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Vroom ... vroom ... vroom
Corvettes regularly make appearance in downtown Milan
By Jeremy Allen, Special Writer
PUBLISHED: May 10, 2007
Vroom, vroom! That's what you'll hear if you happen to be around when the Huron Valley Corvette Club passes by.
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On Saturday, members of the club met at Main Street IX in Milan for their monthly meeting, and they all brought their favorite toys.
"I have a 2000 coupe and I drive it all the time," said Debbie Smith, the only single owner in the club who is a woman. "Mine probably has more miles on it than any of these guys.
"The fact that I'm the only female member who isn't a wife or girlfriend is the best part," she said teasingly.
The Corvette club consists of 35 members, 21 master members, some of whom have been with the club as long as 41 years, and 14 associate members, some of whom have joined within the past six months.
"We've been trying to rebuild the club for years," said 22-year member Clyde Boenke, the club's interim president. "We got down to about 10 members here awhile back, but now we're back up to about 35 members. We're always looking for new members, and right now were even giving away free memberships."
Paul and Pat Weiner have been Corvette club members since 1966 and have owned 10 different Corvettes during that time.
"I only married him because he had a Corvette. I knew that since he had a Vette, then he'd have some money," Pat Weiner said jokingly. "Turns out he didn't, though, but he's still alright."
Added Paul Weiner, "I've heard that a thousand times from her. Since I got my first (Corvette) in 1966, we've had a new one in every decade since."
Their newest is a 2004 Z06.
"We like to take it out as often as we can," Paul Weiner said. "But I like being part of this club because you get to know good people, have a good time and we all love our Corvettes."
Boenke has one of the club's oldest rides.
"Mine is a Porsche-red, '64 convertible," he said. "I've had it for 33 years now and we take it on vacation and put about 5,000 miles on it every year."
Aside from being a club where "all Corvette lovers can gather and share their love for the true American sports car," the club also competes with other clubs in competitive functions.
"They typically include some low-speed autocrosses, parking lot races around courses set out with traffic cones, and a couple of high-speed events at local racetracks such as Waterford Hills and Gratten Raceway," Boenke said. "Because we are a small club, we do these in partnership with other local clubs who are also members of the National Council of Corvette Clubs."
The club will hold its next meeting in June. Anyone interested in joining should visit the club's Web site at www.huronvalleycorvetteclub.org.
Upcoming events include Corvettes on the Water, put on by the Windsor Corvette Club, and a summer picnic hosted by Huron Valley Corvette Club members.
"Like Clyde and Pat said, we're just a bunch of people who love to have fun and who love, love, love our Vettes," Smith said.
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