Wow, I never saw this thread until now. My story is just like anyone else's, it started September 23, 2011. Like most people, i was getting ready to go out to meet some friends when I got a phone call telling me I had won the raffle that I bought a ticket for back in August. The grand prize: a 1984 Corvette. I finally got things taken care of the next week and picked up the car. It was rough, really rough.
I started thinking "if I'm going to have a Corvette, I want it to look good" so I hit Google hard. I didn't have a clue about anything other than a basic (please forgive me) one bucket wash. With the videos and forum support, The one product line that stood out was Adam's. I made a huge mistake and started slow - it would have been much cheaper to go for a big kit.
Well, the following spring I attended the Grabiak clinic, met Adam, Junkman and Lynn and others from the forum here. My Corvette looks great (and my other cars too) and I haven't looked back.