At dinner tonight

[Squatting Dog]

We went to dinner with my parents. This is the first time they have seen my truck (2011 or 2012).

My mother looked the truck all over, and then says "I get it"

Puzzled, I asked her "get what?"

She says "this is the corvette stingray of trucks"

I quickly agreed and didn't think twice about what she meant.

She is right, with the big flared fenders, vents, and true definition of performance vehicle.

Maybe she is not as crazy as I thought.

-Greg

 

[NY SCREW]

We went to dinner with my parents. This is the first time they have seen my truck (2011 or 2012).

My mother looked the truck all over, and then says "I get it"

Puzzled, I asked her "get what?"

She says "this is the corvette stingray of trucks"

I quickly agreed and didn't think twice about what she meant.

She is right, with the big flared fenders, vents, and true definition of performance vehicle.

Maybe she is not as crazy as I thought.

-Greg

you sir have an awesome mother

 

[BigJ]

Hoolllyyysh!t she's exactly right! I never put it together, but hot damn!

I've had an obsession with the '67 Vette since childhood. I built countless models that Stingray, its optional L88, sidepipes, and three tail lights... the irony is as I grew up, and up, and up, I had to give up on my dreams of every driving one of those things. 6'9" dudes and early Corvette's just don't mix.

Now that I'm lookin, I can totally see the design queues. And it makes a bit more sense why it was love at first sight for me with the Raptor.

Good call Momma Greg! And thanks for sparking some good memories

 

[HAYNES OFFROAD]

I approve

 

[Squatting Dog]

Kind of like this one BigJ?

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-Greg

 

[BigJ]

Duuuude. Sick!

I had the rare pleasure once of actually popping the hood on a real numbers matching factory original L88 three tail lighted side piped fastback once. At the time (20 years ago?) it was one of only 4 known to still exist, and was valued at over a million dollars.

It looked just like this (might even be the same one, dunno)

 

[rightNut]

Duuuude. Sick!

I had the rare pleasure once of actually popping the hood on a real numbers matching factory original L88 three tail lighted side piped fastback once. At the time (20 years ago?) it was one of only 4 known to still exist, and was valued at over a million dollars.

It looked just like this (might even be the same one, dunno)

That thing is beautiful!

 

[CineSLR]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA,
I was just playing out how this conversation would have gone down with my mother. Couldn't have been more opposite.

Her comment would have been...

"I don't get it"
"What mileage does this monster truck get?"

Yes, some apples do fall far from the tree She drives a Prius with a tree hugger sticker on the back.


That is one beautiful Vette Greg, how much HP did that thing throw down? My Lawd!!


On a side note, Holy crap, I'm no longer the tallest FRF'r?? You have me by an inch BigJ!

 

[Deinonychus]

I had the rare pleasure once of actually popping the hood on a real numbers matching factory original L88 three tail lighted side piped fastback once.

The C2 is my Corvette of choice, and that is it at its best!