A 95-year-old WWII Army veteran was pushed to the head of the line to get his 2022 Corvette Stingray after COVID-19 delayed release of the new model for more than a year.
Bobbie Carso received the 2022 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray at the National Corvette Museum in Nashville on October 1.
The Missouri native, who recently moved Atlanta, signed up for the car's waiting list last year, as the model's popularity and COVID-19-related supply issues kept pushing back the car's arrival.
GM had been dealing with an ongoing chip shortage, which Motorious reports is expected to last into at least the early part of 2022.
'They shut the plant down because of COVID, and then they had a problem getting chips for the car,' said Carson, who plans to use the car as a daily driver.
However, Carson unwittingly was able to mitigate that problem, one which the majority of car buyers and Stingray-seekers have repeatedly encountered, with the help of some industrious friends.
Carson, pictured, received the Stingray despite being forced to endure a yearlong wait due to the car's popularity as well as supply issues caused by the pandemic
Bobbie Carson, 95, a longtime fan of the American sports car who had been excited to get behind the wheel of a 2022 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, received the 42nd car on October 1
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Carson was active in his local Corvette owners club back in Missouri, who knew he was having difficulty procuring the new Corvette, so they decided to pitch in to see what they could do.
Ed Morse Chevrolet general manager David Bean told Fox News Autos: 'His circle of friends got together and reached out to us.
'He's really well liked in the community and we were excited to be a part of such a deserving effort.'
Bean reached out to GM, telling them about the delay to their 95-year-old
