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RatDog 07-12-2019 06:04 AM

52 years old today
 
Born on July 12, 1967.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...b67e0dcce.jpeg

Easy Rhino 07-12-2019 06:47 AM

:happybday:

Gotta be one of the very last C2s built.

Very pretty color combo.

RatDog 07-12-2019 07:01 AM


Originally Posted by Easy Rhino (Post 1599741009)
:happybday:

Gotta be one of the very last C2s built.

Very pretty color combo.

Thanks!

Yes, it was built on the last day of Sting Ray production.

I’ve always wondered what the last day of production was like at the plant. I tell people my car was built with leftover parts that no one wanted that they found lying around the plant. And so they ended up with a white/teal/teal car that wasn’t a
popular combo. <LOL>.

Steve

vetintheblood 07-12-2019 10:14 AM

Nice!

Happy Birthday lil white corvette

:cheers:

Bluestripe67 07-12-2019 10:48 AM

Your car was produced with the same color combo on the exterior. My interior was bright blue. :cheers: Dennis

RatDog 07-12-2019 10:56 AM


Originally Posted by Bluestripe67 (Post 1599742160)
Your car was produced with the same color combo on the exterior. My interior was bright blue. :cheers: Dennis

Dennis - The color of the top is more blue than teal so I think your color combo is nicer.

Steve

Frankie the Fink 07-12-2019 11:03 AM

But, but, but -- according to a recently closed thread white cars are "less desirable"....

I'm so confused...:D

Its a beauty Steve...

RatDog 07-12-2019 11:18 AM


Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink (Post 1599742297)
But, but, but -- according to a recently closed thread white cars are "less desirable"....

I'm so confused...:D

Its a beauty Steve...

Thanks, Frank.

BTW, I’m perfectly fine with people thinking white cars suck. That keeps the prices down on the color of cars I like.

I predict that once the population of white cars is reduced because of people painting them black, the value of white cars will start to go up because of their rarity. <LOL>.

Steve

Easy Rhino 07-12-2019 02:55 PM


Originally Posted by RatDog (Post 1599741040)
Thanks!

Yes, it was built on the last day of Sting Ray production.

I’ve always wondered what the last day of production was like at the plant. I tell people my car was built with leftover parts that no one wanted that they found lying around the plant. And so they ended up with a white/teal/teal car that wasn’t a
popular combo. <LOL>.

Steve

So Steve,

Just how close to the very last C2 was your build?

RatDog 07-12-2019 03:50 PM


Originally Posted by Easy Rhino (Post 1599743879)
So Steve,

Just how close to the very last C2 was your build?

Around $750,000 <LOL>.

Chronologically, my VIN is 22861. The last one is 22940. So 79 cars apart. I don't know how many of these things they can build in a day but I'm guessing my car must have been made very early in the morning of the last day.

Steve

856666 07-12-2019 03:57 PM

Pretty car

Congratulations!

Phil

Tmichaelson 07-12-2019 04:25 PM

Looks GREAT to me. Wishing you BOTH the best. Happy Birthday.

Easy Rhino 07-12-2019 04:55 PM


Originally Posted by RatDog (Post 1599744226)
Around $750,000 <LOL>.

Chronologically, my VIN is 22861. The last one is 22940. So 79 cars apart. I don't know how many of these things they can build in a day but I'm guessing my car must have been made very early in the morning of the last day.

Steve

:rofl: Would that be more if it was black?:leaving:

My back of the envelope calculation comes up with somewhere about 100-125 C2 Corvettes built each working day at St. Louis, but there are way too many variables to be sure.

RatDog 07-12-2019 05:06 PM


Originally Posted by Easy Rhino (Post 1599744629)
:rofl: Would that be more if it was black?:leaving:

Urban legend says they ran out of black paint on the last day and had to use some of the huge stockpile of white paint that no one wanted.

Steve

elwood13 07-12-2019 05:11 PM

Congrats and Happy Birthday.

3JsVette 07-12-2019 11:04 PM

:happybday: That's a great color combination and a sharp looking '67 convertible. :thumbs:

LouieM 07-14-2019 06:02 PM


Originally Posted by RatDog (Post 1599742425)
Thanks, Frank.

BTW, I’m perfectly fine with people thinking white cars suck. That keeps the prices down on the color of cars I like.

I predict that once the population of white cars is reduced because of people painting them black, the value of white cars will start to go up because of their rarity. <LOL>.

Steve

Beautiful car, Steve! You theory on the value of diminishing examples of colors didn't work for the Goodwood Green on my 67. GG was the most popular 67 Vette color, then it went out to style and they all got painted Resale Red. Did the value of an original GG car like mine go up accordingly? No. A few so-called Vette enthusiasts won't even buy a green car, thereby missing out on Chevy's version of BRG. Hang on to the white one!

Lou

Frankie the Fink 07-14-2019 06:50 PM

I missed buying a white split window with red interior (340hp) from forum member Mike Terry a few years back. He had it at the Old Town NCRS meet and I was on my way to look it over when he sold it 20 minutes before I got there. To a couple of Norwegian guys IIRC...

RatDog 07-14-2019 07:32 PM

Wow! White/red SWC. It doesn’t get much better than that for me. But, red/red is right up there with it.

Steve


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