i have been a corvette guy my entire adult life starting in 1963 with a 4 speed split window coupe which i sold to buy a 1969 4 speed 350/350 corvette convertible. when i tell that story the normal response is almost always not "i'll bet you wish you still had the 63" (which of course i do), but "why in the world did you do that??" the reality is (and was) that at the time it was a 6 yr old "old" car and i wanted to upgrade my ride, lol. if all of us held onto at least 1 of our original "rides" from days gone by, it would probably have resulted in a score, but time and opportunity at that time got in the way, lol..