Anybody ever have dealings or a membership with National Corvette Restorers Society? Good or bad experience? Any info would be greatly appreciated. I heard about it through my dad who has had a 62 and a 71 454 vette. He gave me a bunch of patches from years ago.

 

have been NCRS member since 1986 , It is an organuization of Corvette purists........meaning replace everthing with corect GM part or find an old original at a swap meet .................I am a hot rodder my 1966 big/block. looks stock except, has Crager SS wheels ,radial tires,Endlebrock aluminum cylinder heads, MSD ignition , roller rockers & more ocasionally run the 1/4 mile, all of which the NCRS guy frown upon, its sort of like waxum waxum waxum & clean small stones out of treads this is not for me.................however , the magazine is great & members have parts & corvettes for sale listed ithe NCRS publication.................when i go yto a car oldies show & shine i want to see all cars..........the NCRS, only let Corvettes play with them ..eeeek......example of a purist will but new shocks & then paint them so they are original color & put the original type stickers. to camoflage them........ my friend (nice guy ) paid 100- bucks to get an original/ used & 1962 correct themostat housing for his 1962.............can get new one for 12 bucks , I belong for the magazine that also has good tech articles.......the Dog, a black sheep member

 

Thank you. I was asking because I am not a purist. I don't put junk on my car but I would not object to some mods and I guess what you are saying is that most of the NCRS members frown on mods. My dad was a purist but he had special cars and mine is an 85 C4 which is not that special. I want to join but it would probably be for the same reason as you, the magazine. I'm gonna ask my dad too to find out what he thinks about the NCRS. He's not a member anymore nor does he own his vettes.

 

I have been a member of NCRS and had my 79 Coupe flight judges and I came away with a second flight award. I found that what I truly enjoy about Corvettes is the Restoring Projects, that work, the searching for correct parts, getting them restored or restoring them myself. And I have to admit, I can't afford the luxury of finding and restoring something vintage, the price of some of these beautiful coupe's have ballooned past what I bought my home for, but it is the work I enjoy, bringing something looking like it was in a tornado and bring it to a state it enlists gasps and second looks, the pure amazement by onlookers who see the final product ( I hate to use that word ), but it is as such. It is not for everyone which I understand as well. I saw my first, a 1963 silver with black interior split window coupe in Erwin Chevrolet at Broad Street and Champlost Street in Philadelphia in early 1963 after riding my bike from 4 miles away, in a few years I had been able to buy my first in 1968 and it was a 1959 kinda patched up one but it was mine, that is till one and a half years later as I was drafted and my father had no space to store it, so it was gone. It took me 21 years later and i did in fact find it, living a life I could not have given her and Palm Beach Florida was much more her style. It was through the NCRS publication that I had a ad in the "Lnfo Wanted" that I found it and the next year the current owner and I met at Corvette at Carlisle, a great gut who took wonderful care of her. But you need to see if it is a good fit for you, and if so, great people to meet.