81shark2008

just a stupid kinda curious thread. how old are you now and or when you got your first vette???? i just turned 24 so i got mine when i was 23 and i wanted one since i was in eighth grade and actually worked two summers doing roofing at 12y.o to save and buy one. of course that was when i was young and thought that anything actually was possible and that you could have anything that you wanted if you worked hard, then i graduated and found out theres so much more that caps what you can really do in life, anyway glad i got it and remember how it felt the first day i went and the owner began to pull the cover off and i could see the dusty rear fender curve. i was like a little kid who just got a new dart gun

blk79nj

I'm 44 got my first vette (and only one) when I was 42.

I've always wanted one, and finally had the chance to get one, so I did.

longbros

Bought my first Corvette when I was 23, it was a 70 BB. I am 58 now and have had a handful of Corvettes over the years, mostly 1970 models. Just picked up a 68 conv. project, so that is what I have now.

Artsvette73

I use to say "whats that old guy doing with a vette" Now I am that old guy with two vettes. 59

78aldo

A bit of irony with me,bought a '65 vette at age 21 in 1971,sold it in '72 to get married ,and, got remarried in '03 and new wife talked me into buying a 78 vette which i will have a long time.Life is weird.

78VetteChic

Well, a refined woman never revels her age but what the heck, I'll bite anyway. Purchased in '90 when I was 31.

81shark2008

things are always what you dont expect and never as predicted
but that sweet vette ride is always a guarentee

71coupe454

43 and just got my first, a 71BB, got it in pieces so I dont even know what its like yet. I have always had old hot rods but always thought Vettes were too far out of my reach. That was when I was buying $1500 GTO's and even a $250 mach I mustang.. those were the days, now I gave 8 grand for a project car.. cant wait to pull it out of the garage!

3JsVette

I'm 55 bought my 1st Corvette when I was 21 and have had at least one ever since. This last one being a '68 vert under construction.

guappy

I got mine at 38 and that was 20 yrs. ago and I still have it.

miguel1973

Bought my first one 2 years ago at 29 a 1973
Bought my second at 30 a 1997
Love them both

SEVNT6

I was 18 when I bought my '76 new. Now I'm 51......

Like you I started saving at 12. That's when I got a ride in the back of a '63 Split-Window Coupe that was life changing. Delivering papers in the rain, pumping gas in the snow, it was all worth it. I had $3k in the bank and the trust of my Dad who got me a loan for the $5k I was short & I ordered my baby in Jan '76. And I still have her.....

So yeah.......Anything is possible........

400hp427vette

I bought my first one at 24 a 77 and my second one 69 at 30

avalonjohn

I was 17 in 1985 and picked my 68, which I still have...........joined the Marines, College, Job...... wife, kids..............yea, then bought another one last year, a 69 Coupe for my son (he's 4) and I to restore. I'm pushing 41 now ( as we say, I'm now on the "back 9") and still have Vette Fever!! Still love my 68 though, 23 yrs and still gives me chills!

Stay safe, John

Dave J

I'm 56 years young now. I bought my first corvette almost 20 years ago at the age of 36. Last year I bought my second and third corvettes to restore and squirrel away for the grandkids. Ain't life grand!

Quil

I'm 32...bought my first, a '75, at 30 and my second, an 01 vert, at 31.

Frogday

It seems like this same post is started on each forum about every 2-3 weeks.

MRANT212

Got my 88 in Sept 2001 and I was 39 then.....few months before my 40th burthday and my wife was expecting our 3rd child. Few years later the 71 joined our family in March of 2005 at age 43. 47 now and still have both of them!! My daughter prefers the C3 over the C4 at age 7.

clay9_24

i'm 23 bought my 73 big block when i was 19 can't see myself ever getting rid of it.

Smadoo

Im 18, my 80 became officially mine in February. My family got it about 5 years ago, and ive been working on it since i was 13. I needed a car and was looking into a few different cars, when my dad saw this as an opportunity to pass the 80 to me and pick up a 70 for himself.