... bought this white Corvette new in '64 for about $3000 (a king's ransom in those days) ... a year later I was in Vietnam and the car basically sat for a year. When I returned, I traded it in on a Pontiac Catalina (proof I must've suffered brain damage while in Vietnam).

It didn't have air-conditioning as that was an expensive option ... had dark blue leather interior ... 5-speed manual stick shift.