Chance Parking Lot Encounter Leads to Love for Two Corvette Owners

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Chance Parking Lot Encounter Leads to Love for Two Corvette Owners

Sometimes love is not just in the stars – it’s in the cars!

For instance, I met Cindy, my wife of 25+ years, on a warm spring Saturday night while cruising the streets of Dalton, Ga., in my red 1986 Corvette.

It was really love at first sight, at least for me, as I quickly – and boldly for me – asked her to go to a Corvette show at Day’s Chevrolet in Acworth, Ga., the next afternoon.

“I don’t know you,” she replied.

Well, some three or four hours later, after we had talked non-stop about everything under the sun and become great friends, I asked her again to go to the Corvette show.

“You know me now!” I countered.

“I guess I do,” she answered.

Five kids and a mortgage later, we’re still together.

That’s why I could really relate to this story about a fellow named Peter Gapp.

It seems fate involving a pair of Corvettes led to his love connection.

Peter bought a 1992 Corvette in black rose and drove it to work the next day, parking next to the only other Corvette in the lot, a white 1977 model.

Naturally he was admiring the car when its owner, Lisa, came out and told him it wasn’t for sale.

“When I got to my car, I noticed a great-looking guy standing between my ’77 Corvette and a gorgeous black rose Corvette,” said Lisa, who fortunately had forgotten something in her car and came back to get it.

From that chance meeting, they quickly forged a relationship that turned into marriage, and they’re still cruising around in the same Corvettes 23 years later! Cupid Arkus-Duntov strikes again!

In fact, the ’77 has been nicely restored now, and Peter’s ’92 still turns heads with its unusual black rose paint.

“When my wife and I cruise around we get a lot of interest from people because you don’t see a color like black rose on the road today,” said Peter. “It’s a unique color that appears differently depending on where I’m driving. In the sun, the light bounces off the hood like a gem, but in the shade, it really gives off a black tint.”

Since they keep the C4 at their home in New Jersey and the C3 in Florida, they joke that they’re in a “long-distance relationship.”

Happy Valentine’s Day to Peter and Lisa, and a special Valentine’s shout-out to my lovely bride, Cindy, as well.


Source:
GM’s Fastlane Blog

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