CORVETTES I’VE OWNED 

ADVENTURE OF A  LIFETIME: WILSON SWILLEY
Text Box: 1963 SPLIT WINDOW OWNED (1973-1979) FOR SIX YEARS TRADED FOR A PANTERA THEN TRADE THE PANTERA FOR A GT350H TRADED THE GT350H FOR A JEEP WHICH BROKE MY LEG.. NOLAND TOOK THE PHOTO IN FRONT HIS PLACE IN ALBANY.. Text Box: 1957 SERIAL NUMBER 0806 AND 4742...HAD THE DYE CAR FRONT CLIP GLUED TO THE REAR HAVE OF 4742, WITH DYE’S FRAME. MADE INTO A 684/579E CAR. THIS IS THE ONE FEATURE IN THE BOOK. LATER I PUT THE 4742 CHASSIS UNDER IT AND REGISTER AS 4742 AND RESTORED DYE CARS TO AS TO THE WAY IT WAS RACED (SEE BELOW) OWNED FROM 1975 TO 1987.. Text Box: 1965 365 HP CAR HAD BOTH TOPS. THIS IS THE CAR THAT I PICKED UP DUNTOV AT THE AIRPORT IN SAN FRANCISCO TO DRIVE HIM TO BELMONT, CA IN 1980. MY FAVORITE VETTE OF ALL I EVER OWNED. NOTE TAG 579E684 STILL HAVE TODAY, TAG NOT CAR. SOLD IT TO BUY BACK MY 63 WHICH NEVER HAPPEN THE 63 WAS SOLD OUT FROM UNDER ME. Text Box: 1958 RPO684 CAR SERIAL NO.1279 FEATURED IN NOLAND’S BOOK. HAD THE CAR FROM 1978 TO 1996. SOLD TO FINANCE RACING THE A SEDAN. I THINK THE CAR BELONGED TO MIKE SERLIST AND IT WAS OWNED BY PEDRO RODRIGUEZ (SEE ABOVE). THIS WAS CHARCOAL CAR Text Box: 1961 FRAME & REGISTRATION; WITH A 60 BODY AND PARTS FROM EVERY SOLD AXLE I HAD OWNED. 327 POWER GLIDE WITH CRUISE. FRIEND AND I TRAVELED AROUND THE COUNTRY IN 1990 DOING A ROUTE 66. SOLD IT TO FINANCE RACING THE A SEDAN. RACING INSANITY!!! SOLD IN 1995. NOTE WHEELS WERE ON MOST EVERY CORVETTE I OWNED. 1969 AMERICAN MAGS Text Box: MY LAST CORVETTE 1984 C4 AUTO CAR SOLD 2006.. CORVETTE—LESS NOW ! Text Box: 1957 DYE’S RACE CAR BROUGHT BACK FROM THE GRAVE. PUT MORE EFFORT IN THIS CAR THAN ANY CAR I EVER OWN BEFORE AND AFTER. IT HAS A SPECIAL MEANING TO ME. MY SOUL IS PART OF IT AND I WAS GOING TO BE BURIED IN IT. ROUGH TIMES IN 1987 MADE ME SELL IT TO START A NEW BUSINESS. I REGRET IT TO THIS DAY. Text Box: MY FIRST CORVETTE 1959 327/350 HP 4SPD. GREEN. TRADED IT AS A ROLLER FOR A 56 CHEVY ROLLER; WHICH I PUT THE DRIVE TRAIN FROM THE VETTE IN, 1969!

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Text Box: EMAIL ADDRESS: gtenduro@yahoo.com Text Box: 1980 ZORA AND I AT BELMONT, CA.