Unless you’ve got plenty of coin in your pocket, the decision to buy a Corvette is often made following careful consideration of a particular model, as well as honest evaluation about your emotional motivation and financial resources. But sometimes the heart strings are tugged so hard that unbiased reasoning is the first thing to fly out the window. Just ask Jim and Arlene Martley of Slingerlands, New York. The purchase of their exquisite 1982 Spectra Red coupe is a case study in snap decisions.
In august 1997, Jim accompanied Arlene on a business trip to Reading, Pennsylvania. Corvettes at Carlisle was going on at the same time, and being only a short drive away, the former Corvette owners decided to hit the fairgrounds. An hour or so later, the couple came across this