I drove it and enjoyed it!
Quantico, Virginia is home to Marine Corps Basic School, where new officers learn how to be leaders of Marines. Some older enlisted Marines preyed upon us young butterbars by having used sports cars and sporty cars for sale at their local dealer lots. They would throw us the keys and even let us have them for the weekend, giving some extra money for gas, if needed. They knew they would hook most of us and they did. I, however, was smarter than the others and just took the cars for weekends, never planning to buy. Timing for a purchase was terrible. We were all about to go overseas for many months. I borrowed and thoroughly enjoyed some of the original Z28s and GTOs and many now-classic Vettes but they could not hook me .......... until I saw them pull a silver 1966 427/425 roadster out of their carwash. It was a Tuesday night and I had just brought back a 1967 dark green 427/435 coupe with sidepipes but one was smoking. I was HOOKED! So they suggested I finance through Navy Federal Credit Union, which I had never heard of, so they took my info and got my app going (this was LATE Tuesday) and Thursday a.m., a check was in my mailbox. That was faster than the car was!!!!!! I enjoyed that roadster for many years. Later, I bought a new 1976 then a new 1980, so it was 30 years I waited to get my current 2010, which is substantialy nicer than any of my previous ones except I miss the convertible top which I could lower in four seconds. My current small bock is much better than the old big block and now I have two more gears, much better brakes and suspension and CofD, too. AND I actualy get good mlieage.... WOT uh KONTREEEE!!!!!!!! Sadly, I was young and stupid and customized and abused that first Corvette, but it was good to me.
