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This is what happened
by Steve Klein
As my friend Tim jumped into his '67 white with red interior Corvette in
that same year, it was time to celebrate the end of our high school career. As
I stood in the parking lot, I watched Tim show the muscle of a Corvette by
spinning the tires as he entered the street...but to everyone's amazement he
lost control and within a 100 feet of travel he hit a telephone pole and
crashed the beautiful car. I felt so sorry for him and that iconic car of his.
Now 30 years later near Grand Ronde casino was a yard sale and my wife at the
time asked to stop and look. I sat in the car, as I had no interest in looking
until she said to go in the barn. There sat a '69 never driven Corvette that
was owned by the family that just lost their son to a racing accident. The mom
said the memory of this car was too much to have around and would lower the
price of the trophy car from $25,000 to $15,000 to me. And my desire burned
until I reasoned that I couldn't buy a Corvette. I later saw on TV one like it
sold for $180,000 and I got sick. Now living in Salem with my new life and
love that fire for a Vette never left. So in 2003 I paid cash for an '87 red
Corvette from the Beaverton area. Today that car enjoys the best of care with
other like-minded members of the Willamette Corvette Club!
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