Tuesday, February 18, 2025

C8 'pink slip'

There is currently one 'Vette C8 model in the collection, and almost all the other generations are represented by two models .... Time to remedy that glaring hole in the collection!

But that turned out to be easier said than done, as all I came across were the exact same model in different colours, and that wasn't what I wanted ....

Until I stumbled across a C8 model on Amazon US, which had the extra moniker 'pink slip'. I had no idea what that meant, but Google is your friend! So a pink slip is basically the piece of paper that shows you are a car's registered owner. And, in car racing terms, a 'pink slip' race is a race where you lose your car if you lose the race ...

So here's the 'pink slip' C8 Corvette, fittingly showing some pink!




This is unlikely to be the final addition to the Corvette collection ...



Friday, February 7, 2025

Late C3 Stingray

I've got an early C3 Stingray (from 1970) in the collection, but the model saw some changes in the 14 years it was in production  (1968 to 1982), so I kept my eye out for a late model of the C3.


And I found it in the end, a 1979 model!





Funny enough, the seller lived a few streets away, so he dropped it off and I saved on postage costs (and risks).

C8 'pink slip'

There is currently one 'Vette C8 model in the collection, and almost all the other generations are represented by two models .... Time ...