About me and my passion for cars

I have always wanted a C3 Corvette and I finally was able to get mine. It didn't come easy though, as you can see in my garage photo's my car was totaled out by the second owner. It had only 22K original miles on it and was used as a show car by the previous owner. I purchased the car from a paint and body shop owner just down the road from me. We worked up a deal for $15K as a completed project. He told me the car when finished would be just like driving it off of the showroom floor. I got to help with the entire restoration and boy was that a learning experience. I now actually believe after 8 months of restoration that it is better than that. Has a new front clip, new brakes, master cylinder, tires, wheels, dashboard, windshield, radiator, condensor, etc, etc. and best of all Fresh Silver Paint. We undercoated it with truck bed liner. The car as of 7/1/2011 has 23K miles on it and was restored back to factory stock condition.

My first car

1981 Z-28 Camaro, I bought it brand new off the showroom floor, had a 350 4 speed cowl induction in it. It was dark metallic blue with T-tops. Bought it for $8600.00 kept it for 3 years and sold it for $7000.00 it had 40K miles on it.

Car I wish I still had

My 1980 SS Nova, it was gold with a stock 350 engine, man that car would run.

My dream car

The Corvette ZR-1, or any Bugatti of course would do. hehe

Favorites

• Car movie: Corvette Summer
• Car magazine: Vette

— Profile last updated: Sep 25, 2011