{"id":814,"date":"2016-08-29T18:48:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T00:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/?p=814"},"modified":"2016-08-29T18:48:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T00:48:23","slug":"hello-from-baltimore-md-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/?p=814","title":{"rendered":"Hello from Baltimore, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tHello from Baltimore, MD\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMonday evening &ndash; August 29, 2016&nbsp;&nbsp; (fourth post of this travelogue)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWell, the trip is winding down.&nbsp;&nbsp; We are at a Candlewood Suites hotel close to BWI airport.&nbsp; Our flight departs at 7:00 AM, so it is going to be a short night\/early morning.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn our flights, we cracked out and upgraded to seats with a bit more leg room.&nbsp; It makes all the difference in the world, and is not all that expensive.&nbsp;&nbsp; On the way out, we really did not have much choice, as our assigned seats were terrible.&nbsp; On our flight tomorrow, it is not sold out, but they cut the cost of the better seats the day before departure so we grabbed a window and aisle.&nbsp; Looks like the center seat will stay vacant given the number of seats available.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWe did not do any touring today &ndash; kind of took the day off.&nbsp; The drive down was a bit over an hour and quite picturesque.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tI have to tell you my Corvette story.&nbsp; Most of the Corvettes we saw were late model and stock.&nbsp; They looked good, but you know me &#8211;&nbsp; I like old stuff.&nbsp; Probably the iconic Corvette was the 1963 &ldquo;Split Window&rdquo; Stingray.&nbsp; I have always loved that style.&nbsp; As I looked over the parking lot at the hotel there was a beautiful yellow &rsquo;63 Split Window.&nbsp; I wanted to take a picture of it but never had the camera available.&nbsp; Later, I was parking our rented car and I got a good view of the back of the car and noticed that the suspension did not look period correct.&nbsp; Then I got to looking closer and the wheels seemed to fit inside the fender wells much better than stock.&nbsp; To make a long story short, it was a Kustom Corvette produced by Karl&rsquo;s Kustom Corvettes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karlkustomcorvettes.com\/\">(link)<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThey take your C6 version of the Corvette (2005-2013) and adapt new custom front and rear body panels.&nbsp; Their work is fantastic.&nbsp; I never did get a picture of the one in our parking lot, but have included a couple of photos from their website.&nbsp; Now if we hit the lotto&hellip;&hellip;..\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Karl-Kustom-Corvette.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Karl Kustom Corvette\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-819\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Karl-Kustom-Corvette-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Karl-Kustom-Corvette-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Karl Kustom Corvette 2\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-818\" height=\"185\" src=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Karl-Kustom-Corvette-2-300x185.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThat is all for this trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello from Baltimore, MD Monday evening &ndash; 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