If I win the Powerball?

[Mike E.]

I would like to get some ideas from folks on what Corvette related items I should buy if I'm lucky enough to have gotten the correct numbers of the 292.3 million possible combinations?

All in fun, obviously non-technical and purely fictional.

1). Having the time to finish my '65 and making it a Duntov car.

2). Find and purchase an original 63 Gran Sport.

3). A new Z06.

4) A minty 57 that was built on my day of birth.

5) A really nice 53.

6) A 78 Pace Car. Not really rare at all just always wanted one.

7) Attempt to find all my previously owned Corvettes.

• Red 1976 with smoked gray interior, bought new when I was 19.
• Loaded 1978 Silver Anniversary stolen and never recovered, as far as I know in 1980
• Dark Green 1979 Corvette. When really well with the Glen Green '65
• 1984 Gold Corvette bought new.

8) 1967 L88 no real reason. Just want to drive one and Enterprise doesn't rent them.

9) Building, kick ass garage and property to keep everything in.

10) 1980 California 305 Corvette. (The biggest misfit Corvette in history IMO)

What else??

Mike

[Mark D.]

Re: If I win the Powerball?

I would...

Purchase 60 second commercial spot on the NBC nightly news to inform; "the following people can can kiss my rich fat a##"

Find a new set of friends

Get an estimate on fixing the slipping transmission on my 2001 Chrysler Town & Country minivan

That's about it

[Loren L.]

Re: If I win the Powerball?

No worries, mates, it's mine.
I will personally arrange transport of the 2001 (not deserving the name) minivan and any that would like to join it to the Marianas Trench for
disposal as a barrier reef.....celebration to be scheduled.

[Richard M.]

Re: If I win the Powerball?

That much money would ruin your life.

Everything as you know it.... would go away.

Long lost family members will show up at your door.

Friends become enemies. Enemies become friends.

I hope I don't win.

[Rich G.]

Re: If I win the Powerball?

Like the mid western farmer said when asked what he was going to do with all that money said "I'm gonna keep on farming until it's all gone."

I'd keep my cars running "until it's all gone".

Rich

[Steve B.]

Re: If I win the Powerball?

That much money would ruin your life.

Everything as you know it.... would go away.

Long lost family members will show up at your door.

Friends become enemies. Enemies become friends.

I hope I don't win.

Richard, if you win, I would be happy to relieve you of that financial burden

[Michael J.]

[Ed S.]

Re: If I win the Powerball?

Buy the entire Corvette museum.

Forgot to mention, I would also hire Duke Williams and Joe Lucia to tune and maintain the fleet.

[David R.]

Re: If I win the Powerball?

OK, I will keep my reply Corvette-related (there are a LOT of other things more important I would use most of it for):

First, I would attempt to buy from GM, or lacking that, have professionally and faithfully re-created the following Corvettes:

- All of the Motorama Corvettes; The Waldorf Nomad, the Corvair, and the Hardtop. (Yeah, I know even GM doesn't have some of these)
- The Corvette SS racer
- The 1959 Sting Ray racer
- Mako Shark I
- Mako Shark II

- I would then purchase the very finest example I could find of each year of Corvette production.
- Next would be a small assortment of excellent driver-quality cars from each generation.

- And finally, I would build a Corvette-themed man-cave garage the likes of which the world has never seen to house all of these. Yes, it would be open for tours, clubs and meetings (and just for hanging out), and yes, you would all be invited. There would be an exhaustive library of resource and historical material, a fully-equipped maintenance area with state-of-the-art equipment, and a bar, grille and lounge for relaxing.

That's my plan . . . at least as far as Corvettes are concerned. Oh, there will be other cars in a separate facility Lots of 'em. But that's another story.

[Don H.]

Re: If I win the Powerball?

Instead of trying to buy the great old design cars from GM, why not just buy GM?

[Michael J.]

Re: If I win the Powerball?

Instead of trying to buy the great old design cars from GM, why not just buy GM?

[Ed S.]

Re: If I win the Powerball?

Instead of trying to buy the great old design cars from GM, why not just buy GM?

I'm not buying anything that was previously owned (and operated) by the US Government - they screwed it up beyond repair.

[Frank D.]

Re: If I win the Powerball?

Your odds of winning are statistically the same as being mauled by a polar bear and a black bear on the same day...

If I should win I've already told the wife I'm taking the whole family to Denny's for Grand Slam breakfast platters on me...
That's just the kinda guy I am

[David R.]

Re: If I win the Powerball?

Instead of trying to buy the great old design cars from GM, why not just buy GM?

No thanks . . . as Henry Kaiser said when his dream of becoming an automobile manufacturer failed: "I expected to throw millions of dollars into the auto manufacturing pond . . . but I didn't expect it to disappear without a ripple!"

[Bill M.]

Re: If I win the Powerball?

1 a mid year tank car
2 my old 396 coupe
3 78 pace car
4 a million bucks apiece to each true friend and to family members