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Bob Baird, PhD
Bob’s interest in Corvettes began when, at the age of 16, he noticed
a 1962 Corvette at a used car lot and was taken by the sporty
instrument cluster and 160 mph speedometer. His first Corvette,
however, was a red 1964 327/365 Convertible he bought in 1976
and, though unaware of NCRS, switched the ’65 hubcaps back to
’64 ones and did other things to make the car more original. In
1980, he purchased a Laguna Blue 1966 327/300 coupe and did a
body-off restoration on it. Although not exactly up to current
NCRS standards, the restoration, however, was good enough to
attract the attention of someone in the wee hours of the morning
of January 11, 1981 and 1966 VIN #699 has not been seen since.
That led to a 22-year hiatus in Corvette ownership until the 2003
purchase of the 1960 that he restored and was the inspiration for
this Handbook. In addition to the 1960, Bob owns a 1998 Indy Pace
Car replica. He joined NCRS in 2003 and serves as Secretary of the
Mid-Atlantic Chapter of NCRS. |
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Tom Howey, MD
Tom’s interest in Corvettes was by accident. While looking for a
sports car, Tom ran into a guy with a partially intact 1959 Corvette
with no drive train sitting out in a field. This became his first
Corvette and it wasn’t drivable for 3 years. This 1959 was done
body on and with a non-original drive train. While going through
the process of finding parts for the first ‘59, Tom was introduced to
the NCRS. The next ‘59 he bought was one that had caught fire just
after a complete restoration, but Tom reveled at the challenge.
After the first ’59, Tom had learned a great deal on restoration and
the correct way to go about it, so he set out to get a Duntov award
for this one. After another three years of working on the car, it
went all the way to Duntov. He also owns a 4-Star Bowtie 1979,
and yet to be restored 1963, 1964, 1972, another 1979 and a 2003.
Like Bob, he enjoys doing his own work including engines, chassis,
and paint. |
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