Cuban American Jose Lopez is a longtime reader of Babalú and a good friend who loves Corvettes. Jose got to share his enthusiasm for the classic American sports car at Corvette Online: My Corvette Story: José Lopéz' Corvette Enthusiasm Is Life-Sized, Even If His Corvettes Aren't I want to introduce the reader to how I came into this hobby. I like to refer to it as "Corvettedom", that is the Corvette Kingdom. I am 36, and though I have not yet achieved my lifetime goal of owning a Corvette, I consider myself Corvette crazy. I'd say around 1986/1987 is when the bug bit me. I was just a kid when the new Fourth-Generation or C4 Corvette debuted. I remember vividly, because there were convertibles in 1986, when the drop-top returned to the Corvette fold. Also, the wheels were missing the black center caps. Back then, in the Showroom of Anthony Abraham Chevrolet (later AutoNation Chevrolet), I recall telling my dad I wanted the black one, a coupe. My dad is a GM guy and I owe my Corvette