The illness continued. During Carol’s high school years, she dreamed of going on dates in a Corvette and faithfully tuned in to Tod and Buzz on Route 66, always fantasizing about the day she would drive her own plastic fantastic.
     She was not alone, though. One day, she met a man who shared her desire, and Carol and Carl began to suffer their singular sickness together. Carl, too, was smitten with Chevy’s finest. Upon marrying in 1973, a rift developed: Carol was still thinking Corvette. Carl was thinking home and family. A problem loomed. Carol did what any true lover would do. With the first home down payment, she bolted out and bought a new 1975 L82 Corvette. "I knew just what I wanted," she says, "a coupe, stick, the biggest engine available and the most luxurious interior."
     Oh yeah, Carl was upset when Carol returned home behind the wheel of the gleaming white Corvette - for about 5 minutes. Then his illness took over and he was in love for the second time.
     Can’t blame Carl, though, nor Carol. What you see here is one of the finest examples of a 1975 Corvette that has ever been lovingly cared for. Shall we say loaded? The Banicki’s Classic White ‘75 is as outfitted as it gets. This 39,607-mile beauty owns a rare M21 four-speed manual transmission (only 1,057 were