Corvette Delivery Dispatch with National Corvette Seller Mike Furman for Jan 15th

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Corvette Delivery Dispatch with National Corvette Seller Mike Furman for Jan 15th


Criswell Chevrolet’s Mike Furman delivers new Corvettes to his customers who come from all across the country to work with the nation’s top individual Corvette seller.

In this week’s Sunday Delivery Dispatch, Mike looks back on his years with Konner Chevrolet and the lifelong friendship he has with the family to this day. We get three great deliveries of new Corvettes including a 70th Anniversary in White Pearl. Mike messaged me on Saturday saying his barn find and vintage throwback collection for the week was one of the best he has ever assembled. He does have some great new photos so take a minute and scroll to the end and then let us know your favorites for the week.

You can see all of Mike’s posts through the week on his CorvetteFurman Facebook Page.

~I always credit the Konner family with much of my success that I have had the last few decades as I spent my first dozen years working for Malcolm Konner Auto in Bergen County, New Jersey 1978-1990. Gary and RJ Konner in the last few years have moved and asked if I’d like to be the caretaker of a ton of Konner automobile artifacts dating back to the 30’s. I of course jumped at the chance at both calls. Last Summer when I was at RJ’s Ridgewood, NJ home I noticed the large Red letters in his garage. I inquired if they were from the 2nd story of the Corvette Salon and RJ said yes they were. Last night I had asked Gary how many times did those large letters change color over the years? Here is Gary Konner’s answer along with a bunch of Konner photos from back in the day, yes even some of me from 40+ years ago!

“So the colors actually changed 4 times. Chevrolet was very strict and initially they would only permit blue or white. My father went with blue, but the problem was in the winter when it’s cold, blue neon look’s blurry and hard to read at night so we change them to white. That was better at night, but during the day white on the white building wasn’t great either. Our parts trucks we’re typically yellow over the years, so we changed to yellow & just a couple years later a few letters caught fire & we then went red somewhere around the late 80’s That was the best although Chevrolet was never a fan but it looked great with the giant American flag”
Gary Konner

Interesting history for sure and I’m still thrilled that I spent my first dozen years as an employee of Malcolm Konner Auto!

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Corvette Deliveries with Mike Furman

~To own one low mileage C4 would be fantastic…how about owning 3 C4 Corvettes with mileage on the odometer of less then 100 and just as they arrived from the Factory ! Yes stored away in a temp controlled New Jersey warehouse is Gary Konner’s 3 C4’s…1995 Corvette ZR1( only 448 ZR1’s built in 1995) in Competition Yellow and it is Vin 001! Also 1988 Corvette Challenge Car #1 (only 56 produced) . Street legal for the SCCA race series…and last but not least is a 1986 Corvette with option code 4001ZA, one of 50 Malcolm Konner Commemorative editions produced in honor of Gary’s Father. I happen to have all 50 window stickers for these special edition Corvettes but that story and registry idea is for another time. Enjoy the video’s in this post of three sub 100 mile time capsules!


~New C8 Corvette E-Ray to be reveiled on Tuesday this week:


~C8 Corvette Deliveries for the week!

~James W. of Meridian, IDAHO follows me on the internet along with his brother David who resides in West Virginia. James ordered from me a Torch Red 2023 Corvette Z51 coupe. We completed the paperwork process via Fed Ex and now Plycar Trucking will handle the logistics. Equipment: 3LT, Stealth interior trim, body color accents, chrome badges, magnetic ride, CF interior trim, front lift, bright machine faced wheels, red stitching and Z51 pkg. ~words from James GM Survey…

“Mike Furman was very helpful with the process of buying this car and helping me order it and I very much appreciate everyone that I have talked to at Criswell Chevrolet. They were more than helpful and thank them all and I will dearly love this car thank you”
JW of Idaho

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Corvette Deliveries with Mike Furman

~Bill S. of Milton, Delaware got up early this morning for his 2 1/2 hour ride to pick up his Pearl White 2023 Corvette 70th anniversary Convertible. Thankfully his wife Cathy was kind enough to bring him to Criswell Chevrolet of Gaithersburg, MD. Bill lost his 1966 Corvette to a devastating house fire of his beach house last year and today helps the healing as he is back in the Corvette ownership world. Super nice folks are all smiles and ready for some Corvette driving.

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~Wayne S. of Riverside, California factory ordered his 2nd Corvette from me. This time I drop shipped it to his local Chevrolet dealership in Huntington Beach, CA. Wayne spec’d out his Red Mist 2023 Corvette Convertible with Natural interior, 2LT, GT2 buckets, magnetic ride, and CF painted mirrors.

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~Corvette Barn find and throwback pictures this week with a tip of the cap to Frank Class, never forgotten. Much like Frank, I am a Corvette enthusiast first and foremost. All my internet posts and Instagram videos are for pure enjoyment and never for clicks/views.

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Corvette Deliveries with Mike Furman

Drive safely and enjoy the week.

Mike Furman
Criswell Chevrolet
Gaithersburg, MD
301-212-4420 desk direct (not a text line)
Off Fridays and Sundays
"I sell and ship Nationwide and have done so for 45+ years!
[email protected]
CorvetteFurman.com

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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.

Corvette Deliveries with Mike Furman
Corvette Deliveries with Mike Furman
Corvette Deliveries with Mike Furman


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2 COMMENTS

  1. So now I know who the guy is in the two pics with the silver 62. My favorite is the partial rear view shot of the custom slammed red 80. That car is featured in the March issue of Corvette Magazine. It’s mean and I like it!

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