New member, owned lots of cars but never a Corvette
 

As the title says, I'm brand new here but not new to cars, I used to buy and sell them to make money for school. Probably owned close to 200 vehicles. Currently have a Silverado and a Harley. I'm looking to get a C6 vette as the older ones are within my price range (20K) and it's my favorite body style along with good power. Advice in that department would be appreciated. I know some of them had head/valve problems, was that confined to certain years? I would like a vert, but since they all have removeable tops I could go either way. Manual only though! Thanks, I hope to have some good conversations here.