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hildhood dreams are hard to purge, espe-
cially if your visions of grandeur involve
a car like a Corvette. Given the multitude
of examples on the road, spotting a hot
Corvette is practically an everyday occur-
rence for most carnoisseurs; thus flaring up those pent-
up desires to obtain a Chevy sports car to call your own.
From vintage C1s to modern C7 street burners, it’s all
the same ... Corvette lust is just a hard thing to shake.
John Pantanella is one of those guys who fantasized of
someday scoring a plastic Chevy to call his own. After
pining for hot C1s and C2s over the years, he waited
till his life settled down before getting it all together to
search for the car of his dreams. Then, after test-driving
a bone-stock C1 Corvette, he found the experience left
a lot to be desired in his eyes. To him, that beautifully
restored 1962 had sports car looks to die for but needed
a dose of modern technology to drive and perform the
way he wanted it to.
Now, John considers himself a pretty impulsive guy.
So he thought maybe this sudden need to possess a
Corvette would just pass over time. But he soon found
himself constantly thinking about having that one spe-
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