C7 cabrio

 The C7 Corvette currently in the collection is a coupe, so, clearly, there is space for a cabrio!

Took some time to find a cabrio model of a C7, but in the end I found one on eBay.

Collection is getting closer and closer to about two models per generation, isn't it?

'67 C2 Sting Ray

Second generation Corvettes, the first of the Sting Rays, were produced from 1963 to 1967. I already have a model of a '63 C2, so appropriate to add a model of the final year, 1967, to the collection

And it's a roadster, and it's red (had to be!)

If I had to pick my favourite 'Vette model, it would almost surely be a C2 Sting Ray ...

C6.R

Corvette were and are, of course, also used in racing, and here is a picture of a such a race car, based on the C6, the C6.R:

Needless to say I was keen to add a race 'Vette to the collection; here is my C6.R model.

Looks like Corvette generations will be represented by at least two models, doesn't it?

A second C4

The C4 Corvette model I have in the collection is a cabrio, and regularly appearing on eBay are 1:24 models of C4 coupes ...

Some C4 'Vette coupes had a sunroof, and that's what the model I got has.

I did say the collection wouldn't remain at one from each generation ...

'62 Corvette as a 62nd birthday present

The 1962 Corvette was the last of the 1st generation, sporting a front and back end different from its predecessors.

Now I already have two C1 'Vettes in the collection (a '53 and a '57), so why add a third one? 

Well, I turned 62 earlier this year, was born in 1962, so a '62 car is one from my year of birth ... and if you want another 62 to add, that's the house number where we live ....

So I got this '62 Corvette as a birthday present when I turned 62 earlier this year. It's a Franklin Mint model, so heavier and more detailed than others. And yes, more expensive, but it was a birthday present, so, technically, I didn't break my '~£25 rule' (it was £49.95 on eBay, if you want to know).

A very nice and appropriate birthday present!

2009 Stingray concept car

It's been quite a while since I added a 1:24 Corvette model to the collection ..... There were reasons for that, and now it's time to remedy it!

In 2009, Corvette produced a Stingray concept car.

Clearly, they were thinking then of bringing the Stingray name back, which actually happened with the C7 in 2014.

And, lucky for me, there is a 1:24 model of this concept car on the market.

The first Corvette with butterfly doors!

1953, birth of the Corvette

My original plan for the Corvette collection was to have one model per generation, but the very first Corvette is special, so I decided to add one model from that first generation to the '57 model I already have (my rules, I can break them when I want!).

Of course, the model had to be white, just like those first 300 produced in 1953 were ...