	Pomona Valley Corvette Association

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	In 1977, the ’62 received its first face lift. The car received new interior, a paint job, a new engine and transmission. One major change to the body was the hood scoop due to the large intake and carburetor. The ’62 never lost a race in its class during an NCCC race, with one exception. After the transformation, we raced the car at an event in Tulsa, Oklahoma and won. However, the car was not performing its usual times and I was complaining to everyone about the track being slick. What I did not realize was the positraction rear end had lost some clutches and was not working. I was only using one tire, not both. NO ONE seemed to notice. The next race was at an NCCC event that our Corvette Club put on and I was the Chairman of the car show. I had no time to check the car and I was off to the drags. The car was beat by one of my friends in a fuel injected 1959 Corvette. What beat the ’62 was that broken positraction rear end. In September 1977, the 1962 was joined by Carol’s first Corvette, a 1978 Silver Anniversary model. We did not know it at the time, but Carol was pregnant with our daughter, Kimberly. Needless to say, that was the most exciting news in our lives. The Corvette was delivered in March of 1978 and Kim entered our lives in June, 1978. We could always gauge how old the Corvette was by Kim’s age. We sold the 1978 Silver Anniversary Corvette in 2000 to my sister, Carol, for what we had paid for it in 1978. Kimberly loved that car and wants me to buy it back one day. Kimberly grew up with Corvettes, Corvette parades and events. She was a small baby, but went to several drag races and never even knew she was there. In fact, we used to heat up her baby food on the engine block. We purchased a custom van and towed the ’62 to events. Kim always enjoyed the van, due to its large size and sleeping beds. My company promoted me in February, 1983, and we moved to sunny California. I traveled about 80% of the time and missed our friends from the Corvette Club in St. Louis. So, being the adrenaline junky that I am, I started flying lessons. I felt the need for speed and an airplane could go faster than my Corvette. I received my flying license and enjoyed it for many years. The company decided that I was not working hard enough (yeah right) and decided to promote me yet again. Now, I traveled 90% of the time. In June of 2006, I decided to order a new 2007 Corvette and it arrived in September. I retired in May, 2007, after thirty-six years with the company, and we joined the Pomona Valley Corvette Association. There are many other stories that I may divulge to you one day, in addition to the few that I have mentioned already. Some day I will share my many adventures in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Believe me when I say, the police do not miss me or my brother racing around town. The Lipscomb boys ruled the City of Medicine Lodge and they still speak of us today. We changed several City Ordinances due to our antics. We thought up trouble they could not even imagine. Thank you for letting me serve the Pomona Valley Corvette Association. Return to Article page