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New Member Intro
hi all,
first time post and new to Corvette ownership or ny other Classic Car for that matter.
i live in Sydney Australia, have 3 children including a special needs son, Hugo who loves his cars, especially classic cars. At a recent visit to a Classic Car Museum in Gosford Australia we fell in love with a 61 C1 Corvette Roadster and eight weeks later we finalised the purchase and she is now home.
i am looking forward to working on the car with Hugo and learning more about these amazing cars from all of you.
cheers
Mark
first time post and new to Corvette ownership or ny other Classic Car for that matter.
i live in Sydney Australia, have 3 children including a special needs son, Hugo who loves his cars, especially classic cars. At a recent visit to a Classic Car Museum in Gosford Australia we fell in love with a 61 C1 Corvette Roadster and eight weeks later we finalised the purchase and she is now home.
i am looking forward to working on the car with Hugo and learning more about these amazing cars from all of you.
cheers
Mark
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Mark - welcome to the forum and congrats on getting your ‘61. Hope you and Hugo make a lot of memories working on the car together.
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Welcome to the forum, Mark, and congratulations on your '61!
Sounds like you and Hugo will have many enjoyable times with your new car.
Sounds like you and Hugo will have many enjoyable times with your new car.
Enjoy while you can.
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Congrats, welcome aboard and enjoy. See ya in the C1 & C2 section 
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