The following photos were taken in August of 1998 at the Corvette Museum and Corvette Assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. My friend John Jamison arranged a private tour of the Assembly plant. John and I served in Vietnam together in 1968, We were in Kentucky to attend our unit's fourth reunion which was held at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

The tour of the assembly plant is very informative, interesting, and fun. If you are anywhere near Bowling Green try to get on the public tour of the Assembly Plant. The plant tour is a must do. All photos are copyright ©Ray Smith 1998, 2004. Photos are protected by DigiMarc ® Digital Watermarks and will be detected on your web site if copied illegally. See http://www.digimarc.com for details on how the Digimarc MarcSpider ® image tracking technology works.

The "Snake Killer" V-12 Corvette

Replica of '50s Gas Station in the Corvette Museum

Me with C5 Convertible at Corvette Museum

Behind the wheel of C5 Convertible at Corvette Museum with my wife Jane

The Outside of the Corvette Museum

My friend John Jamison and I in front of C5 at Museum

My wife and I in front of Bowling Green Assembly Plant after our tour Note the Corvettes parked there.

Tighter shot of Bowling Green Assembly Plant

Blue sign says "Corvette Vehicle Parking Only" All Others Towed

Closeup of Sign and American flag

Closeup of sign alone

John and I in front of C5 convertible at Assembly Plant

Driving The Ultimate Viper Killer The M1A2 Main Battle Tank (quieter inside than a C4), right up the road at Fort Knox

The National Corvette Museum has a remarkably small number of exhibits. If you skip the museum you are not missing much.