The Corvette Returns
Oh, the adoration just blooms in this 1974 photo. “I can’t believe I OWN this car!!!”
Awhile back, I wrote a post about the unhappy days I had with my special-ordered 1974 Corvette Sting Ray. It was a mix of wonderment and poor labor practices all rolled into one. It was the last of the all-fiberglass bodied ‘Vettes, the last of the 454 V8s, and the next to last year for convertibles (of that era). It was one of the last Corvettes to come off the 1974 production line. You can read about its checkered past in Listening to the Inner Idiot. I loved that car, and also loved getting rid of it in 1976.
Turns out that the “poor bastard” who then bought that car recently contacted me, not to curse me but to Read more…
Strolling Amok 