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The C3 has since gone on to winanumber of
awards, which has only whetted Jeff’s already
deeply rooted passion for Corvettes. Although
he loves his C3 to bits, the desire to perhaps
one day purchaseaC2‘mid-year’ Corvette, was
getting ever stronger.While surfing the net one
day,hecameacros sa1967 C2 Sting Ray Coupe
for sale in the USA. He tookanote of the car and
could not help but look at the ad again over the
next few days.
This C2 featureda427cu in engine,
Powerglide automatic transmission, black leather
trim, Kelsey Hayes bolt-on alloy wheels, the rare
California dealer style option of six rear lights and
was finished in SunfireYellow.“Everything that I
could ever have wished for onaC2,” he beams!
“I wasn’texactly inaposition to purchase the car
outright immediately,but that didn’tstopme
from contacting the vendor,who turned out to
be one of the nicest Corvette sellers thatIhave
ever spoken to. JohnYoung had been given the
car by his late fatherMLYoung (NCRS member
16) after he had sadly lost his sightafew years
previously.‘ML’, as he was known in the NCRS
fraternity,had owned the car since 1971 and it
had gone on to becomeamulti-award winning
‘Top Flight’ car aroundadozen times.”
With his heart now racing and definitely
having ‘buyer’seyes’,somehow Jeff managed
to sellafew cars and was veryclose to the total
aski ng price, but then thought that he’d better
get the car checked over first, even though
he’d virtually already paid for it. Fortunately,
the exhaustive pre-inspection report returned
veryfavourably,other thanafew minor issues.
“Thiswas themost expensive car that I’d ever
purchased from the USA, atatime of the worst
exchange rates too,” Jeff winces. “The car
eventually arrived at Southampton andIwas
luck yinbidding for the appropriate registration
plate of VET67E. In September 2017Ientered
both of my Corvettes for UK NCRS Flight judging
at thei revent in Kent.Iwas delighted to receive a
2nd FlightAwardfor both of them.Ibelieve that
the 1971 C3 is veryclose toaTop FlightAward,
but the 1967 C2 will remaina2nd Flight due to
its non-original air conditioning system.”
1967Corvette C2 Sting Ray
Coupe
Engine isa390bhp 427cu in V8.
Points win...? Tr ipletaillightsarareCalifornia
dealer style option.
Black leather interior.
classic-american
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