Duneraider Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Wife gave me a Corvette Z06 for fathers day while we were on the road. We'll place an order for an '08 when we return home. We toured the factory and the National Corvette museum in Bowling Green Kentucky Fri and Saturday. The factory is really cool. We were considering factory delivery, but the roads in Kentucky are pretty bad, and we'd like to avoid rock and stone damage if we can, so we'll just have it shipped to the dealer. Our Corvette will have a 427 Cu in, hand assembled aluminum 505 hp engine, an aluminum frame (our 7 year old picked up the frame BTW, I have pix), and some other items that set it apart from the standard c6 Vette. The museum was OK, but was mostly dedicated to the past C4 model. The C4 production ran so long it almost killed the line. The C5 changed all that,, now Chevy has the C6 going strong. We seen private Corvette museums that are streets ahead of this museum, but perhaps worth a look if you're a Corvette nut. On our ocean cruise last year, we met a group from Bowling Green, that worked the factory. They were Bible belt, genuine appreciative people. They treasured their jobs at the Corvette factory. We hooked up with them again. They told us that "watch your Corvette being built" program was ended because of too much drama from customers. Time was when the factory was in St Louis, defect cars just kept going down the assembly line and shipped like Harley Davidsons, mistakes and all. So now, when they kick a 'Vette off the line for corrections, the owners would get worked up,, so they ended that part of the delivery process. But, you can tour and watch everyone elses Corvette being made. So now we're in Gettysburg Pa to tour the Battlefield. The 8.1 GMC is towing like a champ. 3000 miles this week, not a drop of oil added. Almost creamed several deer. They need to thin the heards for sure. Zillions of them everyplace. The Plains and Prairees, mountains,, everywhere like flies at the dump. Gas is about $2.79 most places, diesel $2.59. Ok,, report back from Disneyworld, Ft Wilderness Campground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadracer Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvdunes Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Sounds like a good time. We went to Gettysburg about 20 years ago. Really moving. Pretty country too. Gas here in CA is $3.05 Post some pictures when you can. Be safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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