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CORVETTE TODAY #174 - Mike Furman Delivers Corvette #6,000
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May 8, 2025
Mike Furman has been selling cars since June of 1978. 46 years later, Mike has just delivered Corvette #6,000! Your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett, sits down with Mike to look back at this historic event in Corvette history. Mike recalls this great milestone and shares it with you, since you probably weren't able to be there! We thought delivery #5,000 was a big deal. Now, 2 years later, here is Corvette delivery #6,000. It's truly a fantastic story-this will probably never happen again by any Corvette sales person!
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well my guest on today's show has 6 000
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Milestones to remember he just delivered
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his 6 000th Corvette he's a friend of
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the show this is his third appearance on
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Corvette today he is none other than
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Mike Furman Mike first of all
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congratulations on your 6000 Corvette
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sale and delivery buddy and welcome back
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to the show hey thank you Steve I was
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just thinking of you the other day that
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you and I have actually met up in
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probably five different states maybe or
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more at different core benefits that's
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right buddy now as a refresher though
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let's talk about when you first started
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selling Corvettes because your career
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path in mind kind of parallel each other
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because I started in radio in Kansas
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City in June of 1978 that's when you
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started selling cars isn't it yeah I
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started from Malcolm Connor Automotive
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they owned five or six different brands
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and Malcolm Connor Chevrolet was the
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Corvette dealership in the world from
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the mid 60s through 1994 or five they
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were number one in Corvette sales
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worldwide and that was recognized by
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General Motors it was just a phenomenal
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experience to work for the Connor family
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yeah what other dealerships did you work
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for and how long were you at those
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dealerships I was with the Conor group
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from 78 through 90 and then with
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Damascus Chevrolet all the way through
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2008 and then 2009 I went to Kurzweil
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Chevrolet basically my hometown six
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miles from where I live right now and
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it's just been a great experience the
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Criswell family is phenomenal that's
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outstanding how many Corvettes have you
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owned personally buddy and what's your
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current Corvette so I'm on number 24
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that I've owned I started with a 1959
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Corvette 35 years ago or so and I
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currently own a 2023 Red Mist Corvette
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Z06 convertible out of all those 23 cars
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which Corvette was your favorite well I
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always tell this to everybody when you
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only own one your favorite better be the
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one you own right now
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I've owned 11 at one time and Battery
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upkeep was hell but the one I own right
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now is my favorite because that's the
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one in my garage that's an awesome car
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too a Z06 a C8 Z06 is an awesome car
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that's for sure Mike you were friends
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personally with Zora Arcus dentov give
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me some special remembrances of Zora
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well the Connor family was great friends
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with Zora and Elfie and I just got to
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know him through his visits to the
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dealership which were yearly and
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sometimes more than that but he would
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stay a whole week it's pretty funny
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because I just asked Gary the other day
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because he had a ticket stub of Zoras
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from his plane flight to New Jersey from
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Michigan the Connors would put him up
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and go to dinner with him and he'd come
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to the dealership all the time and tell
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you one of my favorite stories is
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actually Gary Connor's story him and his
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wife Kathy took Zora and Alfie to the
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local golf club it's an old club called
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Edgewood Country Club in Rivervale New
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Jersey and I actually lived about a half
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mile from the club so they went to
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dinner that night which was upstairs
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because can imagine it's like 100 year
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old building and it's got a long winding
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staircase very wide and the banister is
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very wide after a night of dinner and
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drinks and whatnot and Kathy was a big
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time cut up just a very funny person
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it's just a great gal and she goes on to
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the banister and puts her stomach on the
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bastard and rides the banister all the
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way down oh wow and she goes
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like that right and so the next thing
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Gary says he sees Zora doing the same
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thing and Gary in slow motion goes no
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you know because here's door at 7345
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whatever he was and Kathy was only like
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32 you know and so Zora rides the
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banister all the way down going wee
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I remember Gary telling the story the
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next day he was just glad nothing
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happened because he said I would have
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got a call from General Motors even
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though he was retired he was still a
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legend with General Motors I could just
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imagine him breaking a river too you
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know oh my gosh what a great story
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though that's fantastic Dora was still
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doing it in the 70s wasn't he yeah in
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the mid 70s he's just a character one of
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the things I always quote with him
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because I was just a young guy trying to
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learn from everything and anybody and
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Gary never realized how much I was a
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sponge because I listened and I didn't
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talk so every time I talked to Zora each
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year I would say you know how the
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magazines would always have new stuff
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coming out you know the new Mid Engine
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and all this stuff so I would ask him
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and he would go in his Russian accent
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and say rumors sell magazines not cars
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that was his quote to me that's very
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true it really is Zora knew what was
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going on didn't he oh yeah that's
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amazing buddy you've sold Corvettes to
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people all over the country where are
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some of the unique places that people
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have lived and purchased Corvettes from
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you where have you done courtesy
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deliveries well the interesting thing is
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that you can't sell a GM new vehicle out
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of the country you can't export it right
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but I can sell used Corvettes and I've
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sold them in the Netherlands Guam
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several times wow Sweden Finland I
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Finland and the Corvette club of Puerto
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Rico visit the dealership to come by and
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see me and I gave them a tour and I've
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had other car clubs like from Buffalo
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and stuff come by and we just have fun
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with it but the neatest story is I've
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actually sold six different customers
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that live on Bainbridge Island now that
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is eight miles off the coast of Seattle
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Washington do you know how many
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Chevrolet dealers they have to pass to
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get it to me how many every one of them
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because think about that that's eight
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miles off the coast of Seattle and here
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I am on the East Coast I'm 150 miles
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from the Atlantic Ocean and they're
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basically in the Pacific Ocean so it was
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pretty cool that I mean I've sold I
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think five Corvettes and one Camaro two
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folks that live on Bainbridge Island
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Seattle Washington right off of Seattle
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Washington that's pretty amazing and you
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know that's a thing that we were talking
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about before we started recording
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Today's Show you've sold 6 000 Corvettes
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how many other GM cars have you sold
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aside from Corvettes oh it's got to be
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up close to 8 000 at least that's
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amazing but you brought up courtesy
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delivery so now I'm going to tell you a
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funny story so in October of 2013 I
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delivered I think 66 Corvettes four of
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them were courtesy deliveries to one
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dealership in Oregon four different
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Oregon customers ordered Corvettes from
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me and they all chose that dealership
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for the courtesy delivery so when they
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came in all on the same truck it was the
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first c7s they saw so the next week in
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the newspaper they did a big ad that
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they were the number one delivering C7
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Corvette dealer in Oregon that's funny
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they were all my deliveries but they
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made something of it I thought it was
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very good that's pretty funny thank you
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Mike Furman I bet they didn't put that
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on the ad did they no no
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well buddy let's take our first break
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with me is Mike Furman from Criswell
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Corvette that he just delivered last
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weekend Mike before we get to number
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6000 we gotta take a look at number 5000
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because that was a huge milestone too
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that was delivered in May of 2021 wasn't
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it yeah May 29 2021 Bob Meyer from I
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think Fairfax Virginia he had bought his
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15 Corvette convertible from his very
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first Corvette and then he turned around
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he had gotten on my list for the C8 he
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ordered a Red Mist convertible and he
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absolutely loves the car he loved his 15
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but obviously the C8 is a game changer
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on the mid-engine Corvette form a lot as
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Meyer Webb is his name he went from
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being a newbie in 2015 to a very
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knowledgeable guy about Corvettes he
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really does a lot for his Corvette club
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over there in Northern Virginia does so
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much for their Club I know that
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everybody appreciates him but anyway he
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ended up being number 5000 and the cool
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thing about it was the guy that was
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number 3000 attended and so did the guy
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that took delivery of number four
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thousand wow and so we had number three
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four and five obviously taking delivery
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of that day and so three and four came
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and visited and they all took pictures
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together it was like they were in the
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hall of fame or something which is not a
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bad thing and I had close to five
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thousand dollars in goodies for the
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person that took delivery of number five
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thousand Bob Meyer it was just an
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incredible display of goods that a lot
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of the vendors that I've dealt with over
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the years had donated for the trunk and
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trunk of the car and I did the same
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thing for number six thousand I got
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close to four or five thousand dollars
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worth of items in the trunk you know
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from mobile one Ron fellow Spring
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the list it was very nice and I think
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everybody had a great time at all at the
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different Milestone deliveries that's
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cool now do you remember Corvette number
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5000 what was the spec on that one yeah
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it was a Red Mist convertible T8 it was
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at May of 21 so it was a 21 Corvette
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convertible gotcha the 4 000 was a
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orange Grand Sport convertible C7 and
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3000 was a 14 Lime Rock Green
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Convertible wow so they were all
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convertibles believe it or not crazy
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yeah and also for delivery number 5000 I
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know that GM and Chevrolet did some big
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recognition for that as well didn't they
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yeah Kai spandy the former Corvette
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plant manager at The Bash that year
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brought me up on stage and he had a nice
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little award and signatures and gifts
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for me for number five thousand there
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was four 500 people in the crowd and he
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really was just incredibly nice and
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generous to do that for me it's always
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great to be recognized for your work
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let's face it it's work but it's a labor
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of love for me and so that was very nice
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of them the man that runs the 12-state
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Zone his name is Dan Adam check and he
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actually was asked by Mary Barrett to
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come down and see me and shook my hand
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and it was just a neat experience
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because I look up to these guys all the
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guys at GM are great and the gals and
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then just last week I got a text from
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Mark Royce the President of General
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first met Mark Royce and his wife and
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me last week it's always nice to hear
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from someone like that I look up to him
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tremendously and Mary bear actually
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our final break when we come back it's
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with me is Mr Mike Furman we're going to
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talk about the 6 000 delivery of the
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Corvette that just happened at Criswell
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Chevrolet in Gaithersburg Maryland Mike
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it took you a little bit over two years
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to sell a thousand Corvettes from Maeve
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2021 which was number 5000 to July of
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2023. talk about the lucky person who is
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delivery number six thousand and that
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happened on July 22nd yeah this
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gentleman's bought four Corvettes and
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two Tahoes from me and travels four
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hours a each way funny story is every
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time he buys a vehicle from me he brings
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down a couple of dozen bagels and
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cannolis and stuff like that because I'm
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from New Jersey and so every time he
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goes to the bakery and orders a big
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order they go oh you're buying another
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car in Maryland
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that's fantastic it is pretty funny and
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we actually had dinner Friday night at
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Firebirds I'm sitting across from him
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and he has no idea he's delivery number
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six thousand we sat there for like two
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hours eating and talking and whatnot and
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he literally had no idea and so he comes
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in the next day and while he was in the
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business office taking care of the
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paperwork I went out and told the crowd
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what was going on and I had a black Z06
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z07 there for another customer and a
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white Stingray for another customer and
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a bunch out in the lot all of them had
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postcards with the number what delivery
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it was on the flip side okay so I told
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everybody to stand around the black car
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there was like 30 40 people standing
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around the black car he comes out of the
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business office and hands me the temp
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tag and everybody's got their back tone
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so he was like thinking nothing of it
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and then I started talking to the crowd
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saying okay what we're going to do is
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all the customers are going to go and
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turn over the postcard and Ron you're
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going to turn over yours and let's see
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what number you are and that's how he
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found out he was number six thousand
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which is pretty cool because he actually
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drove down just to be there when number
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5000 went and took pictures and stuff
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like that so he knew the drill but he
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had no idea it was going to be him
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that's fantastic now talk about Ron
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Orsi's delivery it was a Z06 wasn't it
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yeah Red Mist convertible beautiful car
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he's just over the moon he got on my
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list six years ago and he had taken
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delivery of a 23 C8 in I want to say
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September or something like that and
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ended up trading it in for the Z06 he
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had put two deposits down for uh C8 and
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the ZO6 and they ended up trading it in
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the C8 and he wanted the Z06 because he
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had had a c706 and the rest is history
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he's so happy it's not even funny that's
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amazing now you talked about people in
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attendance how many people do you think
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were there were there any dignitaries
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too there there was a gentleman from
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OnStar came by nice Patrick Warner very
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nice of him to come by from General
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Motors but I had folks from Arkansas
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Ohio Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware
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Washington D.C Maryland obviously
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Virginia West Virginia the people from
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West Virginia actually had listened to
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your podcast and knew of me through that
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and they decided to get in their car
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that day and come and be part of number
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six thousand same thing as people from
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Arkansas they're 1100 miles away and
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they came that's fantastic well it's
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nice to hear the Corvette today is
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making a big impression in the Corvette
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Community oh there's no doubt I've heard
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from several people that I've heard my
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podcast and many others obviously that's
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fantastic good to hear now I know Ron
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orsey also brought you a gift obviously
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he didn't know he was number six
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thousand but what gift did he bring you
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well I was a big New York Rangers Fan
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back in the late 60s and 70s my next
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door neighbor the father was a gold
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judge for the New York Rangers and so
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that's who I followed back in the day so
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Ron is a big Rangers Fan and he brought
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me uh Eddie jockman Rangers jersey Eddie
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was number one so obviously the
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connotation of number one in sales and
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stuff like that that was nice touch by
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Ron but he had no clue he brought me two
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dozen bagels in the jersey and had no
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idea he was going to be number six
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thousand that's fantastic and New York
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Rangers an original six team you gotta
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love that that's right now we talked a
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little bit about in segment number two a
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lot of gifts that Ron got for being
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Corvette delivery number six thousand
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talk about that because I know Spring
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Mountain gave him something Adam's
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polishes also Nova stretch Club glove
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Chevrolet Earl Laurie have I missed
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anybody what was some of the gifts that
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were there well Ohio metal chairs
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brought two chairs specially made with
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the 6 000 on it and all the different
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logos of all the different generation
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Corvettes it's like a remember to share
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one in blue outline and one in red
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outline and both of them fit in Ron's
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trunks so he took them home wow he got
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the Nova stretch bra and Mirror covers
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were gifted to the delivery era Larry
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Wheels Jet Bay is also a customer of
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mine and he gifted a big discount on his
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wheels Chesapeake Car Wash and Detail
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gifted a thousand dollar certificate
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towards getting his car specially
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treated by his detail unit Adam's polish
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has made a bag filled with all his Goods
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with number six thousand on it and Ron's
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name was written on it and everything
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and embroidered on it and then mobile
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one mobile one was the first to send out
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a bunch of stuff jackets and hats if you
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noticed in the video there's a lot of
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people wearing the Corvette racing
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mobile one hat that's because I gave
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them out to the customers that were
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there and also obviously Ron got a
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jacket fit to size and also a hat and
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driving gloves uh mobile one bag which
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was very nice for them yeah that's
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really cool and Criswell Chevrolet gave
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you a lot of nice things they give you
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champagne and a Trophy and a mug the
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champagne came from a customer a
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customer that lives like a mile away
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stopped by and had bought that champagne
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for me and gave it to me and I took that
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home put it in the fridge for some time
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down the road but the trophy was from
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Harry Criswell Kevin zott and Jason
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witty the owner general manager and
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general sales manager of the dealership
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and they gave me that on Wednesday and
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it's commemorating my six thousandth
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Corvette delivery and I've done I don't
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know 3 500 to 4 000 a month Criswell
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since I started there and also Mike I
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know Corvettes at Carlisle is going to
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be in August of this year I know there's
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going to be a big celebration for your 6
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000 delivery there as well yeah pretty
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cool actually I always have my Corvette
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on display at the Ron fellow Spring
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Mountain tent right on the Midway
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infield Adam of Adams polishes wants to
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have a big 6 000 celebration at his tent
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on Saturday August 26 at noon and Adam
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always does things big big big and over
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the top so if you're in the area you're
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going to be at Carlisle on August 26th
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6th at noon I suggest you get there a
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little early because he does amazing
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things sometimes and you never know what
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he's going to pull out of his hat so
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August 26th at corporates of Carlisle at
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noon at Adams polish's tent on the
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Midway infield be there it'll be fun
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well buddy congratulations on this huge
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milestone the 6 000 Corvette delivery
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now it's on to Corvette sale number
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seven thousand one at a time though sir
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one at a time that's it thanks for being
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on Corva today Mike my pleasure thank
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