....I can feeeeel it.....soon you will turn to the dark side....do not resist it......eggggscellent....eggggscellent!! !