CORVETTE OF THE MONTH

Tony and Vivian Vecclarelli 

2022 C8 HTC Caffine

Tony and Vivian have been married 58 years. They have three children, six grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a second on the way. 

They have been coming to the desert since 1986, bought their home in Palm Desert in 2010. They split their time between Tucson and Palm Desert. this beautiful 2022 caffeine colored Corvette  Stingray is there first. 

Tony enjoys golfing and Vivian loves being creative and party planning and in the arts. They have enjoyed meeting new friends with similar interest in the Corvette Club.

Steve and Sandra Bradley

2016 C7 3LT Night Race Blue Metallic / Gray - Stingray Coupe (hers)

2020 C8 3LT Z51 Black / Jet Black - Stingray Coupe (his)

Lifelong automobile and motorsport fanatics, keeping each other constantly entertained. 

We are blessed with a son 27 enjoying life in Tulum, Mexico and a daughter 19 here in Torrance. We are recent inhabitants (2020) of the Los Compadres area of Palm Springs, splitting our adventures here with life at our Torrance SoCal residence of 30+ years.

Sandra grew up in Jalisco, Mexico and eventually her family made their way northwest to Southern California. Her career days were occupied in the hospitality/catering industry at a few local restaurants and eventually retiring to household duties and raising our children. Sandra enjoys frequent traveling with family to visit family in Tulum, Mexico and with friends/girlfriends on assorted adventures and exotic excursions. Prior automobile interests included a Nissan 300ZX, Chevrolet Monte Carlo, and Pontiac G8.

Steve grew up in Hollywood Riviera playing in the waves of Torrance Beach moving eventually to the equestrian life in Rolling Hills Estates. He pursued interests in the IT industry for 20+ years, while (temporarily) working at VECTOR Aeromotive building chassis for America's supercar (W8), as well as operating a public payphone company (put to rest in 1999 by the mobile phone), and enjoying a 1972 DeTomaso Pantera at car club events, race tracks, and road courses for 22 years, (earning a coveted visual & audible warning from Nevada PD to "slow it down!!" while cruising to Las Vegas at 130mph), all while delving into residential & commercial rental properties, with plans of possibly retiring soon.

Owners of two Mexican restaurants, El Mexicali Cafe 2 in Indio, and Carmen's in Palm Desert, Jorge and Laura have been restaurateurs since 2007.

Both were born in Mexicali, Baja Mexico, and Jorge has been in the Valley since 1978, and Laura since 1970.

They have been married for 36 years and live in Indio. They have three adult boys and three grand - children.