Another 67 L79 Corvette story.......

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Many of you probably recall Dave and I often refer to our Dad's former 67 L79 Air Conditioned roadster when conversations about similar cars come up - Tim (NAPA68 ) has had many spectacular ones recently. Dave refers to Dad's car as our "tap root" car - the one that got us interested in cars. In addition to getting us interested in cars, we have meet many wonderful people as the result of Dad's car over the years. I will eventually get into the details and history of the car as this thread develops but the long and short of it is that I was able to purchase the car back. We flew down to Sarasota FL this weekend and closed the deal. Once the auction frenzy for transporters calms down in the coming weeks Reliable should have the car back in my garage and next to the 409 for the first time since 1980. To say we are thrilled is an understatement. Many thanks to Tim for letting me bounce some information off him and the many converations we had regarding the car in the last week. This all came together pretty quickly (10 days ago I was notified the car was available) so it has been a bit of a whirlwind. I'll share some current pictures from our trip and some taken by the seller for me prior to us going down. Couldn't have asked for a better seller and luckily the quick overnight trip went off without a hitch. The car still retains it's original tags, tank sticker, transmission, door panels, seats, and many of the major underhood components. While it is a St. Louis bodied car the sidepipes were added (ugh) after Dad sold it. It needs some cleaning and a relatively small puchlist of items to get it to where I want it to be but overall is a pretty solid car. One of the coolest things is that Dad's 3 ring binder of documentation and his handwritten notes survived the 4 subsequent owners since 2004 and remains with the car.