He said the car had been in his family for 26 years and that he and his late father had completed a frame-up restoration. "This is a 1968 roadster with a bad plug," said Bill Buckley IV of Norwood, Mass., who was replacing a spark plug in his Torch Red Corvette. "My wife said, 'If you don't buy that car I don't want to hear another word about Corvettes.' " He bought his Almond Beige 1962 Corvette with red interior in 1986, apparently after mullng it for a while. "When I saw that car, I said, 'Oh boy,' " he said. Gamache said he has all 166 episodes of the show. Gene Gamache of North Smithfield said he fell love with Corvettes in 1960 "when I saw the TV show 'Route 66' with early 1960s Corvettes." The show, which ran from 1960 to '64, followed the adventures of two men driving a Corvette around the country. It has since gone through seven generations, with the popular Stingray C7 introduced last year. More commonly known as America's sports car, the first-generation Corvette (1953-62) was initially designed by the legendary Harley Earl. "The only car that can give it a run for the money is a Bugatti." "It's a world supercar," said Wellington of the 640-horsepower monsters. ![]() Inside the showroom, a couple of 2015 Corvette Z06s - one a Daytona Sunset Orange and the other a Velocity Yellow, both with black wheels - attracted a crowd. "I fell in love and it was 50 years before I bought one," she said. ![]() She was working in a dealership in Attleboro, Mass., in 1966, and "there was a new red 1967 Corvette hardtop convertible on the shop floor." She said she had waited 50 years to buy her first one. "How can you not fall in love with a Corvette?" said Ann Salisbury, who had driven from Rehoboth, Mass., in her 2014 Corvette Stingray Coupe, Crystal Red with black and red interior.
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