Just had to share...

[Leif A.]

I've owned Corvettes since 1970 with my first one being a '59. I've been blessed to have owned a total of 10 Corvettes over the years and have enjoyed every one of them. My current Corvette is a '67 Coupe with a lot of special meaning for me personally. I have wanted to own a '67 in this configuration since I graduated from high school in 1967 (on June 14). I started hard looking for this car about 17 years ago. I knew going in that it would be a long and difficult search because of the options and condition I was looking for. In February of this year I finally found my personal dream car in Merritt Island, Florida. This car had just been through a fairly substantial frame off restoration by a gentleman who shares my birth date (nice coincidence). He was just finishing the restoration when he had to have double hip replacement surgery and wasn't going to be able to enjoy the fruits of his labors. Truly unfortunate for him but amazingly fortunate for me. I have always owned my Corvettes to drive and enjoy (as I do with my current car) and have never even entertained having one judged. But, this car (IMHO) deserved to be judged and I decided that the Lone Star Regional was where she was going to be "baptized". I wasn't able to attend the banquet on Saturday night after the meet so I have been awaiting my package in the mail since. Well, today was the day and you can witness below what I received. It may not mean as much to some as it does to me but I am here to tell you that I am beyond thrilled with the results. With a raw score of 89.3% for my first time out. So many small things that will be easily fixed to raise my next score to the 94% minimum for Top Flight. But for today...consider me all smiles By the way, stamped into my trim tag is the birthday of my car...K14. Remember when I graduated from high school?

[Peter L.]

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Leif - Congrats. Nice car. Pete

[Alan S.]

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Hi Leif,
Nicely written, and I understand your pleasure with this car and the results of having it Flight Judged.
Remember that even a Third Flight Award represents a car that is just a small percentage of all the cars like it in existence.
Your Second Flight Award puts your car in even a smaller group.
And the anticipation of it being a Top Flight car should be something to savor too.
Good Luck as you continue to enjoy this car!
Regards,
Alan

[Roy V.]

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Congratulations on getting your flight award, I'm sure you're looking forward to the next time when you will, no doubt, do better (I would be "over the moon" with a second flight the first time out)
would love to see some pictures of your car sometime, when you can.
regards
Roy

[Leif A.]

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Congratulations on getting your flight award, I'm sure you're looking forward to the next time when you will, no doubt, do better (I would be "over the moon" with a second flight the first time out)
would love to see some pictures of your car sometime, when you can.
regards
Roy

Roy,

First off, thank you for the congratulations. Secondly, asking to see some pics of my car is like asking to see pics of my grand kids...here you go.

[Leif A.]

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Hi Leif,
Nicely written, and I understand your pleasure with this car and the results of having it Flight Judged.
Remember that even a Third Flight award represents a car that is just a small percentage of all the cars like it in existence.
Your Second Flight puts your car in even a smaller group.
And the anticipation of it being a Top Flight car should be something to savor too.
Good Luck as you continue to enjoy this car!
Regards,
Alan

Thanks, Alan. And you're correct...getting her to the next level is going to be something to savor. With the incredibly detailed judging sheets that came with my award, it sure makes accomplishing that feat easier (in a weird way).

Leif

[Don H.]

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Congrats Leif,
I enjoyed meeting you, and checking out your 67 at Frisco. You have a real cream puff of a mid year. I was at the banquet, and you and your car received an enthusiastic round of applause when your award was announced, and your car shown on the big screen. It is a great start to your flight judging journey; the same start I had. Next stop, blue ribbon! Onward and upward! Enjoy the journey!

[John F.]

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Congrats Lief! The first time out for me was a Second Flight 93.5 and then two years later without touching the car, a Chevrolet Bowtie Award. This is one fine organization!

[Leif A.]

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Congrats Leif,
I enjoyed meeting you, and checking out your 67 at Frisco. You have a real cream puff of a mid year. I was at the banquet, and you and your car received an enthusiastic round of applause when your award was announced, and your car shown on the big screen. It is a great start to your flight judging journey; the same start I had. Next stop, blue ribbon! Onward and upward! Enjoy the journey!

Don,

The pleasure was all mine in meeting you and all the other exceptional folks in our organization. I truly wish I had been able to attend the awards banquet but had previous commitments. It would have been a thrill to have been there to personally accept my award...next time, for sure.

Thank you, again.
Leif

[Leif A.]

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Congrats Lief! The first time out for me was a Second Flight 93.5 and then two years later without touching the car, a Chevrolet Bowtie Award. This is one fine organization!

John,

That score for your first time out is incredible. Missing Top Flight by a mere .5% must have been a killer. But, then a Bowtie Award...great job!! Congratulations!!

Leif

[Michael J.]

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Excellent, well done. I knew it would score high, it is a beautiful car, congratulations!

[Paul H.]

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Congratulations on your Flight Award Leif. Looks like a beautiful car. Some very interesting coincidences as well.

[Jill J.]

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Congratulations on your award...and very nice car!