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Driver, what year is the Corvette? Inquiring minds want to know.

Mike

1968 convertible...I will try to get a picture up.

I drove my 27 roadster virtually every day as my go to work, grocery store, errand, and just for the heck of it car. It took a lot of the pain out of going to work every morning. It was really cool to be sitting in traffic, surrounded by all these boring soccer Mom cars , knowing all the other drivers knew I was having more fun than they were. I never got tired of driving it and only needed to hear "Honey, we need a loaf of bread" and I was on my way to the grocery store...........any excuse to drive it.

You do have to get used to your commutes taking longer than usual though because when you do stop for gas or groceries you will have a crowd standing around it when you come out. You have become an Ambassador of Hot Rodding so you have to politely stand there and answer all their questions, because you want them to have a good feeling about us hot rodders. Sometimes it is fun talking to them and sometimes you want to just get on your way, but it is all good.

I would still keep a second car as my "real" daily driver because sometimes the weather is just too horrible to take the rod out (although I got rained on with no top just about daily) and hot rods do have their occasional issues and may be out of service for a little while until you get it fixed. Plus, sometimes Mom and the Kids don't share your enthusiasm for driving the car so often and it is nice to have the other one sitting there.

I say do it. Every morning when you turn the key and you hear it rumble to life you will lose 10-20 years off of your age.

Don