Bob Salley

I turned 16 and got my drivers license in the fall of 1968, just when the C3 was introduced. I worked at a local dairy bar with my girlfriend Linda who later became my wife. The owner of the business bought a silver 68 T-Top and showed up periodically to check things out at work. I was mesmerized by this car and vowed to get one someday.

When I left for college the owners threw me a party and actually let me and Linda take it out for a spin. It drove a lot differently than my 63 VW Bug.

Fast forward to 1995 and I saw a Corvette in Chevy Trader at a gas station and bought it on a whim. I saw an ad for the Bloomington Gold Corvette Show in Springfield, Missouri and Linda and I decided to go check it out. We havent missed a Bloomington show since and bought this 74 convertible at the show the very next year.

A year later we entered it in the Survivor judging and it passed all 4 categories. Two years later Lyle Chamberlain used it in the Silver Salute class as the demo.

Our 74 still has the original paint except for the bumpers which had to be replaced a few years ago.It is a medium red, L82 four speed with air conditioning, a hard top, and saddle interior.

We bought a 99 light pewter coupe at Bloomington in 2006 and enjoy it as well. We are members of our local Glasspack Corvette Club in Western Kentucky as well as Corvette Memphis. I travel with the Memphis group every year in a motorhome to Corvettes at Carlisle, camping out at the show.