I was born in 1971 in Austia/Europe. At age 18 I traveled the first time to North America. I traveled with my parents to Canada and the USA. I saw a couple of classic Vettes and I really fell in love with the "curves" of the C3 Vette. In Austria there are very few classic Vettes. At age 19 I bought my first Vette (with the financial help of my parents). I bought the Vette in Texas. It was a 350 HP 350 CI 1969 Convertible. The car had a beautiful color called "champagne".  This car was just the beginning of my Corvette addiction!!! Later I sold the 69 and bought a 86 Coupe. I didn't keep either of the Vettes because maintaining those cars in Europe is pretty expansive. (gas price, taxes, insurance...)
Professionally I actually had nothing to do with cars. I studied at a High School for electrical engineering and later studied and graduated in MIS. After serving in the Austrian Army for 10 months (required in Austria), I started to work in my profession as a Programmer. After working for 5 years in that field in my country I started to look for employment in the USA. I always dreamt of living in the US - especially in Florida. As a Information Technology Professional it didn't take me long to find a employer who would sponsor my work Visa.... Since 1997 I am living in Florida (first in the Tampa Bay area and now in Miami Beach). In 1998 I bought another Corvette. It was again a 69 Convertible, which is my favorite Corvette year. I invested a lot of money in my 69 because I was thinking in keeping it. However - I changed my mind and purchased a 1995 Convertible in 2000. After driving my 1995 for more than 1 year (as a daily driver), I started to miss the sound and the classic lines of a C3. I sold my 1995 and bought a very rough 1968 Corvette Convertible project car and later a 1980 Duntov Turbo Convertible. Click "Current Vettes" to read more about those 2 Vettes!

 

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