'94-'95 Comp Yellow Z’s with Gray interior.

[QB93Z]

Originally Posted by B17 Crew

My wife went through the Alaska Travel Log thread this evening, she kept calling me over to comment on photos and was saying how nice they are. She even said that it would be fun to do a trip like that someday in the Corvette (we have a ’96 LT4 with 55k miles that we've owned for the past 15 years.)

I noticed in one of your photos that your wife was working on a watercolor while in the passenger seat, that is an impressive merger of interests, not to mention that she has a steady hand. Her eye for creativity comes through in the photos in the thread.

B17 Crew

Lyndi painting in the Z is amazing for several reasons. I used to have a rule that no beverages or food were allowed in the ZR-1. She gave me flak about it all the time. We have taken several long trips in the Z. Last year, We drove to Nova Scotia and back. On long trips, the no beverages rule was relaxed.

So Spring 2012, Lyndi said: "Where are we going for our trip this year?" I said that I have wanted to drive the Alaska Highway in a Corvette since I bought my first Corvette. She said to plan the trip but it had to be 30 days so we wouldn't feel rushed, and she wanted to be able to take her paint because she thought she would get bored. We set up a system with small art boards, a tray for her acrylics, a "closable" pallet for mixing and some clips to hold her layouts. She had planned to do about 20 paintings. The trip was so interesting that she only did 5 paintings.

Your C4 is beautiful! Clearly you get a lot of enjoyment from your Corvette hobby.

Jim

[B17 Crew]

Originally Posted by USAFPILOT

well that car is super clean...just add an LT5 don't replace your car.

Thanks, I would be missing the ZR-1 bodywork though. Always thought the Z’s extra width perfected the proportions of the C4. It’s not too often that I see a Z on the road, but I can spot one a mile away once I see the flared body work. Their proportions are perfect. The ZR-1 is, and always will be the pinnacle of the C4 era.

Originally Posted by USAFPILOT

i dont understand how you people do that.

As for my LT4 being clean, it didn't always lead a pampered life, it was my daily driver here in Ohio for 6 years (1998 to 2004). It had been through everything Ohio could throw at it weather wise. I grew up in eastern Pennsylvania so I was well-trained in driving rear-wheel drive cars in the snow. Picture below was taken after I had arrived at work (back in ’04 I think). The photos of the car being clean are the result of many hours of detailing to bring the car back to showroom condition. You can use your Corvette as a daily driver and bring it back to looking new! It did take many weekends, spent quite a bit of time under the car detailing as well. My back will never be the same.



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[B17 Crew]

Originally Posted by QB93Z

Lyndi painting in the Z is amazing for several reasons. I used to have a rule that no beverages or food were allowed in the ZR-1. She gave me flak about it all the time. We have taken several long trips in the Z. Last year, We drove to Nova Scotia and back. On long trips, the no beverages rule was relaxed.

So Spring 2012, Lyndi said: "Where are we going for our trip this year?" I said that I have wanted to drive the Alaska Highway in a Corvette since I bought my first Corvette. She said to plan the trip but it had to be 30 days so we wouldn't feel rushed, and she wanted to be able to take her paint because she thought she would get bored. We set up a system with small art boards, a tray for her acrylics, a "closable" pallet for mixing and some clips to hold her layouts. She had planned to do about 20 paintings. The trip was so interesting that she only did 5 paintings.

Your C4 is beautiful! Clearly you get a lot of enjoyment from your Corvette hobby.

Jim

Thank you for the kind words regarding my C4. I love my C4 and just about anything having to do with Corvettes. I was bit by the Corvette bug over 25 years ago.

I got a pretty good chuckle out of your post. My wife must have missed the artwork underway photo when she went through your Alaska Highway thread. If my wife finds out a ZR-1 owner let his significant other paint in the car while traveling, my “no liquids ban” in the Corvette will be disbanded by executive order.

Preparation is everything, I can see that you had a great traveling studio set up. It must have been hard to concentrate on creating artwork while being surrounded by such incredible scenery.

B17 Crew