dmort & geo.ulrich?
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dmort
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The owner of yellow Vet and I often raced at the same track ,and I don't recall seeing chrome on the rear deck lid. I think it is newer as 59-61 look pretty much the same to me. The 62 Vet is easy to spot as the rear deck lid looks like a 63
Mort
Hunter
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I guessed '58 because the hood appears to have the "washboard." As for the rear deck lid, I don't see the resemblance between '62 and '63.
dmort
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This picture was taken at Fremont which was an AHRA track...the funny thing about it is they ran a mix of AHRA and NHRA classes. The idea was to draw some of the cars that raced at Half Moon Bay which was NHRA. Most of the gassers around were built for NHRA competition so we could run at Fremont using those rules. The AHRA class on the window is greek to me and he has a dialed in 13.05 ET which means he is racing in a bracket.
He towed the car with the 57 wagon. People refer to slicks on this car as " Pie Crust" referring to the pattern as it dates the car.
He towed the car with the 57 wagon. People refer to slicks on this car as " Pie Crust" referring to the pattern as it dates the car.
Hunter
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I agree the tail end of the two years are pretty similar, but, as the two pictures show, the "rear deck lid" appears very dissimilar to me.
Hunter
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I don't remember the '63 convertible; your post sent me to Google -‐ UNCLE!
dmort
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The 66 Vet is still in the family. My son has it and I can drive it when we visit plus he takes it to local car shows so it's not just sitting.
Hunter
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That sounds like a back story worth hearing.
dmort
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I don't have much to say about the 66 except I bought it later in life because I felt like a fool for ever selling the 63. The split window has a story so I will start with that.
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It was 1967 or 68 because new Vets were on the scene and the price for a mid-year really took a dump. The only interest in an older Vet was the high performance 57 283. One of my friends had one but that's another story. Anyway, I was working at the shipyard and really into drag racing when this guy drives up to our house with the 63. More tomorrow.
n
It was 1967 or 68 because new Vets were on the scene and the price for a mid-year really took a dump. The only interest in an older Vet was the high performance 57 283. One of my friends had one but that's another story. Anyway, I was working at the shipyard and really into drag racing when this guy drives up to our house with the 63. More tomorrow.
Hunter
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dmort
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We were meeting two other couples for dinner last night and of course I wasn't aware of the time or I would have finished my little story.
Before I do that the term mid-year refers to the Corvettes produced from 1963 to 1967. The body style and suspension were totally different from previous production runs. In 1968 GM introduced the new body and over time the short run of the 63-67 became known as the mid-year series. Actually the 68 body was supposed to be introduced in 1967 but they got behind the ball with that so carried on with the existing body style with some minor changes. As it turns out the 67 427 with that distinctive hood is a real classic and a happy ending for the series.
The guy who shows up at the house with the nice 63 knew my wife from work. His commute car was a mid-year plus he had the 63 and thought I might be interested. The car was only 4 years old so of course it looked really nice. The only thing I found was small repair on the driver side rear fender where the paint was just a touch darker than the rest of the car. I assumed the car may have been parked outside for awhile and the difference was just paint fade. While this was going on I'm wondering why I'm even looking at the car because I sure as hell can't afford it. He goes on to tell me the previous owner had smoked the 327 and replaced it with running 283 so he had a driver. Building a 327 was no problem for me so this thing could work out depending on what he wanted. We jacked up the car to see if there was any damage beyond the fiber glass repair and all we found was a little tweak in the lower control arm, again something I can do so what is the price?....I honestly don't remember but it was a deal as far as I was concerned but that's not the end. He went on to say there was some paperwork to do and until that was done no payment required. He fooled around with the paperwork for over a year while we drove the car.
Sometime later the wife and I are driving down the Pacific Coast Highway on a beautiful day with the windows down Just sucking it all in and the theme song from the movie Mrs Robinson comes on. It doesn't get better than that.
Mort
Before I do that the term mid-year refers to the Corvettes produced from 1963 to 1967. The body style and suspension were totally different from previous production runs. In 1968 GM introduced the new body and over time the short run of the 63-67 became known as the mid-year series. Actually the 68 body was supposed to be introduced in 1967 but they got behind the ball with that so carried on with the existing body style with some minor changes. As it turns out the 67 427 with that distinctive hood is a real classic and a happy ending for the series.
The guy who shows up at the house with the nice 63 knew my wife from work. His commute car was a mid-year plus he had the 63 and thought I might be interested. The car was only 4 years old so of course it looked really nice. The only thing I found was small repair on the driver side rear fender where the paint was just a touch darker than the rest of the car. I assumed the car may have been parked outside for awhile and the difference was just paint fade. While this was going on I'm wondering why I'm even looking at the car because I sure as hell can't afford it. He goes on to tell me the previous owner had smoked the 327 and replaced it with running 283 so he had a driver. Building a 327 was no problem for me so this thing could work out depending on what he wanted. We jacked up the car to see if there was any damage beyond the fiber glass repair and all we found was a little tweak in the lower control arm, again something I can do so what is the price?....I honestly don't remember but it was a deal as far as I was concerned but that's not the end. He went on to say there was some paperwork to do and until that was done no payment required. He fooled around with the paperwork for over a year while we drove the car.
Sometime later the wife and I are driving down the Pacific Coast Highway on a beautiful day with the windows down Just sucking it all in and the theme song from the movie Mrs Robinson comes on. It doesn't get better than that.
Mort
Hunter
Screamer Dreamin'
Interesting story; looking forward to the rest of the story, including:
1. was the 6T3 a split-window, and what color
2. why and when you sold the 6T3 — any problems with it
3. when you bought the 6T6
4. how/why your son talked you into letting him have possession of the 6T6?
1. was the 6T3 a split-window, and what color
2. why and when you sold the 6T3 — any problems with it
3. when you bought the 6T6
4. how/why your son talked you into letting him have possession of the 6T6?