The Vette had accumulated 61,000 miles, but after tending to some necessary maintenance items, Dennis put it on road duty along with his new Firebird. When fellow employees began gigging him about "which toy" he was driving today, Dennis came up with an interesting answer. The Corvette received the vanity plate "TOY-1" while the Firebird was designated "TOY-2." You can see where Dennis placed his priorities.
    Six months later the show bug bit. Dennis had a friend paint the Corvette while he installed new chrome, carpet, and the like. After a year and a half, "going" displaced the "showing" as Dennis and a group of fellow Corvette owners from the D.C. area began serious cruising each weekend. By 1984, the car had racked up another 51,000 miles, so Dennis figured