Jim Larson receives his 'new baby'

May 20 was a big day in the Larson household. Jim Larson received what he told fellow Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key members the next day was his “new baby,” which arrived on a tractor trailer from Kansas City. 

That baby is a 2013 60th anniversary Corvette. It’s the only Corvette convertible made that year with the 427 race car engine put in the Z06 convertible; only 200 anniversary editions were manufactured. 

Larson flew to Kansas City, Mo., his hometown, a month ago with the help of a friend and got the winning bid on the car with the help of a friend.

Asked if his wife, Commissioner Lynn Larson, has gotten to drive the six-speed stick shift yet, Jim Larson said: “She knows how to drive a manual, but I’m not letting go of the keys just yet.”