1990 Chevrolet Corvette
Personal story and photograph submitted by owner Irv Carwick
for participation in the the 2008 GM Century Cruise
In 1984, I was in my senior year of college. I recall picking up the school class listing publication with the class offerings and schedules for what was to be my last semester. As I flipped through the pages, I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw an ad for the new C4 Corvette sponsored by Chevrolet. I couldn’t turn away. It was a dimly lit close up photo of the front end of the car with only the park lamps illuminated. Beneath the photo the ad text read: "The Rewards of a Higher Education". I dreamed of owning one someday.
Fast forward 21 years from the fall of 1984 to my daughters’ college graduation. It was her degree, but my opportunity...finally, to get one of those C4’s. I knew it had to be a convertible. The 1990 C4 convertible that sits in my garage now is white on white with blue leather...just like the one in that ad.
To this day that ad is still etched in my mind. The C4 Corvette is my favorite generation of Vette.
My Vette is all original and in pristine condition with a mere 22K miles.
GM’s Century Cruise pays tribute to GM’s past and the passion owners have for their vehicles. On Saturday, August 16, 2008 this vehicle and more than 100 other classic GM vehicles will cruise from the GM Global Headquarters at the Renaissance Center up Woodward Avenue to the heart of the Woodward Dream Cruise in Royal Oak and the surrounding suburbs. One of these vehicles will be crowned “top cruiser” based on a text voting campaign.
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