Corvette Delivery Dispatch with National Corvette Seller Mike Furman for Jan 19th

Each week, Criswell Chevrolet’s Mike Furman delivers new Corvette Stingrays, Grand Sports, Z06s and ZR1s to his customers who come from all parts of the country to work with the nation’s top individual Corvette seller.

What an eventful week this was for the C8 Corvette! On Monday, the 2020 Corvette was awarded the title of North American Car of the Year, and on Saturday, the first retail 2020 Corvette sold for $3 million at Barrett-Jackson to NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick. Meanwhile, the order books opened up on the new 2020 Corvette Stingray convertible this week. Back at Criswell’s sales lot, Mike Furman has been busy closing out the C7 model year with the deliveries of several new 2019 Corvettes. As always, he has a great collection of throwbacks including a few of Elfi Duntov back in the day. And if you keep scrolling, you might come across a certain CorvetteBlogger trying to grow the hobby one new convert at a time. Hit the comments form below when you reach the end and tell Mike which is your favorite photo for the week.

Visit Mike’s facebook page for even more photos and videos of his new Corvette deliveries: CorvetteFurman.

~Last night’s exciting auction at BJ saw the rights to order and build C8 vin#001 and it sold for a cool 3 million which went to charity. Lots of C8 action this week as the 2020 Corvette won the North American Car of the Year Award…just like the 2014 Corvette. Tremendous accomplishment for the Chevrolet Corvette team. Congrats! Exciting times are near as production start-up for the C8 begins in just 15 days. The C7 was the 2nd shortest run of all the generations.

The breakdown of generations using the "C" started with the C5, 5th Generation… C1- 1953-1962, C2- 1963-1967, C3- 1968-1982, C4-1984-1996, C5- 1997-2004, C6-2005-2013, C7-2014-2019 and the C8 starts with the 2020 model year. I’ve owned 19 Corvettes and the only Generation I have not owned is the C3…yet.

~For you Golfers out there thinking about trunk space in a C8…

and last night’s auction of C8 vin# 001.

~Elfie Duntov, the wife of Zora Arkus Duntov traveled with him everywhere. Below are a couple of cool pics of her. They were married in 1939. Elfie passed in 2008. Zora in 1996.

Elfie in a purple hat and Zora in a blue hat…along with RJ Konner, Larry Shinoda and Gary Konner at the Malcolm Konner Corvette Show in Paramus, NJ.

~Spotlight on Silver in today’s delivery post.

~~Merritt and Anong L. of Sebastian, Florida called me last week to put down a deposit on a 2021 Corvette…then they called back for a sight-unseen trade value on their 2013 Mercedes SUV. Merritt purchased a Blade Silver 2019 Corvette Grand Sport to hold him over until the 2021 Corvette allocation comes out. They drove up 1,000 miles from their home in Florida to Criswell Chevrolet and took delivery of Merritt’s 2nd Corvette, he had owned a 1982 Corvette brand new. 2019 GS Equipment list: Auto transmission, 2LT pkg, black wheels and Navigation/PDR. I received several emails already and they are thrilled with their new Corvette.

~~Craig and Beth H. Of Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania reached out to me last week as they were seeking a 2019 Corvette Grand Sport Convt…Before they all disappear. We had met at Corvettes of Carlisle (Chip Miller was a very good friend of Craig’s) this past August as they have been vendors there since that event started. I gave them a sight-unseen trade value on their 2012 Orange GS cpe and the deal was made over the phone for the 10th Corvette that Craig has owned. This past week they drove down and completed the paperwork/payment portion and we switched Corvettes. I had them turned around for their two-hour ride home in under 75 minutes. Equipment list: Blade Silver paint with Black top and Black interior, CF badge pkg, Auto transmission, Black wheels, CF painted outside mirrors, 2LT pkg and Navigation/PDR.

~A couple of new 2019 Corvettes got picked up by Plycar Trucking and were shipped out. The Yellow GS went to Las Vegas, Nevada and the ELB/Red GS went to Bend, Oregon.

~The Frank Class Corvette barn find and throwback section. Please post up your favorite this week.

Drive safe and remember the Corvette wave!

Mike Furman
Criswell Chevrolet
Gaithersburg, MD
301-212-4420 desk direct
Off Fridays and Sundays
"I sell and ship Nationwide and have done so for 42+ years!
[email protected]
CorvetteFurman.com

Mike can deliver new Corvettes at Criswell Chevrolet in Gaithersburg, MD or through the National Corvette Museum’s R8C delivery program. He can also deliver new Corvettes via covered transport direct to your door or a courtesy delivery to the Chevrolet dealer near you.

If you are interested in ordering a new C8 Corvette, give Mike Furman a call. You can reach him at 301-212-4420 or via email at [email protected].

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