"When we bought our first Corvette, we didn’t know it was the start of a new lifestyle." Boy, can we relate! Enjoy these stories of the enthusiasts – and the cars – who prove that Corvette is a lifestyle!

Everywhere we go, we meet someone with a Corvette story. Whether it is multiple generations of families holding true to the Corvette love, a Corvette Club, a group of friends, or the neighbor, co-worker or acquaintance who thinks Corvettes are really cool, the Corvette passion keeps growing. This collection of stories is told by the people who live the Corvette passion. From a love of America’s Sports Car that ignited with its introduction in 1953 to a labor of love Corvette rebuild that lasted 2 ½ years, these are your stories told from your perspective. Thanks for keeping the Corvette passion alive!

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My Love of the American Sports Car

Thomas Tallman

I am 63 and retired, but I purchased my first Corvette when I was twenty-two years old. It was a Maroon 1969 427/390hp four speed white convertible with both tops. That is when the love affair began.
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At 10 Years Old I Got the Corvette Fever

Michael Beatt

Hi, My name is Mike and I have a corvette problem. I currently own three corvettes and wife said if I bring another Corvette home she will divorce me, I sure will miss her....
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1964 Silver/Blue

Gene Gottschalk

My Corvette Story goes back a long way. The start was back in high school when I first got my drivers license. In 1963, I was sixteen and my 13 year older brother bought a brand new Silver/Blue Split Window Coupe. I started driving my parents 1962 Chevrolet Impala convertible, but when my brother showed up for Christmas dinner with the Corvette I was hooked.
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The One That Got Away

Jeffrey Burgess

In the summer of 1987, my life was finally coming together. I had just turned 26 and my wife and I owned our own home in Dearborn. One day, my wife’s uncle handed me a brochure on the 1987 Corvette. I fell in love.
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Graduated from Working Underneath Corvettes to Owning One!

Mark Bockwich

April 1, 1998. This was the first day of my employment at Corsa Performance. The day it all began.
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I Waited a Long Time for this Car

Mick Vecchio

My interest in cars began in 1951, when I was ten years old. My father passed on his interest to me. When I first saw a picture of the Motorama Covette, I was hooked.
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Recreating a Childhood Moment

Larry Baker

I was 12 years old in 1954 when a favorite neighbor came over to take me for a ride in his brand new Polo White 1954 Corvette. I dreamed about Corvettes for years after that.
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Father Son War. 1988 Memories vs. My Own Hot Wheel

Berj Yepremian

Bought cheap, but so far we have spent six times the amount it was bought for just to run, run like a Corvette with the performance chips it came with.
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