July 30, 200619 yr All right, ladies, gents, I don't know how many of you have been or are in the Bowling Green, KY area, but I took a little side trip up there today whilst the rest of the family was enjoying our annual Family Reunion in Portland, TN. I've got some pictures from the NCM, just thought I'd like to share. What you see from I65 Corvette Only Parking, Other Vehicles WILL Be Towed At Owner's Expense The Building Front Corvette of the Month (All the Cars in the Museum are either donated, or on loan) A Map of the building The Corvette Story Mr. Harley J. Earl The "Original Corvette" The 1953 (I believe) Motorama exhibit This is the Orignal Corvette Badge, of course, we all know it changed Here's the badge we all know Fiberglass parts, and not a whole lot of them Mr. Duntov, the godfather of the Corvette Information about Mr. Duntov Mr. Duntov's 1973 454 powered C3
July 30, 200619 yr Author More! A C1 Vette in a Diarama (sp?) A second, third, and fourth C1 This one of the few (and highly rare) C1's that came with a Cadillac Amherst Pink paint job The 2nd Generation Getting Kicks on Rt 66 in a C2 A 1965 C2 Vette And a 1967 C2 Vette A 1972 C3 Coupe A 1973 C3 Coupe being "married" The Original "Small Block" 265 cid V-8 A Fuel-Injected 283 V-8 A kinda-weird 1970 mid-engine Vette powerplant The 427 Z06 C6-R engine
July 30, 200619 yr Author Even More, although this is it Six Generations of Corvette The Original Corvette Second Generation Vette (Split-window era) Third Generation (Stingray and Manta Ray) Fourth Generation (lots o-electronics) Fifth Generation Sixth Generation And finally, as I walked out the door I really hope that y'all liked the pictures. I wish I could have taken more, but my lovely wife, whom didn't attend with me, forgot to charge the battery up on the Digital Camera.
August 1, 200619 yr Author Youse guys suck. No comments....wow Edited August 1, 200619 yr by 76ChevyTrucker
August 1, 200619 yr Thanks for those great pics. It's like nirvana. I'd be frozen in awe. Having owned a Corvette, I have to make a pilgrimage once in my lifetime to this sacred site. Edited August 1, 200619 yr by HarleyEarl
August 1, 200619 yr Awesome, 76CT . I've driven by the museum quite a few times, but never really visited, tho we did meet in the parking lot when the MC Nationals were in Bowling Green a few years ago..... Thanks for sharing the pics . Cort, "Mr MC" / "Mr Road Trip", 32swm/pig valve/pacemaker MC:family.IL.guide.future = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/ Models.HO = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/trainroom.html "It's not the car I want" ... George Jones ... 'The Corvette Song'
August 1, 200619 yr Cool pics, thanks for sharing! Although, not to be picky, but Zora's car was a 1974 454, last year for the 454. You have it marked as a 1973, which came with a poly nose and steel chromed rear bumper. The rear went to poly in 1974.
August 1, 200619 yr I got some pics of when I went there. Was there anything you guys wanted to see that hasn't been posted? BTW the C5R engine was NOT there when I was. 76ChevyTrucker did you manage to get any good pics of the Aerovette? I tried but they had it behind another display model.
August 1, 200619 yr Author Acutally that's all the pictures I was able to get, the camera's battery died shortly after the picture of the mid-engine 'vette concept set up. And you may be right about Mr. Duntov's Vette, it could be a 1974, I don't honestly recall the information plaque at the base of the picture.
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