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Club History
The Valpo Vette Club began in 1978 with 24 members. Today there are 72
active members and the club continues to grow. They are sponsored by Harbor
Superstore. The club meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month at the
Valparaiso Public Library. They have an annual Corvette show downtown
Valparaiso in June. This show attracts the attention of the public to the
downtown area and has been supported by the merchants and the Tourism Board.
The club has taken cruises as far north as Chatham, Canada and as far south
as Bowling Green, Kentucky. In fact, when the National Corvette Museum
celebrated their 5th anniversary, many of the members participated in the
massive Corvette Caravan to Bowling Green. Club members have attended the
Bloomington Gold Corvettes Show, the Mid-America Designs Funfest, Route 66
Corvette Show, The Corvette of Carlisle show, and the Chicago Corvette/Chevy
show at McCormick place, both spring and fall shows. Club members have
participated in countless restorations of their Corvettes with factory
correct results.
For many years the Valpo Vette Club has helped show organizers with
activities during the Midwest Chevy / Vette Fest held in Valparaiso each
year. One past activity, the Valpo Vette Club helped to promote was the
show’s super cruise through downtown Valparaiso and into Chesterton on the
Saturday evening of the show. Club members have driven cars for the show’s
auction as well. They have helped with the car show and awards
presentations.
Throughout the years, the Corvette has been used as an official pace car for
the Indy 500 race in Indianapolis and some of the club members own some of
these same pace cars.
Whether out cruising, driving to long distances destinations, entering car
shows or just helping out at car shows, Valpo Vette Club members all share
an avid interested in America’s #1 sports car, the Corvette
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