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This is our 1965 Corvette Coupe. It has travelled a total of only 58,000 original miles and was frame off restored to NCRS specifications at 52,000 miles. It is an air car with a 327/300, 4 speed, AM-FM, power antenna, power steering, teak steering wheel, comfort and convenience group, goldlines and more. It has achieved six NCRS Top Flight Awards, the most recent of which we got at the NCRS National Convention in July 2000. It also won an AACA First Senior Award at one of their National Meets in 1999. It has an interesting history, having been purchased in Florida by its original owner, then shipped to the Bahamas where he drove it for most of the first 10 years of its life. It was restored by its fifth owner in Florida in 1990 and won its first Top Flight at Cypress Gardens in January 1991. We are the sixth owners, purchasing it in 1998. We drive it to shows and in club events...but its no trailer queen. It was driven over 400 miles round trip to Bowling Green Kentucky when we took it for judging at the NCRS Nationals at the National Corvette Museum. This '65 looks and drives like new. We have all the paperwork and titles from all previous owners. And we consider ourselves particularly lucky after locating the original owners who sent us many old pictures of them with the car way back in 1966. Throw in the dozens of restoration photos the last owner sent us and you can see why we really appreciate and enjoy this car!
Here is a shot of the dash and teak wheel. The interior is Al Knoch...we have all the restoration receipts. We spoke to the owner of the shop who restored the car. He confirmed it was a no hit, no rust, matching numbers air conditioned car when he started the restoration. And the photo evidence confirms it!
Here is a shot of our 1987 Corvette Coupe. In this photo its wearing ZR1 wheels...but we recently reinstalled the original wheels and drove the car to Bloomington, Illinois for judging at Bloomington Gold. We were lucky enough to win Gold Certification! This car has just over 32,000 miles on it now. We have owned it since 1993 and are the third owners. It was also used by its previous owner as a NCCC Concours show car throughout the Southeast. It was NCCC Florida Region Concours Champion in 1992. We drive it only on nice weekends or to shows and club events. It has the relatively rare Bright Blue interior, Z52 Suspension package and almost all other options available that year. It still looks and drives exactly just the way it did when it left Bowling Green after being built in May 1987. The ZR 1 wheels (specially purchased with correct offset) add a little extra zip to its looks. We have all the paperwork on this car as well, including the window sticker, build sheet and even the original owner's loan paperwork!
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