Corvette, part II

The Corvette is now painted Boyd Coddington Red; it has been color-sanded, and is sitting on the frame. This is a big milestone in the long, long history of the restoration of this car. I recently met with some long-time friends who teased me endlessly about the cost and the time it is taking to restore the car. One of them wrote a poem about the car. To understand this ode, you need to know that the car is not original and the restoration I am having done is designed to make it better, but not original. It will be better than it was new. Here goes.

Ode to Jon's Car
by Lloyd Gerber

A Corvette of vintage is
a very rare car
And tough to restore
you bet they are

But good friend Jon
struck it rich
He bought a Corvette
but he didn't know which.

A sixty, a fifty-nine
even an eight
Three cars he got
but the parts didn't mate.

Time's passed since
restoration began
and rust and misfits
have beset this man.

He replaced every part
I am told
the only original
is the exhaust manifold

The car has parts from 

many sources

Ford and Tremec handle

the horses.

It will be beautiful with
flawless paint
He bought a Corvette but
a Corvette it ain't.

But it will be a fast car
will zoom here and there
Jon will be proud
as old men stare.

Jon is plexed at the
car he has got
He bought a Corvette
But a Corvette it is not!