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Excelsior Springs man now has the Corvette he longed for: 1969 convertible
By DAVID BOYCE - Drive contributing writer
Kansas City Star
02/06/2015
As a 12-year-old in Falls City, Neb., Larry Cook saw a Chevrolet Corvette and dreamed of owning it one day. It belonged to an elderly lady.
“She was the only person I had seen with a Corvette,” said Cook, of Excelsior Springs. “I told my dad after we moved to Iowa that I wanted that car. It went up for sale in an estate auction.”
So Cook’s dad went to the auction, heard that the price was $4,000 and told his son he decided not to buy it.
But the dream of owning a Corvette remained vivid for Cook. He just had to put it on hold.
Once Cook’s youngest son graduated from Northwest Missouri State, the idea of owning a Corvette became more of a reality. After surviving a heart attack, Cook knew the time was right.
“I thought, ‘Forty-nine years old. I am going to go for it,’” he said.
His search took him to an advertisement he saw in The Kansas City Star in May 1995.
Full Story: Excelsior Springs man now has the Corvette he longed for: 1969 convertible | The Kansas City Star The Kansas City Star
By DAVID BOYCE - Drive contributing writer
Kansas City Star
02/06/2015
As a 12-year-old in Falls City, Neb., Larry Cook saw a Chevrolet Corvette and dreamed of owning it one day. It belonged to an elderly lady.
“She was the only person I had seen with a Corvette,” said Cook, of Excelsior Springs. “I told my dad after we moved to Iowa that I wanted that car. It went up for sale in an estate auction.”
So Cook’s dad went to the auction, heard that the price was $4,000 and told his son he decided not to buy it.
But the dream of owning a Corvette remained vivid for Cook. He just had to put it on hold.
Once Cook’s youngest son graduated from Northwest Missouri State, the idea of owning a Corvette became more of a reality. After surviving a heart attack, Cook knew the time was right.
“I thought, ‘Forty-nine years old. I am going to go for it,’” he said.
His search took him to an advertisement he saw in The Kansas City Star in May 1995.
Full Story: Excelsior Springs man now has the Corvette he longed for: 1969 convertible | The Kansas City Star The Kansas City Star
