Did anybody catch that white Corvette? It was a C5 Corvette, built between 1997 and 2004. The front and rear has been customized to look like a C1, the original corvette made between 1953 and 1955, and used the original chrome grill, headlights and taillights. They were all 6 cylinder and only came in white bodies and red interiors. It wasn't until the 1956 version of the C1, equipped with a short block Chevy 265 cubic inch V-8, (And a redesigned body style), that it became really popular. It was a real screamer!
I have been a Corvette fan all my life and I have owned 5 of them, 1962, 1976, 1977, 1993 and my last was a C5, a 1998. I absolutely love the 2014 Sting Ray, the C7. A beautiful machine! Times have changed and so have the prices. I paid $1900 back in '62 for a brand new, triple red 1962 vette. I just saw a new 2014 with a window sticker of $78K, now that's what you call inflation!
Here are some photos. (Don't laugh)
Susan and the C1 in 1966 near Tulsa OK. It was really windy! We had been married less than two months and she had just turned 20 years old!
Me polishing my '76 Stingray. I was in my mid 30s here.
Me again just after I went undercover as a narc with the cocoa 1977. Probably taken in 1978.
Susan and the 1993 triple black Vette with the VLS plates. This was taken in 1995.
And finally, my 1998 C5 with the VLS license plates. Taken in 1998.
Bob