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Ruby Red
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I thought I would introduce myself.
My first experience with a Vette was in 1972 a friend of mine had a yellow T Top 1971 with a 454 high-speed rear end. I lived in Denver at the time and we drove it to Vegas. That car was a hoot, cruise at 120-130 all day long. That was back in the days when you had to travel a long distance just to see the next jack rabbit. This was a memorable trip and I promised myself one day I would get a Vette.
At the time I had Triumph TR4 with the famed Lucas electrical system, commonly referred to as “The Prince of Darkness”. When I left town in my TR4 I was way more concerned if I had a spare generator in the truck than a spare tire. It was a wonderful car everything on it was designed to break or wear out quickly. Actually it wasn’t that bad but one would never use the word “reliability” and TR4 in the same sentence while keeping a straight face. I was always amazed at this car the number of ways it could figure out how to break down. The truth is I was rather fond of the car and had it fixed up really nice but then had to sell it in college it was either the car or food.
The last time I saw the car it was in a junkyard. The guy that bought it promptly ran it into a telephone pole. I don’t know what happened to him but the car was definitely finished.
My youngest son just graduated from high school this last week. I am amazed a lot of parents send their kinds on expensive trips as presents. I have always figured this to be backwards. My theory has always been the kids should send me on trip for being such a great dad. So to celebrate the completion of this leg of the journey with my two boys I went out and bought a Vette for myself.
I have been reading this forum for a long time and enjoy the hell out of it. The people here are not only extremely knowledgeable but also really nice people. I can’t stand the boards where there is one flame after the next. One of the reasons I decided to go ahead with the purchase was I knew I could always come here and fined some help not matter the topic. I have spent entire evenings rolling back through the pages reading the posts. I am always amazed at the knowledge base here.
I have officially fallen in love with the Vette it is a Ruby Red LT1 40th anniversary with a six speed and flow masters. I got out of the car the other day and some lady, about my age, that I didn’t even know walked up to me and said, “So are you having a mid life crisis”? With out missing a beat I slowly raised the wrap around sunglasses and I looked her straight in the eye and said, “Darlen if this is a crisis bring it on I will take all of this I can get.”
My first experience with a Vette was in 1972 a friend of mine had a yellow T Top 1971 with a 454 high-speed rear end. I lived in Denver at the time and we drove it to Vegas. That car was a hoot, cruise at 120-130 all day long. That was back in the days when you had to travel a long distance just to see the next jack rabbit. This was a memorable trip and I promised myself one day I would get a Vette.
At the time I had Triumph TR4 with the famed Lucas electrical system, commonly referred to as “The Prince of Darkness”. When I left town in my TR4 I was way more concerned if I had a spare generator in the truck than a spare tire. It was a wonderful car everything on it was designed to break or wear out quickly. Actually it wasn’t that bad but one would never use the word “reliability” and TR4 in the same sentence while keeping a straight face. I was always amazed at this car the number of ways it could figure out how to break down. The truth is I was rather fond of the car and had it fixed up really nice but then had to sell it in college it was either the car or food.
The last time I saw the car it was in a junkyard. The guy that bought it promptly ran it into a telephone pole. I don’t know what happened to him but the car was definitely finished.
My youngest son just graduated from high school this last week. I am amazed a lot of parents send their kinds on expensive trips as presents. I have always figured this to be backwards. My theory has always been the kids should send me on trip for being such a great dad. So to celebrate the completion of this leg of the journey with my two boys I went out and bought a Vette for myself.
I have been reading this forum for a long time and enjoy the hell out of it. The people here are not only extremely knowledgeable but also really nice people. I can’t stand the boards where there is one flame after the next. One of the reasons I decided to go ahead with the purchase was I knew I could always come here and fined some help not matter the topic. I have spent entire evenings rolling back through the pages reading the posts. I am always amazed at the knowledge base here.
I have officially fallen in love with the Vette it is a Ruby Red LT1 40th anniversary with a six speed and flow masters. I got out of the car the other day and some lady, about my age, that I didn’t even know walked up to me and said, “So are you having a mid life crisis”? With out missing a beat I slowly raised the wrap around sunglasses and I looked her straight in the eye and said, “Darlen if this is a crisis bring it on I will take all of this I can get.”
