ACC is proud to display our members Corvettes. This month we are presenting Lou and Pat Shawbitz and their Corvette.

In 2002 my wife, Pat, and I headed out in our ‘75 convertible with several other ACC members to Mid-America’s Funfest. On Saturday morning, our group pulled into the parking area and there it was, just two cars down from me, a pristine 1994 Coupe done in a brilliant Copper Metallic paint. I had several Corvette coffee table books and each had pictures of this edition since it was relatively rare. Only 92 coupes were painted that year before the color was cancelled due to production paint application problems.

I went over to look at it and it was immaculate. The owner’s idea of a fun Sunday afternoon was 2 or 3 hours cleaning the engine or suspension. Fortunately, I picked up a flyer with his phone number. We spent all day at the show and had dinner and I could hardly sleep that night thinking about it.

The next morning, I went looking for it again but it wasn’t there. On the way home, I persuaded Pat to let me contact the owner to see if it was still available and she agreed. I called him in Illinois and he had to leave Saturday night but the car had not sold. That weekend, I flew to Chicago and caught a cab to Lemont, Il. He had a 5-car garage and had to make room for the next collectible so we worked out a deal and I headed back to Detroit that afternoon with my second Vette.

It was great fun taking it to the next ACC meeting and showing it off to all my Club friends. The highlight of my ownership was going to the 50 th Anniversary and meeting the 6 other ’94 Coppers (out of 20,000 Corvettes) that showed up. Although Pat prefers the 2004 convertible we purchased 2 years later, I still have a found place in my heart for my Copper with vanity license plate “Lky Peny”.

Thanks for sharing the photos and story of your car with us, Lou and Pat!