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QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

Posted: 1/11/23 5:50am Message 1 of 15
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Vette(s): Used to own a 1979 Corvette now owned by JB79

Where is your most favorite place you've driven your Corvette?

 

I actually have three:

  1. "Tail of the Dragon." During the 2006 C3VR Member Gathering. Was the most fun and scariest ride I've ever done!
  2. Pocono Raceway.  I was able to drive my Vette on the quarter-track there during a driving course.
  3. Atlantic City Expressway.  During a "Kerbeck Corvettes Toys For Tots" run, back in the days when the Corvettes participating would all gathering at a rest stop along the Expressway, then would all depart at the same time with NJ State Police blocking traffic to allow us all out.  They also looked the other way as many Vettes tested the limits of their rides!  Me in my '79, I could only get to about 85 before it felt like it would fall apart! 



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Re: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

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Equinunk, PA - USA
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Vette(s): 1972 conv, 4-speed, 350, 200hp, numbers match, rally wheels, war bonnett yellow w/white top. good condition, nice driver.

It would have to be  Watkins Glen and the race track. Been there twice with Alternate C3 group Gatherings. Good group, Good fun. 




Re: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

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Arlington, TX - USA
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Vette(s): 1969 LeMans Blue Coupe 390/427 4sp 2016 Stingray Convertible 7sp

Driving across Nevada in the early 70s when there was no speed limit. 




Re: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

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France
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Vette(s): 1978 L48 Auto. Red with Oyster Leather interior. Owned since 1990.

As far as favourite places go, then a drive the down the Gorges du Tarn and over the Millau Viaduct was pretty fab, but a tour we did with the Corvette Club France in September '21, through the Alps and over Europe's highest paved pass (in the snow!)  was pretty special.😄

We've also been lucky to have driven the full Le Mans course, on race day, with no pace car at least twice and a couple more times with a pace car of sorts, plus the permanent Bugatti Circuit a couple of times.   Living only "down the road" we drive the Mulsanne Straight every time we got to the DIY store!👍

 




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Re: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

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Vette(s): 1972 LT-1 convertible with factory air. 2017 Black Rose Grand Sport convertible.

Texas Motor Speedway, got up to about 110 mph in the banking.

Our monthly autocross with the Lone Star Corvette Club.

The drive from Hot Springs Arkansas to Eureka Springs.

The Hwy 70 drive down the Feather River canyon from Quicy CA to Lake Oroville.




   

Re: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

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Vette(s): 1978 Silver Anniversary. Restored in 2012. All new 'complete' suspension f & r, engine, trans, exhaust, interior. Car is driven - garage kept but not a trailer queen.

Tale of the Dragon for sure!  Have driven it 6 times, 3 of them during the Corvette Expo Friday cruise.  Absolutely awesome road. 318 curves in 11 miles.  One of the times, had the wife behind me in our 85 Monte Carlo SS.  She done good!!  Stayed right with me.  129 Slayer Photography got us together on one of the curves.

 




Re: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

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I know this is going to sound lame after the exotic locales posted above... but for me, after a 5 year body-off restoration, the first time I got up to 70 on I77 last summer was pretty wild.

All I could think of was how many fasteners I torqued over the last couple years... and wondering whether I missed any!

 




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sdinino said:

I know this is going to sound lame after the exotic locales posted above... but for me, after a 5 year body-off restoration, the first time I got up to 70 on I77 last summer was pretty wild.

All I could think of was how many fasteners I torqued over the last couple years... and wondering whether I missed any!

 


This is not lame! 




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Re: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

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Cana, VA - USA
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Vette(s): 1975 Stingray 71 350 engine Flat top pistons Sniper fuel injection Hyperspark ignition Vintage Air air conditioning Borgeson power steering box

We live just below the Blue Ridge Parkway, so that is always a nice ride.  It is not a speed contest with the 45 MPH speed limit, but a very scenic ride.




   

Re: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

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Vette(s): SOLD - "The Toy" - '70 Convertible
SOLD - "The Beast" - '90 ZR-1 (#682)
SOLD - "Betty" - '28 Ford Model A Tudor
Sold - "BLKBRRD" - '78 Pontiac Trans Am
"BLUBYU" - '04 Coupe

The most memorable trek in "The Toy" was going on the 50th Anniversary Corvette Caravan to the NCM.  It was the first time I had the car on the road since the post-purchase drive from Pittsburgh back to Minnesota and I was more than a little nervous!  The highlight of the 2nd day on the road was a stop at "The Brickyard" where around 850 Corvettes from North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana gathered in the infield.   What a sight...!!!  After a parade lap (at just 35 mph) around the track it was an all out sprint to Bowling Green!

After the rush of being a part of the mass caravan on the way to Bowling Green I was a caravan of 1 on the return trip to Minnesota.  From BG I headed to St. Louis and then followed "Ol' Man River" north to home.  What a memory...!!!




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