Poor kid, nice story though. You've got a great looking vette and I can see why folks would stare!!
Bet the kid will remember that experience for a very long time.
I've had 2 funny experiences with my '92.
The first one was when I was walking out of the local Winn Dixie a man was taking pictures of my vette in the parking lot. I walked up to him and asked if I could help him. He had a very German accent and said he thought the car was beautiful and one like that would cost a lot of money in Germany and did I mind if he took photos. (part of me wondered if he was planning to find it later and steal it) but in the end I think he was really just admiring it.
The second funny story was another time I was coming out of a store and someone had parked a big pickup truck next to my vette. A man was just standing between them looking at my vette. I walked up and said "nice isn't it?" and he said, "yeh, but it don't have 4 wheel drive"....
I think I know who owned the pickup truck....