And Gals too.  I have been looking for a set of kick panels for my 74.  Well a fellow car guy, is sending me a set just for the cost of the postage and is even trusting me to mail him back the postage he paid.

Anyway, he (joechamp) wrote:
 "us Corvette guys got to help each other out..."

I really appreciated what he had done, and got me to thinking...

Has anybody else had any similar experience and wanted to share it with the rest of us?  Thanks

Yes! Definitely!

When I bought mine, it needed a new parking brake cable. A Corvette friend GAVE me one he had that he planned to sell on e-Bay. Plus some other parts he thought I could use.

A lot of the C3VR members swap/give/donate parts and stuff back and forth all the time. I have received and sent plenty of Corvette stuff to our family members...it's what we do.
A few days before the '08 Gathering, one of the members of our local club gave us the front license plate cover for the '85. He had it laying around, and figured we could use it. Good thing is, it's the same color!
There are a lot of nice folks out there...this kind of thing goes on every day. We sometimes forget to thank those who do help us. Tux likes to call it "Paying it forward"...
So, to of ya'll , GOOD JOB, and THANKS!   

It never ceases to amaze me the response I have received when I'm in need, whether it be parts, support, or just someone to talk to and laugh with. As of late our good friend StingrayJim called me about a Vette issue I've been having. And in the process I have made another good friend through our (sometimes very long) phone conversations. I have family here, some I talk to almost on a daily basis. I really don't care to do that with some of my blood relatives.  I do belong to a club her in Mich., and we help each other out, but its you guy's I turn to first.

You got all that right Joel, about a lot of nice folks around here and
 thumbs up to you, for what you sent me.  Again... thank you, steve

I haven't been in the Vette world long and I'm overwhelmed by the generosity.  In fact, Joel was one of the first Corvette guys I met when he invited my brother and I to meet him at the NCRS event in Waco and have lunch with him.  The first local car show we took ours to this spring, we met Elio, who isn't on this list, with a customized 72.  Roger needed one of the ignition shields for his and I needed an a/c condensor, dryer and hoses.  Elio had removed all that original stuff from his 72 and he gave us all of it for $100, plus a bunch of other odds and ends he said he didn't need.  I hope that I can be that generous someday, but in the meantime, I'll try to pass it on in the form of posting something useful once in a while, or if anyone local needs an extra hand removing a hood or such.  

Another really GREAT PERSON on here that's helped me a lot is my HERO.....VETTERBOB!