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Corvette Club

By Nell Newton

The Sun City Corvette Club cruised to Andice, then on to Bertram, thru the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife
Preserve to Marble Falls and proceeded to Russo’s Restaurant on October 2. This event had 37 Club members and seven
guests riding in 20 Corvettes and three Porsches. See our microsite on www.sctexas.org for more pictures.

The Sun City Corvette Club cruised with 13 Corvettes from The Worship Place to share their common interest. “Most
to the Veterans Memorial to attend the Veterans Day ceremony. important,” Ken said, “is the comradery
members share. We schedule a cruise
The Corvette Club is Sun City’s and Don drives a torch red 2014 torch red every 4 to 6 weeks; always on two-lane
newest (and according to many, Stingray coupe. back roads with convertible tops down and
most exciting) club. Having grown ending up in a good restaurant.” Their
from a long-established Interest Group, The first Corvettes were hand-built in first quarterly breakfast was at Putters
it was chartered in March 2015 with 52 Detroit in 1953. Originally a show car, Café, and they will also be doing other
members and 27 cars. They now have 82 they only made 300. All were polo white venues. The last one turned out to be a
members and 47 cars. convertibles with red interiors, six-cylinder luncheon at Russo’s Italian Restaurant
engines and a sticker price of $3,490. They in Marble Falls.
Why do Corvette owners stay so revved sold them all. Corvette is now the oldest
up about their cars? I asked Ken Tupacz, car marquee made in America that has Many Corvette Club members are
President, and Don Landry, Secretary/ remained true to its origins, delivering the Veterans. This past Veterans Day,
Treasurer, and their eyes lit up. “It’s thrill of a high-powered sports car with November 11, members’ demonstrated
the power of a performance car!” says the best of both worlds – style and beauty. respect in a display of “Vettes ‘n Vets,”
Don. “There’s something about cruising The colors, models and performance have lining up their Corvettes on Sun City
in a Vette that melts your stress away, changed through the 62 years, yet the love Boulevard to Del Web and standing at
kind of like taking a mini-vacation. It’s affair with the Corvette continues. Cars attention beside them to enhance our Sun
an attention grabber. ‘Nice car’ is what in Sun City’s Corvette Club range from City’s Veterans Day Ceremony.
you get at most stop lights and parking years 1957 to 2015.
lots, and in gas stations it’s, ‘Is that car Members often participate in activities
for sale?’ It’s the American dream.” Ken The club’s purpose is to bring together or are members of other local car clubs
drives an arctic white 2013 427 convertible automotive enthusiasts and lovers of the like the Georgetown Texas Area Car Club
Chevrolet Corvette and offer opportunities (GTACC) and the Heart of Texas Car Club
90 | SUNRAYS JANUARY 2016 (HOTCC). GTACC hosts the annual Sun
City Texas Car Show at the 2 Texas Drive
parking lot every spring.

The club welcomes all Corvette
owners and anyone with an interest in
performance cars (they have one Porsche
owner member). Any resident of Sun
City who would enjoy camaraderie with
enthusiasts of like mind is encouraged to
join the club. Please go to their website on
the Sun City web portal (www.sctexas.org)
for information about the club and how to
proceed with membership.

ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG