Misery Loves Company

[Rob M.]

If you've ever had one of those days, you might appreciate this. First, I get a call from my wife, who was in hysterics, saying "you're going to kill me!" She then proceeds to tell me how she was doing some spring cleaning and dropped a big wooden puzzle that belonged to our daughter from a crate in the garage hitting the freshly painted 66. I told her it would be alright, every thing is fixable, hung up the phone, and began a long tirade of profanity. I got home to find this . . . So, I tell myself it will be okay and take it out for a spin. Within 20 minutes, I'm caught in some serious rain! The final straw was when some water started hitting my left foot as I worked the clutch!!

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[George C.]

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Rob,
The best response I can think of is; the paint is fresh, it should be real easy to repair and match.

George

[Dennis C.]

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...That is the most depressing sight I've seen in quite a while. While I'm not suggesting you follow through on your wife's thought about her demise at your hands, that water on your left foot was not a leak, but rather tears from the soul of your car... My condolences... DC

[Klaus Friedrich #33362]

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Hi Rob,

whatever you do, the first scratch is waiting somewhere out there ...

(Regading Murphy's law)

Good luck

Klaus
#33362

[Larry S.]

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I have had it happen before.Take it as a learning lesson and try to minimize the traffic or storage by the car. Also looking at the bright side we can be happy it wasn't something sharp to tear a hole thru the convertible top.

Sounds like you handled it well.

Sorry for your misery.

As I said I had this happen to me, Only in my case it was my six year old daughter at the time and she went about explaining how it wasn't her fault as I did not cover the car nor leave enough room for her to get her bike out. She left me about a 5' scratch starting at the front fender into the door and into the rear quarter panel on my 67 DeVille

[Terry D.]

Think Positive! It Could Have Been Worse! *NM*

[John L.]

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I salute you for handling this with you wife in such a calm manner. You are correct - they can be fixed. Good luck with the repair. I sure it will be fine.

[Pierre J.]

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There are more important things in your life then what has happened to your Corvette. It's not worth creating matrimonial friction between you and your wife.
Just buy a bottle of wine, share with your wife and you'll both be better off this way.

Pierre

[Verle R.]

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Rob,

The first scratch/ding is always the worst. Now you can relax and enjoy the car. Yes, it is distressing. It happened to my freshly painted 69, only it was I who dropped something and put a scratch on the quarter panel.

Express your frustration (privately) and go on.

Verle

[Jim Cear]

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[Donald M.]

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Rob, I have found that in the 25 years that I've owned my '67, it has ben ME that has done the most damage to it! Whether it's a scratch from the metal band of my wristwatch (I now carry a pocket watch)or the time I was getting out of the car and braced my hand on the left quarter lock pillar only to have one of my fingers go right thru the fiberglass! I surmised that there must have been a weak spot or void in the glass or resin. And so on and so on...I am a bear at car shows and cruise nites. The worst damage that another person has done to it was this idiot woman who ran her hand with a diamond ring over my rear window!!!

[Roy B.]

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Now that were on sad stories , in 94 my wife for the first time ever drove our other 55 Corvette we had ,came to a stop light and heard a loud bang under the hood then saw smoke coming out. Right behind her was a CHP that told her to get out of the Corvette and then cant find his emergency fire bottle so waited for the fire truck . My wife wonted to pull the hood latch so that the fire department could get to the fire and the CHP said no, so the fire department waited till the hood melted then using a hook pulled it off then put the fire out.
She called me on her phone and she kept saying over and over your going to kill me! Your Corvette is burning. I got there in three minutes to see my wife crying so hard her tears could have put the fire out.
I just hugged her saying it's just a car, I can replace the Corvette but not you. What happened is that the battery shorted inside , got hot and blew . Remember we love our Corvettes but they can be replaced ,but loved ones cant.

[Mike M.]

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roy was the battry overloaded from too many accessories? mike

[Roy B.]

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The flamless ash tray ,Vac-Mic vacuum, oil eye, and P/B work on Vacuum.
The engine heater, battery heater,AC automatic Cig. Lighter, compass , and shaver are 12V
No! It was the repro.55 battery, that's why I now have the optima waterless battery, never buy a repro. Again.

[Chas Henderson #28127]

Can't believe you got a picture of it at the time *NM*