TOP LEFT: "Original car, original owner, second wife," was how James Nuff labeled his 1963 Survivor Corvette.

BOTTOM LEFT: Bloomington Gold judging was lot easier on the Pheasant Run fairways, as compared to the either dusty or muddy field at the Bloomington, Illinois, fairgrounds in past years.

opposed to the $10 parking fee at the Hilton across the street, and the zealous St. Charles policeman who used the gathering to ticket Illinois Corvettes without a front license plate. Actually, the Bloomington and Pheasant Run staffs did a superb job considering the switch to the new venue was announced just a few months ago. With the first one under their belts and 12 months to prepare for next year’s event on june 26-29, 2003, Bloomington will no doubt get the kinks ironed out.
  For the most part, the positives out-weighed the negatives. The golf