Calling all gearheads

[gweimer]

Anyone ever hear of the '58 Corvette named the Purple People Eater?

[Denis]

This one?

http://corvette-racing.tripod.com/id19.html

[gweimer]

That's one of them.   I just found out an old friend of mine has had one since his father got the one built in 1958 (bought it new, and it never left the family).  I've ridden in it a few times.

[Denis]

Get out! That's sweet! Can you get a pic some time?

[gweimer]

I'll see.  The car was repainted in the '60s.

[Pilgrim]

A pic of you sitting in it grinning would be fantastic!

(May cost you a case of beer..)

[Denis]

A pic of you sitting in it grinning would be fantastic!

(May cost you a case of beer..)

I hear Photoshop calling!

[gweimer]

Actually, we did a band promo shot with that car about a decade ago or more.  Bob has a picture of him at age 2, standing behind the steering wheel.  He's an old friend of ours, and they just recently learned what the car really was.  They knew who built it, but not that it was one of only 3 cars.

[Pilgrim]

My surf band has used pix of us around a 60's hot rod - but ya gotta find one with a cooperative owner. 

[Dave W]

Those cars were legendary even among legends.

[Pilgrim]

Those cars were legendary even among legends.

Yessir.

I subscribe to a magazine called Hemmings Muscle Machines, which centers on muscle cars of the 60's and 70's in both street and racing applications.  Mighty fun reading...and full of cars like that one!
http://www.hemmings.com/subscribe/current_issue.html?publication=MUS

[OldManC]

I used to sit and thumb through Hemming's pretty much like it was a Playboy. Talk about dreaming...

I remember the Purple People Eater from when I was a kid. Brought back some good memories seeing that pic.

[Highlander]

That's nice... 

[godofthunder]

I never heard of the car..........................but man is it cool! I am a sucker for anything purple.

[Pilgrim]

I generally disapprove of purple strongly, but I'll make an exception for the 'Vette as long as there's no gold trim.

= Dark Side!

That's nearly my favorite 'Vette.  My real favorites are the '61 and '62 models with the same 4-round headlights but the Sting Ray tail - this one is in tasteful Crimson...