FourFather Eddie Hill's Corvette convertible F/S
07-18-2007, 09:51 AM
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17,'22
Ed I've followed your interesting, colorful and very successful career for years! Having said that I can’t decide whether you’re the luckiest or unluckiest racer that ever lived… 
Bottom line is I’m extremely happy you managed to survive and recover from some of the worst racing crashes ever seen on the planet! I’m surprised your wife didn’t kill you years ago after putting her through all those mind numbing accidents. I really think she deserves a ton of respect just putting up with you all these years. I salute you for not only preserving but also winning more than most in big time racing circles! Best of luck to you and yours in the future! Enjoy your retirement from racing and it looks like you have plenty of toys to keep you busy! BTW that’s a great looking vette and also the fastest color….. 
Bottom line is I’m extremely happy you managed to survive and recover from some of the worst racing crashes ever seen on the planet! I’m surprised your wife didn’t kill you years ago after putting her through all those mind numbing accidents. I really think she deserves a ton of respect just putting up with you all these years.
I salute you for not only preserving but also winning more than most in big time racing circles! Best of luck to you and yours in the future! Enjoy your retirement from racing and it looks like you have plenty of toys to keep you busy! BTW that’s a great looking vette and also the fastest color….. Thanks a bunch for all the kind words and well wishes!
I thought I'd go absolutely nuts without a racecar to play with, but it's actually better now-- I get to spend a LOT more time driving, and NOWHERE NEAR as much time servicing and transportng, rebuilding, etc.
Thanks for the Vette compliment- it is one of the VERY few with the fastest color inside, where you can enjoy it while you're driving it!
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07-18-2007, 05:41 PM
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In our rear driveway. These morning glories just appeared-- we had never planted any-- and they have covered the fence! Cool!
Thanks for looking!
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07-19-2007, 09:15 AM
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Thanks for the PR plug, and the bump to the top!
See the Head up display on the windshield?
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07-20-2007, 12:20 AM
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07-20-2007, 08:56 AM
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Thanks, John!
I'll never forget that either--one of the best days of my life!!
The fans-folks like you- are a big reason why we enjoyed the racing so much, and did it for so long- and what we miss the most!
Nothing can compare to walking back to the starting line on the return road, celebrating with the fans, after a win!
A short commercial--
Thanks!, and Good Luck!
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07-21-2007, 11:28 AM
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Kenny really does do excellent work!
We have several of his originals, the painting used to copy the prints, on our wall, and they are among our most prized possesions! More pictures--
Thanks for looking!
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07-21-2007, 08:28 PM
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More pix--
VERY lightly used brakes-
Better pic of window sticker-
Thanks for looking!
Eddie
VERY lightly used brakes-
Better pic of window sticker-
Thanks for looking!
Eddie
07-22-2007, 10:40 AM
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Houston--my last ride in a Top Fuel car, and the last time we've been to a dragstrip.
That was a brand new block on it's first run, and it did not go the full quarter mile, before the block basically shattered like glass- a defective cast block that was extremely porous and brittle, actually a reject block that should have been rejected/scrapped, but instead was sold to us as a good one-- After this, and probably partly BECAUSE of this incident, NHRA made billet blocks mandatory--no more cast blocks allowed.
I have frame-by-frame video showing the block coming apart- one cylinder head leaving the car with one side of the block still with it, and after the parts had all scattered into an area about three times the normal engine size, the hot parts (headers) ignited the hot oil and all that raw nitro spraying around. The engine came apart several frames before the fireball, easy to see on the video. Most people that saw the incident live, probably thought that there was an internal explosion that blew the block apart--not so. All the internal parts, crank, rods, pistons, bearings, etc. were fine.
The intense pressure-wave from the fireball blew my head and shoulders so far forward that my butterfly steering wheel put a prang in the front of my helmet! In one frame, my head is in the normal position, in the next it is against the steering wheel, and the next it's back in the normal position again. And all this with my shoulder harness literally as tight as my crew guy can pull them, while I'm holding a deep breath. So my belts leave me only enough room to breathe, no more. So when I got shoved/blown that far forward, something had to give--- and it was my L-1 vertebra- 40% compression fracture, and the most pain I've ever felt. It hurt so bad I thought a piece of frame tubing or something had punctured my back.
I told the Safety Safari to cut the cage off the car (the only time in my career that I allowed one of my cars to be cut up to get me out) and to lift me very carefully straight up and out, without flexing my back. Ercie was there watching, of course, and she said the pain was so bad that the tears were actually squirting forward, out of my eyes!
So my last ride ever, at a dragstrip, was out of there, in an ambulance!
Like it also was, at my last drag boat race!
I've never been back to a boat or a car drag race.
But I'm O.K. now.
Except for the brain damage--
Which the doctors all said was a pre-existing condition, or else I wouln't have been going that fast, anyway!
Eddie
That was a brand new block on it's first run, and it did not go the full quarter mile, before the block basically shattered like glass- a defective cast block that was extremely porous and brittle, actually a reject block that should have been rejected/scrapped, but instead was sold to us as a good one-- After this, and probably partly BECAUSE of this incident, NHRA made billet blocks mandatory--no more cast blocks allowed.
I have frame-by-frame video showing the block coming apart- one cylinder head leaving the car with one side of the block still with it, and after the parts had all scattered into an area about three times the normal engine size, the hot parts (headers) ignited the hot oil and all that raw nitro spraying around. The engine came apart several frames before the fireball, easy to see on the video. Most people that saw the incident live, probably thought that there was an internal explosion that blew the block apart--not so. All the internal parts, crank, rods, pistons, bearings, etc. were fine.
The intense pressure-wave from the fireball blew my head and shoulders so far forward that my butterfly steering wheel put a prang in the front of my helmet! In one frame, my head is in the normal position, in the next it is against the steering wheel, and the next it's back in the normal position again. And all this with my shoulder harness literally as tight as my crew guy can pull them, while I'm holding a deep breath. So my belts leave me only enough room to breathe, no more. So when I got shoved/blown that far forward, something had to give--- and it was my L-1 vertebra- 40% compression fracture, and the most pain I've ever felt. It hurt so bad I thought a piece of frame tubing or something had punctured my back.
I told the Safety Safari to cut the cage off the car (the only time in my career that I allowed one of my cars to be cut up to get me out) and to lift me very carefully straight up and out, without flexing my back. Ercie was there watching, of course, and she said the pain was so bad that the tears were actually squirting forward, out of my eyes!
So my last ride ever, at a dragstrip, was out of there, in an ambulance!
Like it also was, at my last drag boat race!
I've never been back to a boat or a car drag race.
But I'm O.K. now.
Except for the brain damage--
Which the doctors all said was a pre-existing condition, or else I wouln't have been going that fast, anyway!
Eddie
Fare well to the Nuclear Banana daze!!!
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07-24-2007, 06:14 PM
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16,'17,'18-'19-'20-'21-'22
I had never seen red-on-red before, and it looks GREAT.
May I point out that the car does NOT have NAV. Not needed if you know where you are going and what you are doing.
And it DOES have F55, a very sophisticated suspension that responds faster than you can imagine to variations in the roadway, the car, and the environment. Best choice for a touring Corvette C6.
Good luck selling this wonderful car, and best wishes for everything else. You still have loads of fans.
May I point out that the car does NOT have NAV. Not needed if you know where you are going and what you are doing.
And it DOES have F55, a very sophisticated suspension that responds faster than you can imagine to variations in the roadway, the car, and the environment. Best choice for a touring Corvette C6.
Good luck selling this wonderful car, and best wishes for everything else. You still have loads of fans.
07-25-2007, 11:47 AM
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I had never seen red-on-red before, and it looks GREAT.
May I point out that the car does NOT have NAV. Not needed if you know where you are going and what you are doing.
And it DOES have F55, a very sophisticated suspension that responds faster than you can imagine to variations in the roadway, the car, and the environment. Best choice for a touring Corvette C6.
Good luck selling this wonderful car, and best wishes for everything else. You still have loads of fans.
May I point out that the car does NOT have NAV. Not needed if you know where you are going and what you are doing.
And it DOES have F55, a very sophisticated suspension that responds faster than you can imagine to variations in the roadway, the car, and the environment. Best choice for a touring Corvette C6.
Good luck selling this wonderful car, and best wishes for everything else. You still have loads of fans.
Thanks, clevitekid.
I could not agree more, that the Red/Red looks GREAT! And, like you, most folks have never seen one--very rare. I have bought the last several of my Vettes with this combo, but I usually have to order the car and WAIT!
Hate the waiting! 
So whoever gets this one will be getting what is essentially a new car properly broken in, waxed, Armour-alled, and detailed, ( by me, I love making it show-ready and showing it to folks), with enough miles to find out if there's a problem-(there were none, no issues/warranty at all) but without having to WAIT to get it built. And for less than new price.
Your asessment of the suspension is like mine, VERY nice, and I've ordered it on all I've had, ever since it has been available. My next-door neighbor has a Z-06, and it is nowhere near as pleasant to ride in when we're just toodling around town--can't turn off the firm part of the ride.
Thanks for the good luck and well-wishes, and same to you!
We miss the fans, too!
Eddie
07-25-2007, 01:19 PM
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Eddie....I hope after the sale you continue to hang out here occasionally ...
07-26-2007, 01:12 PM
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Just took a look in the C6 for sale column for the first time and must say what a surprise. I still miss seeing the yellow nuke. I'm going to Sonoma for the NHRA meet this weekend and will think of you on Sunday when first round rolls out.
(My first diecast was the yellow pennzoil TF car.)
(My first diecast was the yellow pennzoil TF car.)
07-27-2007, 10:55 AM
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Just took a look in the C6 for sale column for the first time and must say what a surprise. I still miss seeing the yellow nuke. I'm going to Sonoma for the NHRA meet this weekend and will think of you on Sunday when first round rolls out.
(My first diecast was the yellow pennzoil TF car.)
(My first diecast was the yellow pennzoil TF car.)
T VETTE- Enjoy the race at Sonoma--We sure had a good time there in '93 when we won it!
We not only were #1 qualifier, our second best run would have been #2 qualifier, it was better than anyone else's best run.
We had top speed of eliminations- 293.93 mph, winning the semi against Kenny Bernstein and the temp was 97 degrees!
When we won the final, over Cory Mac, the temp was 98 degrees! Spectators were passing out all over the place- brutally hot! The track temp was 129!
That was our fifth win of the year, and if I remember correctly we had low ET of every round! One of our best weekends ever !
If you enjoy your weekend 10% as much as we did, you'll have a great time!
Eddie
07-27-2007, 04:56 PM
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Eddie - there is no question - the car is beautiful.
I wish I could buy it from you, just because you owned it. I've always admired you more than any racer. You were a class act win or lose.
Good luck and God Bless.
I wish I could buy it from you, just because you owned it. I've always admired you more than any racer. You were a class act win or lose.
Good luck and God Bless.
07-28-2007, 02:57 PM
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Thank you, vettsh! That is high praise, indeed, and much appreciated!
Thanks for the good luck and may the good Lord bless you, as well!!
Eddie