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  1. enloe
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    176B1156-FBD0-4704-8247-14BC49F524B6.jpeg C947FF91-76E7-452F-A3B2-81BC2FAB1E16.jpeg 277673E8-4600-4647-8C3F-525BCA36F47C.jpeg F356F2DA-B371-4880-853A-9366A6D371D1.jpeg I had bought some parts from the guy that owns this car in the past
     
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  2. jimdillon
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    Enloe the #40 Corvette that Ethan is standing next to brings back some good memories. I watched those cars run back in the 80s. One day when they were in town racing at the San Diego Grand Prix (mid 80s) when I had my shop in San Marcos California, I had the Hendrick team show up at my shop brought by Roy Campbell (who had a shop across the street) to look at my old Packard racing engine. Roy Campbell is a story in and of himself-great guy with a real racing history-died of cancer in the 90s sadly. We used to go to lunch a lot. Cool meeting all of the Hendrick team and am still friends with Gordon Barrett who was a team engineer for Rick Hendrick. Gordon still has one of those Vette team cars in his shop. Gordon actually came back and spent more time at my shop looking at the engine and has since bought the remains of another race car from the teens. Cracked me up as the first "old' car he ever restored ended up winning at Pebble Beach in 2005- a big money Alfa that he still drives on tours.

    I told Gordon that one of the sounds that I really liked on those Vettes was the sound of the bodywork when they would slow for the turns. He told me I was the first to point it out to him. I still keep in contact with Gordon and see him occasionally. My wife always comments that he must dust his shop which I tell her that many race shops are that way-a bit different from my own.

    Thanks for the pics-some cool old Vettes.
     
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  3. Enloe, Do you recall if the blue, '63 Split window in your first pic was painted the current day Corvette "Laser Blue" or something else? I'm looking for a dark blue color and am thinking of using '64 Corvette "Daytona Blue." I think it might have been used on '63s, too, but I'm not sure. Thanks! Nice pix, by the way. Thanks much for posting.
     
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  4. rumblegutz
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    Yes, Daytona Blue was a Corvette color in '63 and '64.
     
  5. Great pictures as always . Living the life and Ethan is growing up . Thanks for taking us along . Blue
     
  6. D-man313
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  7. enloe
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    You wouldn’t believe it he is almost 6 feet tall
     
  8. loudbang
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    Guess we can't call him a boy anymore :rolleyes:
     
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  9. enloe
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    He still acts like a 5 year old.
    His current teenage nickname seems to be Dumdass:)
    He is a pretty good kid most of the time.
     
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  10. Dumdass is better than dickhead !
     
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  11. enloe
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    I heard that
     
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  12. B.A.KING
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    Hey check your conversations???
     
  13. enloe
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    Checked them I don’t think that I have that magazine but I will do a deeper search.
     
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  14. Gman0046
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    Either we've been on this site a real long time or Ethan is growing up super fast.
     
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  15. enloe
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    A little of both.
     
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  16. D-man313
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    It's hard to remember how young Ethan was when we first met you guys, but it's hard to believe he's that old now. And he probably won't ever grow out of the dumbass name.


    Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
     
  17. enloe
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    Some days he really grows into the name
     
  18. Thanks so much for setting my memory straight on colors used in '63, but my real question was... "Was Daytona Blue the actual color of the '63 Vette in Enloe's first pic or was it something else?" It looks pretty bright in the pic like it may be a newer color instead of the stock '63 color.
     
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  19. enloe
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    I am unsure what color it is
     
  20. woodbutcher
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    :D Hi Enloe.I think we ALL fit that name from time to time:rolleyes::p.I sure hope you have a large grocery budget.My Mom always used to say"Growing boys don`t get hungry.They get hollow".
    Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
    Leo
     
  21. enloe
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    We are leaving now for Paradise Dragstrip In Calhoun Georgia this morning.
    There is a swap meet and racing today.

    We were going to set up and sell but now we are just going to go and look for swap meet treasures.
     
  22. enloe
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    Well it looks like it was cancelled till next Saturday.
     
  23. B.A.KING
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    Day before easter??hmm I may try to make that one.
     
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  24. enloe
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    We are heading out to Paradise dragstrip for swap meet and racing this morning
     
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  25. enloe
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    Well we have had a good day so far. Bought a little sold a little now we are about to have a burger. BCC83916-A6A4-406E-9E8D-F16C68CA0240.jpeg 58B8EB39-B89E-4F9A-ABF0-6D64809D2913.jpeg 2B1A9DB3-C0E0-4056-A3E1-71068FC8DD2B.jpeg 3AAC5275-9D84-49DB-B74A-FB81D4388099.jpeg 2DC705E4-1F40-453A-BC0D-A806D0C4E4D1.jpeg
     
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  26. enloe
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  27. enloe
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    D4F749AA-4062-4F85-B590-4FAD44ABFEBB.jpeg FC6A9DE6-001F-49B6-BABB-13F1FD535F1F.jpeg F2514D59-C3CA-4973-8825-78338B635BBA.jpeg 7DFBA12D-0804-4BA6-A145-67F5B0292494.jpeg CF3F819A-B3A6-48E5-9160-6B9D7EB2DEC6.jpeg Nice little SEG car was there today
     
  28. enloe
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  29. KoolKat-57
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    "Well we have had a good day so far. Bought a little sold a little now we are about to have a burger."
    Enloe
    Have you noticed that a lot of your posts have pictures of, or the mention of food in them? LOL
    KK
     
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  30. enloe
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    We like to eat.
    Ethan’s favorite expression is”I’m hungry “
     
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