My Corvette

Before he retired from his job selling parts at an auto recycling yard in Ottawa in 2015, Perry Lanoue asked his wife Tara Wood if she wanted him to restore her prized 1977 Corvette or use the money toward purchasing a new car.

Wood opted for the new car. She ended up getting both. "She deserves it!" he says.

Roy Williams reflects on his first Corvette experience, a 1976 coupe, and the harrowing ride from Calgary to Edmonton back in 1980.

His journey began with excitement and ended with a tense drive on black ice, leaving him eager to finally get his dream car safely into his garage.

'When it comes to passion for their cars and hitting the road in a caravan, no one beats a Corvette owner, says Frank Sancineto.

The national chair of the 30th anniversary Caravan Aug. 29-31 that's making its way to Bowling Green, KY and the home of the National Corvette Museum says there's just something about the car that attracts the biggest following among drivers.

Rick Farrow appeared in a CBC News video during a Corvette Club of Windsor charity event at the city's waterfront on June 10.

"I always kept buying Corvettes, I love 'em. (I) pass them down to my grandchildren and my children."

Ever dream of rebuilding a classic Vette? How about rescuing and restoring six of them? And then auctioning them all off?

Dennis Collins, whose Coffee Walk episodes air every Friday on his YouTube channel, worked with his ace mechanic on the six Vettes and brought them to auction through Bring a Trailer in late May. The cars range from 1958 to '89 models and two of them were, as Collins put it, "extremely rare."

What started as a get-the-lead-out job turned into a two decades full-scale restoration of a Corvette Stingray for Albie Carr.

The 76-year-old classic car enthusiast, featured in the UK's Daily Express in early May, purchased his 1963 silver Stingray at Corvette Kingdom in 1983.

Paul Dillon got his own Corvette in 2010 and he still loves and cherishes it, along with the people who are special and meaningful to him, like his sister-in-law Cathy.

This is Paul’s story about what inspired him to fulfill a lifelong dream and buy a Corvette. And he’s still living the dream.

There are Corvette restoration stories and then there's Corey Petersen’s Corvette restoration stories.

What sets apart the Utah-based researcher from all the other prized Vettes that have been lovingly restored to a fine sheen and shine is that his car is reportedly the first production Chevrolet Corvette.

For many people, a little red Corvette gets all the attention but for Dave Holman, it was an orange model that’s given him the love that lasts.

The Winnipeg man was pre-planning his retirement last year when he thought about fulfilling a lifelong dream: owning an orange Corvette.