Five People in the Corvette Hobby I’d Like to Meet

I saw a post on an unrelated blog about the author’s desire to meet five people that he found interesting. That led me to wonder about the five people I’d like to meet in person, but I also decided to narrow my list down to specifically people within the Corvette community. This is probably the first of two posts, the second being those Corvette legends that have already passed. However I digress. Each of these gentleman is destined for the National Corvette Museum’s Hall of Fame, and two of the members on this list have already achieved that distinction. My list of five people in the Corvette hobby I’d like to meet in no particular order:
1. Noland Adams

Noland knows more about classic Corvettes than you can shake a powerglide at. He hold’s NCRS membership #4 and he founded the Solid Axle Corvette Club. While leading the NCRS back in the seventies, he was responsible for bringing the midyear Corvettes into the NCRS fold, a controversial decision back then but one that has since come to define how new Corvettes are added to judging each year. Noland was inducted into the NCM Corvette Hall of Fame in 2003.

2. Tom Wallace

Wouldn’t you love to know what Tom Wallace knows about the future direction of the Corvette? We are in very exciting times right now and meeting the man in charge would be an awesome thrill.

3. Dave Hill

I always admired the way Dave Hill appeared to relate to the average Corvette owner. He always seems to have a genuine interest in what owners said and felt about his Corvette, the C5. In fact, my impression of Dave Hill is that he would be a great person to kick back and have a few beers with while listening to stories of what the folks in the Corvette program had to overcome in the nineties to build the C5 Corvette. Dave was inducted into the NCM Corvette Hall of Fame in 2006.

4. Mike Antonick

Mike is the only guy on this list that I have no idea what he looks like. But every year I pluck down my $15 bucks for a new copy of his Corvette Black Book and every year it is just about the best money spent when it comes to Corvette publications. When heading off to a Corvette show, his Black Book is always along for the ride. A person new to the Corvette hobby could damn near become an expert if he could commit those pages to memory.

5. Reeves Callaway

I can sum up Reeve’s contribution to Corvette (and wannabe tuners) in just 2 words. Well, one word: Sledgehammer! and one RPO code… B2K!

So there you have my list of five people in the Corvette hobby I’d like to meet in person. Any comments regarding my list? Who is a living Corvette personality you would most like to meet? Related:
Corvette’s Tom Wallace Q & A
My Thoughts on Dave Hill
Vette Magazine: A Conversation with Reeves Callaway Technorati Tags:
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