Bonanza!

You guys and gals old enough to remember Bonanza probably still think about that show from time to time.  Sponsored by Chevrolet, it ran on Sunday nights, and when I was a kid we all gathered around to watch it.  The show was great.  So were the commercials.   It’s where I caught my first glimpse of the new Sting Ray back in 1962 when the split window coupes were first introduced to the public.  It was awesome.

So my good buddy Eric captured this shot of an original ’63 split window Vette in Burbank and he posted it on Facebook this morning…

Wow, Eric’s photo took me back.  All the way back  to October 1962, sitting in the TV room with Mom, Dad, and my little sister.  When Chevy showed the Vette in their Bonanza commercial, it was exciting.  My Dad was really pumped up about the car.  As was I.   I knew that I’d have one someday.   And I knew it would be silver, just like the one in Eric’s photo.

It took about 40 years, but back in ’04 I made that dream come true…

I don’t use the Vette that much (I’ve had it 10 years, and I only have about 33,000 miles on it), but it sure is fun.   Sue and I love our motor trips in the Vette, and we’ve been all over the Southwest in it.  That photo above is on Highway 50 (America’s Loneliest Road) somewhere in northern Nevada.

The Vette works real well as a background prop for our CSC motorcycles, too, as the following photos show…

That’s it for now, folks…ride safe and we’ll have more for you later!