Saga of a Stinger-nosed Split-window Corvette.
How many Corvettes does a man have to own before you call him … uh, maybe paraphrasing Bob Dylan’s lyrics from his 1963 album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan isn’t the best way to start this feature on David Nelson’s split-window 1963 Corvette, but we had to start somewhere. The idea was to illustrate that when a person goes to buy their first Corvette they have a specific year and model in mind, but when it comes to looking for their second Corvette the requirements might not be as strict.
Such was the case for David Nelson, a Texas orthodontist that pilots his private plane all over the Southwest. David explained that he already owned a 1962 Corvette so when he began his search for old Corvettes stored in the hangars of municipal airports, a place he cites to be a proverbial gold mine, the question was always “do you know of any old Corvettes around here?”
“Yeah, there’s one that’s been under a tarp for the last 22 years you could probably take a look at.” David found its owner, and when the tarp was pulled back there sat a split-window Daytona Blue 1963 Corvette with a dark blue interior, and under its hood a 300-horsepower 327 with a Muncie four-speed transmission. David didn’t lowball his offer like the owner expected him to, so after personally bringing the dormant Sting Ray back to life David had bought himself another Corvette.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March 2017 من Vette.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March 2017 من Vette.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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