WesC7

I'm pretty sure it was summer of '64..... Girl next door--- was picked up by her BF... He was driving a 63 split window.... Finally got a ride in it a few months later...

Randy G.

1974 at 18 years of age I bought this '60. This is the only picture I have of it. I sold it in 1977 and have been trying to locate it ever since. It was VIN#00062.

Mfserge

In embryo

Bucco Bar

I started to take notice of the Corvette in the late 50's. Then along came the TV show Route 66,which I never missed. Around about 1964 a buddy got a burgundy/tan ragtop.
I was hooked forever.

Norm

donald4972

I was 12 or 13 years old in 1967. Until then, growing up on a farm, the fastest thing I knew; was the Quarterhorse I barrel-raced at county fairs.
He was very quick, I assure you. We won lots of events.

But my cousin (a few years older) married a guy, who had a 1967 Corvette 427 big block. He was known to have one of 'the fastest cars around'. And he took me for a ride, during a family feast get together. We were sent to the store, to pick up (something).
We took the 'long' way home, and he showed me a little of what that car was capable of.
Of course, I had little knowledge of powerful cars, and nothing to compare (except King, my QuarterHorse) against. But I remember getting out of the 427 Corvette, as a kid with eyes probably bigger than silver dollars..... most likely!!!
What a thrill that was! I remember it still. And I knew then, that someday I'd have something 'like that'. From that day, Corvette always meant something 'a little more special' than just a car; to me.

I had two C4's. But my SuperCharged C5 finally gave/gives me the 'thrill of acceleration' I remembered since all those years ago, in my first Corvette ride ever.

Don

(my memory, from years after my first ride in that '67 big block is; that my cousin told me the car had tri-power carbs, and was cammed and the engine was blue printed, and the heads worked on. So, it was 'more powerful' than even stock (for that model). I think he told me the HP, but I just don't remember. I didn't know enough about that stuff, back then anyways. But, I knew that was a special car, again; Corvette was and is special to me, from that wonderful childhood experience)

Keith N

In the Spring of 2006, when I took my first test drive in a C6 Vert. A couple months later, I purchased a 2006 Velocity Yellow C6 Coupe.

zbrett

I had a ride in my uncle's 1965 when I was eight. Had BMWs, Audis, Porsches, etc but always wanted a Corvette when the time was right. Did a museum delivery of a C6 and got my C7 late last year.

86V

1979, I saw Corvette Summer with Marc Hamill. I LOVED that movie.I was 12 yrs old. I loved Smoky and the bandit, the Dukes of Hazzard, Starks and hutch. But when I saw that 73 custom Vette. I was done. Obsessed. Had to have one. Got my dream realized in 1986. I visited the Corvette summer movie car in Cooperstown NY in 95'. I would love to see it modernized. The left hand chain drive steerstesteering was lame. But the impression it made on me in 79 was timeless.

meyerweb

I guess I was 6 or 7 when the C2 came out, so maybe then. But maybe a couple of years later before I really started being interested in cars. I know that by 66 I was hooked.

But I couldn't afford a C2 or C3 when I was young, and had little interest in the C4 - C6. So I fell in love all over again when I saw my first C7, within a couple of weeks of its release.

SMFCPACFP

I remember that a classmate of mine, Tim, got a new Corvette convertible after his father died in 1964. It seemed like an odd time to get a new car, perhaps his mother felt sorry for him. Anyway he was a real nice guy, but I still envied him.

Jumping forward 50 years, we are having our 50th high school reunion next month and a mutual friend of ours said that Tim got a lime rock green 2014 Vette last fall. No doubt he will be driving it to the event and I will be driving my 2015 VY Z06.

Oskee

In 1963 when I was 13 years old I saw a 63 split window corvette in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco I was hooked. Since then I have owned 59, 66, 72 LT-1, 85, 00, 08 Z06, and my currant baby 2015 Z06 .

John Ulrich

Building models of the new Stingray in the basement of a Detroit house back in 1963. I would have been 7 yrs old.

NMC7Z06JJ

Went to your site, really enjoyed the story ,history and photos. Thanks for sharing. Wish I would have cataloged my 67 and 77 but I was young and dumb then. Will be taking delivery of a 2015 Z06 3LZ any day now. Keeping better records this time. Thanks again for the good read. Have a HAM friend here, I'll show him your radio install. Cheers.

CRABBYJ

I've loved Corvettes from their introduction and it took until I was 21 to finally buy my first, a new '65 Vert 327/300 4 spd. This is me after its delivery just after Christmas, 1964.


P.S. And it only cost me about $4,100 !!!

OC Sadler

The first time I saw the tail-lights on the C7!!!

K9KUZ

1956 - when my good buddy and classmate Al drove to school in his new '56 Vet that his father got him for his 16th birthday. That was in Arlington Heights, IL.

selo

Bondurant Z06 course. I'd never considered a Corvette before that. Now, as much as I respect the car, there are just too many QC issues, especially given the questionable dealership/service department experience.

ChipDog

Same for me.

Xwingz06

Well, for me it was a trip to Las Vegas that sealed the deal for me. I rented a c7 for the four days I was there and completely fell in love.
I have always liked corvettes, especially when I saw the c6's... But never really thought I would own one. I even went through a phase where I wanted a viper! (Great car but I just didn't like the styling anymore) I do love all sports cars but the vette really really stood out for me.
I was so lucky to get my hands on a Z06 allocation up here in Canada and I fell in love all over again with this car!

KenHorse

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