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High Noon: In Praise Of The Stingray

Posted by DFO

March 5, 2009 12:09 p.m. • 33 comments

My love and commitment belong to the wife of my youth, Susan. 32 years proves that. My passionate joy belongs to the Corvette Sting Ray. Always has … especially the model from 1963. (46 years proves that, too.) I first beheld the ‘63 when I first held it in my hands. My brother, Gary, and I had just received a race car set with the “fast back” cars being small enough to fit in the palm of my little boy hands. Nevertheless, they roared … That’s when I fell in love with the Corvette. This past week, a buddy of mine, Michael B, loaned me his ‘Vette when he took off for Hawaii with his bride of 20 years for their celebration. I did not “hold it in my hands”, like I did as a boy in 1963….it held me/ Dennis Mansfield. More here.

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