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CORVETTE TODAY #164 - My Trip To Amelia Island With The Cunningham Corvettes
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Jul 11, 2025
In March of this year, your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett, attended the unveiling of the three Cunningham Corvettes at the Amelia Island Concours. Steve recaps his weekend at Amelia Island and all the events that took place during the show! The Cunningham Corvettes were the hit of the entire weekend and you'll hear about the entire weekend on this episode of CORVETTE TODAY.
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Welcome to Corvette Today, the podcast
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at one of the largest Corvette weekends
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president of the Corvette Club of Kansas
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City, Missouri, and radio disc jockey at
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City for over 40 years. Here's Steve
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wrap-up of the Amelia Island car
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concours and the unveiling of the three
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Cunningham cars from Lama in 1960. This
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was a really interesting trip and a fun
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show. It was really epic as far as
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Corvettes are concerned. First of all,
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let's give the backstory about the cars
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at Lama. In 1960, Briggs Cunningham took
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three cars to race at Lama. The number
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one car crashed. The number two car had
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developed engine failure. The number
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three car did finish, the only one. It
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finished first in its class, which was
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the GT class, and it finished eighth
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overall. Now, that number three car was
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owned by Chip Miller. When Chip passed
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away, his son, Lance Miller, was the
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steward of the car. Lance has since sold
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that car to a private owner who was
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there at the show. The number two car
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was owned by Bruce Meyer from the
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Peterson Automotive Museum. Bruce worked
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with Kevin McCay from Corvette Repair in
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Valley Stream, New York on Long Island
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to arrange bringing his number two car
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to Amelia Island for this unveiling. So
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back in the 60s, after all these cars
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raced, they were just sent back to the
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United States and put back to Street
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Spec and sold off. But then no one
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realized how historic these three
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Cunningham cars would be. If you listen
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to Corvette Today number 146 at the end
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of January, Kevin McCay tells the entire
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story of these Cunningham cars from Lama
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in 1960 and puts them back together. So,
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the number one car was never found until
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a few years ago by Kevin McCay. There's
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lots of legal issues that happened with
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that car and the number one car was
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taken to court. So, finally a judge
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said, "Sell the car at auction." Well,
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it was purchased in 2021 by Briggs
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Cunningham's grandson and given to Kevin
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McKay at Corvette Repair on Long Island
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to refurbish. So, this would be the
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first time that all three cars have been
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back together since 1960. And they
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debuted there at the Amelia Island
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concourse. Kevin said, "Steve, you've
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got to be at this event. This is going
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to be Corvette history." So, I went. So,
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Amelia Island is a premier concourse.
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It's similar to Pebble Beach. This is
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just obviously on the east coast in
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Florida. Three days, lots of beautiful
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cars, lots of multi-million dollar cars.
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They had lots of booths there. A lot of
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brands were there on display as well.
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This was held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
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So, as you can imagine, everything was
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pretty darn expensive, including
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parking. Every day was $40 per car to
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park. So, I flew in Friday morning and
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then Friday afternoon, Kevin McKay was
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on a panel there at the Ritz Carlton
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about Corvette racing. He was on the
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panel with Dan Binks, the retired crew
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chief for Corvette Racing, Ray Everham,
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also English Corvette racer Justin Bell,
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and then Tom Carter. Tom is the famous
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barn fine Hunter. On display for that
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panel discussion was the number three
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car from 1960 along with Lance's C5R
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Corvette. That car was driven by Dale
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Nhard and Dale Nhard Jr. and it's one of
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Lance's all-time favorite Corvettes.
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also the John Greenwood Spirit of Lama
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from 1976.
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After the panel, I helped Kevin and his
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team from Corvette Repair bring all
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three 1960 cars back into the ballroom
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where they were going to be revealed
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that night. We set up all three of the
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Cunningham cars in front of the stage
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just the way they were set up at Lama
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before they raced in 1960. And
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naturally, we covered up the number one
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car for the reveal. So that night,
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Friday night, 300 to 400 people were
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attending the reveal. The event was
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hosted by Michael Brown from Corvette
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Nation fame. And first off, the
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documentary about the number three
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Cunningham car called The Quest that
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Michael Brown did was shown to that
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packed house of people. After that, the
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crew from Corvette Repair came up. They
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pulled away the cover on the number one
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car and all three Cunningham cars were
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there together again for the first time
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in 63 years. It was a really moving
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moment. As a matter of fact, it was
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pretty cool because Kevin McCay even
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dressed up as Briggs Cunningham himself.
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He had a 1960 race suit on and a full
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mask that looked eerily like Briggs
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Cunningham himself. It was pretty cool.
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He welcomed the crowd to the unveiling
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and invited everyone to come up and see
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all three cars together again at long
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last. As a matter of fact, Briggs
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Cunningham's daughter was there and
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Briggs Cunningham's grandson who now
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owns that number one car. There were a
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lot of other dignitaries there. It was a
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terrific evening and a true milestone in
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Corvette history having all three
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Cunningham cars back together again for
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the first time since 1960. Let's take
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well. It's not the big concourse day.
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Amelia Island car concors every year and
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he always buys a lemon car to display at
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Porsches were all over the place. Very,
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very strong. I can't tell you how many
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streets on the lawn. It was amazing. I
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mentioned that to someone I was walking
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with and they said, "Yeah, Porsches are
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Island." So, I'm walking up and down the
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aisles of cars and they're all on the
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golf course there at the Ritz Carlton.
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So, at the end of the row, I come up on
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a guy who owns one of the C8 Cunningham
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60th anniversary Lama series Corvettes.
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Have you heard of these? These are
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really pretty cool cars. I see them
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Cunningham Automotive was started by
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Brics Cunningham and it still exists
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today. So, in honor of this from Lama,
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they're taking CA Corvettes and making
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honorary cars in honor of these three
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Cunningham Corvettes and they're
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the frunk lids, special door sills,
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B-pillar badging, and lots more. So, the
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owner of this car was talking to people
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when I walked up, and I didn't want to
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bother him. But when he was done with
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those other people, they walked away,
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and he saw me still looking at his car,
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and he comes over. I was checking out
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his baby, which by the way was the
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number seven car out of 60 cars. He
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introduced himself. His name was Wayne.
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We were talking about his Corvette and
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he said, "Hey, aren't you Steve
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Garrett?" And I said, "Yes, I am." He
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said, "Steve, I love your podcast and
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your show." I was stunned. I was
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haven't missed an episode in 2 years."
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Well, naturally, I was pretty shocked
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and amazed all at the same time. And I
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thanked Wayne for being a faithful
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something to me that has never been said
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sign my C8 Cunningham Corvette?" I was
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stunned. No one has ever asked me to
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don't want to ruin or devalue your car,
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but thank you. I couldn't do that,
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quite the contrary. I feel like your
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signature would add value to my C8
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Cunningham car." Well, after about five
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Wayne's car, his number seven CAM
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Corvette, and you can see them right
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coming up I'll talk about what happened
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I'm your host Steve Garrett. We are
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talking about the Amelia Island Concor
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where all three Cunningham Corvettes
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that raced in 1960 at Lama were back
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together for the first time in 63 years.
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The final day was Sunday. Sunday is the
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big concourse day. I got smart. I
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arrived early about 7:30 in the morning
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and I got to park along the street that
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leads up to the Ritz Carlton instead of
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parking for $40 a day. So that worked
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out pretty well. I started walking in
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and there was a McLaren P1 when they let
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everybody into the car concours at
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10:00. It had a root beer type of
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finish, kind of like the caffeine finish
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on the C8 Corvettes. It was probably a
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$15 million car. And there it was on the
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green. It was roped off. You couldn't
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touch it. But man, that was so cool to
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see. Lots of Ferraris, Lamborghinis,
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Aston Martins, and Bentleys. The
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highlights were seeing some of my
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favorite Lamborghinis that were there
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that I had loved growing up. There was a
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purple 50th anniversary Diablo there. I
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was drooling over that. Some Countaches
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and some Muras as well. Ferraris, lots
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of Ferraris, many vintage ones that were
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several millions of dollars. Also,
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Ferrari had a Monza SP2 on display,
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which is really, really cool to see the
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new one. Also, Ford had quite a few GTs,
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and they were open for display. You
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could almost get in them. Many of these
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cars are not roped off, so you can
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really get up close and personal just
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looking at the cars. I was really
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excited to see a Bugatti there. They had
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an EB10 on display. That was so cool to
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see. Also, lots of McLarens were on
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display. As you walked up to the Ritz
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Carlton, they had a display right there
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in the Circle Drive in front of the
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hotel itself. That was really, really
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sharp. Maserati had some MC20s there on
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display. That is their new hypercar
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offering. It was also great to see
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Glickenhouse. Glicken House had two cars
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there. They are an American racer. So
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many of these cars I've seen in pictures
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and videos, but never in person. You
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could get up close and personal with
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them. They were not roped off. One of
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the highlights I thought was pretty
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cool, they had four Ferrari Enzos there
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together on display. There are two red
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ones, a yellow one, and then a navy blue
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Enzo. I had never seen a navy blue Enzo
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before, either in person or in pictures.
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So, they were all four there together.
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That was really cool to see. Also, they
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had an Aston Martin Valkyrie. This is
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their new hypercar. It was just sitting
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there. It was wide open. You could
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almost sit down and start the car. You
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could walk right up to it, look inside.
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It was really, really cool. A lot of car
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brands were there, too, on display with
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big booths on Sunday. General Motors had
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a large booth. It was really cool to see
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that. And they had the new Hummer EV, a
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Buick Wildcat EV concept cars, and they
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had two C8 Corvette -ition
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spec, which is the silver with the new
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racing stripe, and then they had a red
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mist metallic one there. And I never
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seen a red mist or a red-ay in person at
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all or even in pictures. So that was
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really cool to see that sitting next to
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the launch edition spec. Polestar also
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had their brand new car there. That was
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really cool to see. And again, if you
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watch the video to this episode, you can
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see all these pictures on the video from
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YouTube. It was also great to see a mix
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of classic cars that you could just walk
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up to and also concept cars that were
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not roped off. There was a C8 Z06 on the
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lawn which I was glad to see well
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represented along with some C7s and some
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C6s. It was also interesting to see
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there was a Corvette there. I want to
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tell you about this. It was from 1955.
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It was GM's 1955 proposal car. So this
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car was supposed to show a GM what they
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could do with body style changes that
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they could make to the 1953 Corvette.
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This was Harley Earl's styling
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department that did this car. So this
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was SO2151.
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It was completed in March of 1955.
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So from 1954 to 74, the car was
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virtually hidden in California. In 75, a
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man named George Campbell, who lives in
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Oregon, saw it advertised in Hemings for
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$3500.
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It was sold with a California pink slip.
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And George owned the car for 40 years
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and never had it titled. Well, the man
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who owns the car now had a title,
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completely restored it, and I talked to
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him, gave him one of my cards from
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Corvette today. It was really, really
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cool to see. Lots of old vintage racers
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were there. A Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing
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was there. That's a cool car. There was
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also from Ford a Air Force Thunderbirds
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tribute car and a Ford Mustang. That was
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really neat to see. I'm not a blue oval
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guy. I'm a GM and Chevrolet guy, but it
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was still neat to see. And finally, the
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three 1960 Cunningham Corvettes were on
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the lawn as well. As a matter of fact,
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they were sitting right in front of the
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GM stand. The number one Cunningham
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Corvette was judged with Kevin McKay
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holding court with all the judges,
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showing them the finer points of the
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number one car. The number three car was
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judged best in class out of the 10 cars
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in its class and got that top award. It
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was so fun. This is my first time at a
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major concours car show and I hope it
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won't be my last. Congratulations to
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Kevin McCay and all of his crew at
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Corvette Repair in Valley Stream, New
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York on Long Island. That car, the
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number one car, looked fantastic. It was
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so cool to see all three Cunningham cars
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that raced in Lama in 1960 together
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again for the first time in 63 years.
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