Destiny!!!

[Camino LS6 880]

I have often remarked on the fact that though I have owned many cars, I have never owned a Corvette or a convertible. Some of you have probably heard me joke that someday I might have to combine the two.

Well, about a decade or so ago I left a note in a mailbox at a house where a Corvette convertible had long been siting in the driveway under a tarp.

Never heard a word about it.

Eventually, the car disappeared and I wondered what became of it.

So, a few days ago I get a phone call...

It's the owner of the Vette wondering if I might still be interested!

We are negotiating.

Edited July 4, 2011 by Camino LS6

[balthazar 5,161 3 Vehicles]

I like how you think you can slink out of here without giving at least minimal car details- well done!

[Camino LS6 880]

Put it this way, the inspection sticker expired in 1981...

[Camino LS6 880]

Elkhart green, chrome bumpers...

[Camino LS6 880]

under 50k miles...

[Robert Hall 3,920 4 Vehicles]

Interesting...something kinda like this? (Elkhart Green '72):

or this?

Edited September 17, 2010 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[Camino LS6 880]

Original drivetrain.

Enough details for now?

Interesting...something kinda like this? (Elkhart Green '72):

Very impressive work, Cubitar!

You are precisely correct!

Condition is another matter, however...

[Robert Hall 3,920 4 Vehicles]

I like that color. I like how many of the late '60s-early '70s Corvette colors directly or indirectly name-checked racetracks..Elkhart being a reference to Elkhart Lake/Road America, and Monza Red, Monaco Orange, Goodwood Green, LeMans Blue, Can-Am white...

Edited September 17, 2010 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[Camino LS6 880]

I love the color too.

[Intrepidation 913]

Sounds like a great project. Don't let it slip away!

[balthazar 5,161 3 Vehicles]

I saw one year, either 71 or 70, listed "War Bonnet Yellow"...

These are far more appealing than the rubber bumpered versions. There's an Elkhart Gr coupe in my neighborhood- been sittin without moving the 18 years I've lived here....

[Camino LS6 880]

I'm doing what I can, DF.

War Bonnet Yellow is a real Corvette color (one I don't care for).

The car I'm looking at has taken a 30 year sleep...

[Lamar 72]

I'm intrigued. This is probably my favorite of all the classic 'Vettes. Well, except for the 1983.

Keep us posted!

[Camino LS6 880]

Will do.

[Intrepidation 913]

I'm intrigued. This is probably my favorite of all the classic 'Vettes. Well, except for the 1983.

Keep us posted!

Funny man you are.

[Lamar 72]

Funny man you are.

Speaking of funny, I clicked the image in your signature. Google Chrome keeps it from having the desired effect.

But yeah, I find pleasure in the notion that there's only one existing Corvette that has the year I was born as its model year.

[Z-06 493]

Dear God of Corvette clans.

What engine?

[ocnblu 1,788 6 Vehicles]

Aw man. Very cool. Saddle interior? I hope you can get it. I want to see this thing.

[Camino LS6 880]

Aw man. Very cool. Saddle interior? I hope you can get it. I want to see this thing.

Most of the interior is absent, but yes, it was saddle.

Fingers crossed.

Dear God of Corvette clans.

What engine?

350, with a wuss-a-matic

[NOS2006 11]

That's just effing impressive, Camino. Good luck on purchasing it!

[Camino LS6 880]

Thanks, NOS.

I still can't believe the guy saved ny note all of that time!

[NOS2006 11]

Oh yeah, without a doubt. That's a LONG time to hold onto something like that. He probably put it on the car's dash and didn't open the car up again until he called you lol.

[cletus8269 69]

I'm intrigued. This is probably my favorite of all the classic 'Vettes. Well, except for the 1983.

i used to tease my cousin that if i won the lottery i'd buy everyone in the family am corvette of the year they were born... she was born in 83 hehehe

[cletus8269 69]

there is a white 72 t-top here in anderson saddle interior. sharp sharp car. one of the last good looking classic vettes.

[NOS2006 11]

i used to tease my cousin that if i won the lottery i'd buy everyone in the family am corvette of the year they were born... she was born in 83 hehehe

haha That is hilarious!

And cletus, I completely agree about the '72s being among the last good looking classic Corvettes.