The NCM

[76ChevyTrucker]

All right, ladies, gents, I don't know how many of you have been or are in the Bowling Green, KY area, but I took a little side trip up there today whilst the rest of the family was enjoying our annual Family Reunion in Portland, TN. I've got some pictures from the NCM, just thought I'd like to share.

What you see from I65

Corvette Only Parking, Other Vehicles WILL Be Towed At Owner's Expense

The Building Front

Corvette of the Month (All the Cars in the Museum are either donated, or on loan)

A Map of the building

The Corvette Story

Mr. Harley J. Earl

The "Original Corvette"

The 1953 (I believe) Motorama exhibit

This is the Orignal Corvette Badge, of course, we all know it changed

Here's the badge we all know

Fiberglass parts, and not a whole lot of them

Mr. Duntov, the godfather of the Corvette

Information about Mr. Duntov

Mr. Duntov's 1973 454 powered C3

[76ChevyTrucker]

More!

A C1 Vette in a Diarama (sp?)

A second, third, and fourth C1

This one of the few (and highly rare) C1's that came with a Cadillac Amherst Pink paint job

The 2nd Generation

Getting Kicks on Rt 66 in a C2

A 1965 C2 Vette

And a 1967 C2 Vette

A 1972 C3 Coupe

A 1973 C3 Coupe being "married"

The Original "Small Block" 265 cid V-8

A Fuel-Injected 283 V-8

A kinda-weird 1970 mid-engine Vette powerplant

The 427 Z06 C6-R engine

[76ChevyTrucker]

Even More, although this is it

Six Generations of Corvette

The Original Corvette

Second Generation Vette (Split-window era)

Third Generation (Stingray and Manta Ray)

Fourth Generation (lots o-electronics)

Fifth Generation

Sixth Generation

And finally, as I walked out the door

I really hope that y'all liked the pictures. I wish I could have taken more, but my lovely wife, whom didn't attend with me, forgot to charge the battery up on the Digital Camera.

[76ChevyTrucker]

Youse guys suck. No comments....wow

Edited August 1, 2006 by 76ChevyTrucker

[HarleyEarl]

Thanks for those great pics. It's like nirvana. I'd be frozen in awe.

Having owned a Corvette, I have to make a pilgrimage once in my lifetime to this sacred site.

Edited August 1, 2006 by HarleyEarl

[knightfan26917]

Awesome, 76CT .

I've driven by the museum quite a few times, but never really visited, tho we did meet in the parking lot when the MC Nationals were in Bowling Green a few years ago.....

Thanks for sharing the pics .

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[Cray_Z28]

Cool pics, thanks for sharing! Although, not to be picky, but Zora's car was a 1974 454, last year for the 454. You have it marked as a 1973, which came with a poly nose and steel chromed rear bumper. The rear went to poly in 1974.

[91z4me]

I got some pics of when I went there. Was there anything you guys wanted to see that hasn't been posted?

BTW the C5R engine was NOT there when I was.

76ChevyTrucker did you manage to get any good pics of the Aerovette? I tried but they had it behind another display model.

[z28luvr01]

Awesome pics. I've got to get down there one of these days.

[76ChevyTrucker]

Acutally that's all the pictures I was able to get, the camera's battery died shortly after the picture of the mid-engine 'vette concept set up. And you may be right about Mr. Duntov's Vette, it could be a 1974, I don't honestly recall the information plaque at the base of the picture.