When did YOU know someday you would own a CORVETTE ?

[Funracer]

Grew up in Miami. My Dad went in to private practice (after many
years of medical school and training) in 1969. I was 12 yrs old. The next day he went to the local Chevy dealer and traded in his Morris Minor for a silver '69 4 speed coupe. He used to drive it very fast.

Six months later he walked out the door to go to work. In 15 seconds
he walked back in and said "The Corvette has been stolen". With the insurance check he bought another '69, a yellow automatic. When I was 14 he let me drive it around the block.

Shortly after that my Dads pilot friend gave me a ride in a '62
340 horse. He drove it hard and scared the cr*p out of me. I figured any car that scared me like that I just HAD to have some day.

By the time I could afford my own it was 1993. ZR1's were THE vette
to have in the early '90s. I test drove a Buick Grand National. Not scary
enough. Z's were fairly scarce then and if one was around how to get a ride in it? I became impatient (a failing of mine to this day) and looked through Hemmings and Auto Trader (not much internet then). I joined the
original ZR1 Registry started my the late Larry Merow.

I still had never driven or had a ride in one but finally could not wait any longer. With help from Larry I found a '91 w 11K miles on it in New Jersey and flew up to see it. Believe it or not the guy only wanted $32K for it. It was the least expensive 91 for sale in the country at that time as far as I could tell.

I knew I would own a vette someday because of those early Corvette
rides. When did I know it would be a ZR1? On that test drive. As soon
as the secondaries opened that car was SOOOOLD!

Still a thrill after 20 years!

Rgds