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FAMILY TREASURE

THE LEGACY OF THIS ONE-OWNER ORIGINAL 1966 CORVETTE
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Mickey and Kay were your typical couple just starting their Falcon (“Which may or may not start,” she said), the
life together in 1966. Money was tight; Mickey was going Corvette became their main transportation in those early
through medical school and Kay was a nurse, working to years. For Kay, the most memorable trip they took was their
help her new husband achieve his goal. But, as Kay puts it, delayed honeymoon in August 1966 to Las Vegas.
Mickey “always had a good eye for a lovely car.” In 1966, “That was a big mistake,” Kay laughed, remembering,
the car catching everyone’s eyes was the brand-new Corvette “because the ’Vette didn’t have air conditioning. We got so
Sting Ray.
hot, but Mickey had us roll up the windows so that people
“We talked about getting married,” recalled Kay. “I wanted would think we had air conditioning!”
to get married; he wanted the Corvette. As he told the story, It was only recently that Kay discovered a log Mickey had
‘My wife compromised and said she would help me buy kept of the trip. “It started in Omaha, and it went all the
that car.’ And so I did. I always jokingly told him I thought way, every stop we made, to Las Vegas, and then we went
the Corvette was his first love.” on to California to meet friends. And then back through
The couple got married in January 1966, and Mickey soon to Nebraska, where my family lived. I never knew he had
was headed to the dealership to trade in his red and white done that.”
1965 Pontiac GTO convertible for a beautiful new Nassau The Corvette became Mickey’s pride and joy, and a
Blue Sting Ray, which set him back just under $5,000.
cherished member of the family. Kay remembers how her
Because the couple’s only other car was Kay’s old Ford husband loved to wash and wax the car in their driveway –

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