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Jul 30, 2008 | 06:20 PM

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danl72

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C5 in 2001. 29 years old.

I forgot that my uncle let me drive his modified ''63 in 1988. That was the first Vette I drove. Although I only drove it for about 10 minutes.

Jul 30, 2008 | 06:35 PM

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itnv

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Rented an '08 C6 from Hertz (before the ZHZ) on a trip to Vegas in Oct. of 2007. (I was 36.) Started shopping the day I got back and bought my '05 in Nov. of 2007.

Jul 30, 2008 | 06:40 PM

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dbooth

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My first was a '69 435hp/427 at age 17. That was back in 1975. Next was a '69 L88 a year later. Those were some fast cars in those days!

Jul 30, 2008 | 07:07 PM

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A friend's 1990 Black ZR-1. Wow! I'll never forget almost putting it in a ditch when I jump on it too hard coming around a slow hairpin!

Glad he wasn't in the car with me....

Jul 30, 2008 | 07:41 PM

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Mearen

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1985 when I was 20, a baby blue 1972. Working hard to get my own soon.

Jul 30, 2008 | 07:49 PM

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last901

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A friend's black '57 in, 1964 or so. I was.. let's see.... 19.

Geez, that's scary.

Jul 30, 2008 | 10:04 PM

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Rocketmanwpb

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1954 in 1965

Jul 31, 2008 | 12:12 AM

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K9KUZ

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Originally Posted by 4thC4at60

C1 in 1962. I was 21.

Me too.

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Jul 31, 2008 | 01:43 AM

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I'll be getting one next Feb-Apr, but I have yet to ever drive any Corvette. I did however get my first ride in a Corvette three weeks ago - a two week old 2008 Z06. It was only for a couple of miles, but WOW, what an impressive car!

Jul 31, 2008 | 09:07 AM

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05C6400

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2003 Z06 and I was 34 yrs old.

Jul 31, 2008 | 06:24 PM

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eagles6998

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2006, my current car!

Jul 31, 2008 | 07:08 PM

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SpyVet

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First drive was in a 1956 I bought in 1963 (23 years old) Plucked out the old tired 265 and powerglide and dropped in a 327 Fuelie engine, 4 speed and 4:56 rear. That was one smokin' street machine.

Jul 31, 2008 | 07:13 PM

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Drove a '64 coupe. I was 18. First time I'd ever driven a stick that wasn't on the column. My own car at the time was a '61 Corvair. Quite a bit of difference!

Aug 1, 2008 | 01:49 AM

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larvette

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Originally Posted by dbooth

My first was a '69 435hp/427 at age 17. That was back in 1975. Next was a '69 L88 a year later. Those were some fast cars in those days!

Wow! Those were 2 awesome rides.

Aug 1, 2008 | 02:04 AM

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JohnRS

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I had just turned 23 when I bought a new 63 Split Window Coupe with a 340 hp 327 and a close ratio 4 speed.

Aug 1, 2008 | 07:10 AM

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Oli1313

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St. Jude Donor '09

My dad had a 77 and 80 that I started driving at 16.

Aug 1, 2008 | 07:56 AM

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coolcat

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What was the first corvette you drove and how old were you?

Brand new 1977 coupe that I ordered loaded from Bariel Chevrolet in Wexford, Pa. Silver with red leather interior. I was 26 years old. The car arrived at the dealer in early January. I remember having to drive it home in the snow. Bummer.

I still have the original window sticker taken off the car at the time they did the PDI. The first vette that I drove and the first vette that I owned.

Aug 1, 2008 | 08:00 AM

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transamer79

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8 years ago i dorve my first vette. My parents neighbor collects c2s and wanted to bring 4 of them to a show in our town. He knew how much i loved his vettes so he asked me to drive one to the show for him. I was 17 years old and the car was a Survivor 1966 427/425 Red coupe with 65,000 original miles and side pipes. One of the greatest days of my life.