Chevrolet Corvette Coupe

Some names have a cache about them that speaks volumes. You have only to utter one of them and everyone instinctively knows exactly what you are talking about. With fashion it's names like Dior, Laurent and Chanel, with muscle cars it's Cobra and Corvette. When I was a kid, my mum had an American pen pal who would send me small presents at Christmas time. One year, when I was about nine or ten, I got a model kit of a 1963 Split-Window Corvette. I'd never seen anything like it. The flip-up headlights and gorgeous shape just blew me away. This was in the days of Ford Anglias, Morris Minors and ... more

When I was a young woman there was a middle-aged man that took a fancy to me. Although he was a nice man I had no romantic interest in him whatsoever. One day he arrived at my home and asked me to have a spin in his new car. It was a brand new red corvette . Although I didn't care to date the gentleman the offer of a drive was too much to resist. The car was fast and furious--it hugged the curves like it was on a rail! And the thrill of being seen in that sporty convertible was beyond compare for a coed in the midwest United States. I had no idea why a settled businessman would want a car so ... more