Auction Action
First, I would like to say I thoroughly enjoy your magazine. However, there are two things I must bring to your attention. I agree with Art Thomas (December '07) that auction articles are a waste of space for most Corvette Fever subscribers. Only the upper echelon of Corvette collectors-and I don't mean owners, I mean collectors-would have any interest in the details of the auction process. Those who own more than three Corvettes and plan to buy more may have an interest in the auctions, but the vast majority of owners can do without the auction issues. I feel "cheated" when the auction issue devotes page after page to something in which I have absolutely no interest. I scan through the pictures and skip the text altogether. I'm sure it is great for the writers and the photographers to spend the magazine's money to attend these events but it is a waste of space. The likelihood of me purchasing a pristine Corvette from an auction is very slim. I thought long and hard, and sacrificed to purchase my brand-new '03 true 50th Anniversary (option) Corvette. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
The other issue I have is with the photo spread on the two ugliest Corvettes ever built in your December '07 issue. Every time I go to Funfest and see the Death Race 2000 Corvette I want to barf. The Corvette Summer car at least has some redeeming customizing features, excluding that ridiculous hood. I hope you have gotten them out of your system and won't run them again.
I would like to congratulate you on the Baldwin Motion spread in your November 2007 issue. It was superb! I grew up wishing I could afford a Baldwin Motion Camaro with a 427 stuffed under the hood. I enjoyed the articles on Bunkie Knudsen, even though some were hard to follow. I remember when he defected to Ford and was subsequently fired. The articles made me realize just how much we Chevrolet and Corvette fans owe to him.
Darrell J. Revely, Florissant, MO
RightHand Drive Letter
To Tom Falconer:
I just wanted to comment about your article in the Dec. '07 issue. Your comments about the problem of getting four people in your '64 ragtop brought back memories from my youth. I purchased a '63 coupe in 1963 while I was still single because it had a roof for safety and extra room for traveling. I didn't know it could hold five adults. We crammed two in the back and three across the seats. In fact, I carpooled to work every day with three people in the Vette. Right before getting married to my wife, Dianne, I purchased a '66 coupe that I still have today. I used to take the family for rides, and in the '80s we had all seven family members in the car. Now this would not happen today with all the safety laws in our country. But back then, we just jumped in and drove. I just wanted to share my memories about my coupe versus your convertible for travel.Joe Marzaloes, St. Charles, MO
Sounding Off
You have a great magazine, but I am seriously considering not renewing my subscription. Just as I am getting sick of all the idiot, secular, progressive, liberal, political correctness infecting our nation and society, I am likewise getting sick of magazines like yours getting months ahead of the calendar. It is not yet Thanksgiving, and I am reading my January '08 issue where the editorial is wishing me Happy New Year and expressing the hope that I had a very Merry Christmas. What is the hurry? If it is the January issue, it should not hit the newsstands and/or the mailbox until January. Do what makes sense, not what the other idiots are doing.David L. Marcum, Erie, PA