Corvette for Pops. An update and thank you.

First I would like to thank every one of you who emailed me, called, sent PM's... leads, what to look for, where to look, etc.... it helped. I cannot believe how many people contacted me. Thank you.

We found a numbers matching 1970. One owner. Protecto plate. Owners manual. Recent repaint. Original interior. 115k miles. A badass car for a decent price.

Now I'll give you a bit of background. My Pops has always wanted a Corvette. Had to be a Stingray. In 1971, they looked at a brand new 1970 . Silver... Financing was set up and Pops decided not to buy it cause a baby was on the way... that baby was me.

My whole life, we just knew he wanted one. He'd talk about it but never act on it. EVERYBODY came before Pops getting a Vette. We knew we'd have to get one for him.

We've tried for years. Maybe a fixxer upper? Saw one on my walk but it was an '82. A friend of a friend has one in the backyard, maybe they'd sell?? We came really close once... a 69 that would need a little work. We got the finances in order but were too late....

My Grandma died a few months ago and some money came out of that. I knew what was gonna happen. Mom knew. My sister knew. EVERYONE knew cept Pops!

With a lot of help from you guys and a little luck, we found this sweetie in Carlsbad, CA. Hasn't been driven since 1982. I tuned it up, swapped the hoses, flushed the radiator... thats it. It drives like a new car!

Today was the day. There wasn't a dry eye in the house. We made a book for him. Letters from the family. The story of buying the car. Copies of all the paperwork. He was overwhelmed.

Everyone got a ride. Mom. My sister. My brother in law. My wife. My kids. My niece and nephew. Then me. Pops said " I haven't driven something this fast in a long time" I said "keep your foot to the floor til it shifts" He did, it chirped the tires... he threw his hand out the top and yelled "YES!"

Here's some pics. Thanks again fellas. Means the world to me.

Jason

 

WOW!!! Im happy for your dad. I know the feeling you must of got when he first saw it. I did a similar thing for my father with his sitting 64 Stingray coupe that he never had time to get running because of his vintage drum business. He now drives it often when he is not playing drums and Im glad to see it........

 

Dude.....



That is fucking awesome.

 

Too too cool !!!!You are a good man Charlie Brown. I'm sure your Pops knows he did good.

My dad has always wanted a Ferrari

 

Fuck Yeah!!!

 

What goes around, comes around... thanks for the pics & cool story

cc

 

Blacksix and Butt Reynolds took the words right outta my mouth. Jason, you and your family done real good. Congratz to your Pops, and may every ride be as memorable as the first. Very cool story.

-murph

 

WOW! What a fantastic story that will last a lifetime. I've got a knot in my throat just reading that. Thanks for sharing a precious family moment.

 

Well I guess you get the the son of the year award!! For real man stop tuggin on the heart strings I'm here for the cars.....

 

Absolutley cool, man!!! Sorry to hear about your grandmother though...

Just surreal...

Have a truly good one!!!

Take it easy...

TTYL.

Later, peace...

Troy.

 

Thats an AWESOME story bro! The pics of your dads face say it all. Very cool, something you all will never forget

 

that's such an awesome thing for you and your family to do. i bet he's one happy camper.

 

what a great thing for you guys to do for him. You know parents sacrafice so much for their kids it makes you feel so good when you can give something back. Looks like a great corvette to boot.

 

Jason,

Haven't talked ta ya since the Kustoms by TSR days when I had my cousin Kenny go by & pick up a couple of magazines for me when you were based out of Hesperia, You still in that shop I read this post and thought that this was a great gift to give to your dad!!!!! I'm sure that you just made him feel 15yrs younger!!!! I had several vettes, don't miss the ones that I had, but do miss the feeling getting put deep in the seat under hard accel, those were fun times, Congrats to your dad, Mom & you done GOOD!
Kevin

 

man,

this is the coolest story ever....

danny

 

You are officially the best kid on earth! I think everyone else is getting coal for Christmas this year! Good on ya!

Ben

 

That is too f**kin cool!

Is he hugging the car in the last pic?

Awesome

 

That is to COOL !!! Yall have a great family .

 

REALLY sharp looking car,I always thought the 68-72 Vettes were the best looking ones made....I wish I still had my 72 Roadster.

 

Wow.

That is so awesome.

 

Great story and pics, there is nothing cooler than that!

 

That's the coolest story I've heard in a long long time!

 

What a cool deal, nothing better than giving back to your Pop, very cool....In the 8th picture, is the kid in the red shirt flipping off someone or looking at the booger he just picked ??

 

Nice...

 

Guaranteed, he'll remember that day for the rest of his life. You done good.


Frank

 

What a rush that must have been for you...and your family, to be able to GIVE something back to your Dad...congrats to all for pulling off a great surprise.

R-

 

Me too, man. Too cool.

 

That is very cool. I guess he can't say no when you ask "Hey, Dad can I borrow the keys to the Corvette?" You got' em right where ya want'em. Now, can we ge an obligatory smokey burnout pic please?

 

Dude that rules.....