I Remember That Corvette Summer

When I was a younger man, around the age of 17, I used to hang out with a bunch of guys from school, didn't we all? I never had a car when I was a teenager, but I got to spend a lot of time hanging out with my friends who did. They all had older cars, beaters as we called them back then, and we all dreamed of having something cool.

Corvette Summer came out in 1978 and we would talk about how we would own a car just like that some day. Looking back on it, I guess we were a bit "hormonal" or something, cuz I can't really see myself in that car now. I don't think I ever did come to think of it.

Several years later I had a friend whose dad had a newer Corvette. He would spend hours and hours washing, waxing and otherwise babying that car. It drove me crazy. I couldn't understand why someone would act that way with a car. I still don't.

I remember one day when he was working on the car someone pulled up in the driveway behind his car, and they were "too close" and he freaked out and made them move their car. I don't think their car was within 6 feet of his car at the time. Talk about crazy! haha.
I imagine if he still has that Corvette, it's probably sitting in the garage right now, totally polished and ready to roll on some brand new C5 Corvette wheels.