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Old Oct 10, 2017 | 09:30 PM
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Congrats!
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Old Oct 10, 2017 | 10:38 PM
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Old Oct 10, 2017 | 10:43 PM
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CCB, congrats on your new ride and realizing your dreams. That's a great picture of you two. Welcome to CorvetteForum.
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Old Oct 10, 2017 | 11:15 PM
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Nice!

I absolutely love the AW. Shows the lines and accents very well. My ‘14 was AW but had to do something different with the Z.
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Old Oct 11, 2017 | 08:15 AM
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ahhhh-young guy, attractive wife, and a new vette-you got life by the short hairs-enjoy it my friend!
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Old Oct 11, 2017 | 08:55 AM
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Fantastic !!!! Congratulations on the Vette and marrying well !!!
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Old Oct 11, 2017 | 09:00 AM
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Agree with all the above. Congrats!!
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Old Oct 11, 2017 | 10:58 AM
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Congratulations. Enjoy the car and great life. Good luck with all.
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Old Oct 11, 2017 | 11:11 AM
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Outstanding!!! Congratulations to you both. Enjoy yourselves!

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Old Oct 11, 2017 | 12:44 PM
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Welcome to the forum. Congratulations, you never forget your first. And I'm sure you already know your wife's a keeper. Enjoy, and don't forget to wave.
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Old Oct 11, 2017 | 10:37 PM
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you sure picked a nice one for your first---enjoy!!
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Old Oct 11, 2017 | 10:55 PM
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Beautiful! Congratulations!! Got my 1st Corvette this year too.
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Old Oct 12, 2017 | 12:17 AM
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Old Oct 12, 2017 | 08:37 AM
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Thanks again everybody. Glad I made the purchase. The general consensus was most wish they would have bought their corvette/dream car sooner so I figured do it before my midlife crisis!
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Old Oct 12, 2017 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by ccbbradford
Thanks again everybody. Glad I made the purchase. The general consensus was most wish they would have bought their corvette/dream car sooner so I figured do it before my midlife crisis!
I like the way you think.
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Old Oct 12, 2017 | 11:15 AM
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Congrats sir on both account, the first Vette and understanding Wife ( I am lucky enough to have both myself )


Alain from Montreal
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Old Oct 13, 2017 | 08:55 PM
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Congrats....Love the AW ( my biased opinion).

I've had 12....so far.I would give my '17 for the '66 427 I called my first.

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Brings back memories. '66 427 was also my first and while it was one helluva car, not sure I would give up my C7 for one.
Big thing on my '66 was it was triple black, the 425 HP, vert with hard top. Factory side exhausts, factory knock off wheels, Teak steering wheel was an option and think the FM radio was also? Forgot the rest but it was a bitching ride back then. To see these come across the auction block now at Mecum/ Barret-Jackson and others makes my mind spin.
Think the sticker was in the area of $4-4,500?...and these are bringing 6 figures in these auctions.
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Old Oct 14, 2017 | 08:40 AM
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Congrats! I too have an understanding wife and I’m on my 2nd C7. Enjoy
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I've been very forunate in new home sales here in Houston and have a amazing wife who told me to get what I've been dreaming about since I was 8. Here she is. Bought from Kerbeck after a friend had a great expierence and had delivered by PlyCar. First 500 miles are going to be tough keeping my foot out of it!
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Isn"t it great to have a wife who wants you to be car happy. I have one too.
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