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bobabode
04-03-2015, 06:31 PM
http://www.trbimg.com/img-551f1e17/turbine/la-fi-0404-chevy-corvette-z06-review2-jpg-20150403/550/550x309

"this 650-horsepower Vette is packed with power and perks, and has the chops to keep up with and even beat McLarens, Lamborghinis and Ferraris, it ranks among the best values in production cars on the market today."

http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-chevy-corvette-z06-review-20150404-story.html

Calling Beamon...:D No word on the sound system options, as yet.

Tom Joad
04-03-2015, 07:28 PM
The 1959-1962's are my favorites.

I don't care for any of them after the Stingray came out in 63.

Anybody remember "Route 66"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw1tiNGQ4wI

Boreas
04-03-2015, 07:46 PM
Can't believe they still use a pushrod engine in those things.

John

donquixote99
04-03-2015, 08:07 PM
I thought all cars would have turbines by now.

icenine
04-03-2015, 08:50 PM
It sort of looks like a Hyundai.

Dondilion
04-03-2015, 09:23 PM
It sort of looks like a Hyundai.

Ice, we need our bubbles. :D

icenine
04-03-2015, 10:02 PM
It has a sort of Veloster look to it.

I see a lot of those on the road.

Boreas
04-03-2015, 11:07 PM
It has a sort of Veloster look to it.

I see a lot of those on the road.

Looks like a Lotus Elise to me.

John

bobabode
04-03-2015, 11:13 PM
I thought all cars would have turbines by now.

...and wings. Alas...;)

icenine
04-04-2015, 12:02 AM
I bet it comes with a Bose system.

Because of this bullshit inspection at work I had to take all my gear home...so now I have a laptop running into a Bose Wave Radio.

BlueStreak
04-04-2015, 12:14 AM
I liked the shapely style of the '69 through the '70s.

That new one is ugly as shit.

Dave

djv8ga
04-04-2015, 04:02 PM
I always wanted a tubbed 59 with a Big block topped with an old fuel injection system converted to EFI.

Boreas
04-04-2015, 04:25 PM
This is the car to have!

http://cdn.carbuzz.com/images2/440000/0/500/440561.jpg

Swedish Supercar, the Koenigsegg One:1, for one PS (European equivalent to horsepower) per kilo
1,360 PS (1,347 BHP)
1,360 kilos (2,992 lbs.)

Zero to 400kph (249mph) in 20 seconds
Back to zero in 10 seconds.

Lateral acceleration (cornering force) 2g.

John

djv8ga
04-04-2015, 04:30 PM
Beautiful lines IMO.

Boreas
04-04-2015, 04:40 PM
Beautiful lines IMO.

Except for that ugly Jimmy sticking out of that hole in the hood. ;)

I always thought the pre '58 Corvettes were the prettiest.

1953 - 1955
http://www.corvsport.com/Corvette/C1/1953-1955/1955_Corvette_Top.jpg

1956 - 1957
http://www.buyavette.net/New%20Pictures/281008.jpg

BlueStreak
04-04-2015, 05:03 PM
'69-'70 Stingray...............

djv8ga
04-04-2015, 05:34 PM
I really like these 1968 427 rods. Pictures don't do them justice at all.

Boreas
04-04-2015, 05:43 PM
'69-'70 Stingray...............

Had one, a 427/400 coupe in dark metallic green, black leather interior and factory side pipes.

http://www.buyavette.net/New%20Pictures/186505.jpg

Very cool looking car and pretty fast but, coming from European sports cars, the handling left me pretty unimpressed. I sold it and bought a '70 Lotus Elan S4.

http://www.classiclotus.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/post1_1140x450-1140x450.jpg

Not mine but just like them.

John

djv8ga
04-04-2015, 05:59 PM
Looking at that Lotus brought back memories of a buddy I had in the 80's who lived and breathed the Triumph GT6 & owned several.
They were fun little cars.

Boreas
04-04-2015, 06:32 PM
I really like these 1968 427 rods. Pictures don't do them justice at all.

That's not a '68. The '68 was the same body as the '69 but without the matte silver trim inside the "gills". Your picture is of a '67 (if it has, as I believe, 4 gill openings. If it's only 3, then it's a '65 or '66).

Boreas
04-04-2015, 06:35 PM
Looking at that Lotus brought back memories of a buddy I had in the 80's who lived and breathed the Triumph GT6 & owned several.
They were fun little cars.

They only had 120HP as I recall but then they only weighed 1,200 pounds (1HP per 10 lbs.). (They were a fiberglass monocoque.) So, they were pretty quick. Their strength was handling, though. Unbelievable!

John

donquixote99
04-04-2015, 07:02 PM
I always thought the pre '58 Corvettes were the prettiest.



You have very excellent taste!

http://www.mgexp.com/phile/1/15282/Carl_s57Corvette-5.JPG

Tom Joad
04-04-2015, 11:56 PM
Except for that ugly Jimmy sticking out of that hole in the hood. ;)

I always thought the pre '58 Corvettes were the prettiest.

1953 - 1955
http://www.corvsport.com/Corvette/C1/1953-1955/1955_Corvette_Top.jpg

1956 - 1957
http://www.buyavette.net/New%20Pictures/281008.jpg

I guess I need to amend my favorites to 1956-1962.

I like the pre-Stingray ones with that indentation thingy on the sides.

I never cared much for the Stingrays, but I do like the Beach Boys Song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pYU0p6WZhU

Ike Bana
04-06-2015, 06:38 PM
My dentist friend took me for a ride in his black Nissan GT-R last fall. Pretty impressive for 100K. After the demo I read up a bunch about this thing. Whatever Nissan did with it, they did it almost perfect. They say it's almost impossible to spin the thing out on a road course. It's like stuck to the pavement. Which has caused some of the purists to complain that it's no fun to drive. "Uninvolving" is the term the road snobs who would prefer to spend 600 large, and more, on a supercar they can do battle with in the corners, and still loose to this "unpleasantly noisy" rice burner at the Nurburgring...every time.

djv8ga
04-06-2015, 08:45 PM
Mix Euro & GM and you get a beautiful little car called the Corvair Corsa. I've owned & built several when I thought money was only for building cars. :o

Boreas
04-06-2015, 08:52 PM
Mix Euro & GM and you get a beautiful little car called the Corvair Corsa. I've owned & built several when I thought money was only for building cars. :o


Rear engine air cooled flat 6 cylinder with an available turbo version, way back in the early to mid 60s.

I've been pissed off at Ralph Nader for years over that car!

bobabode
04-06-2015, 10:32 PM
Rear engine air cooled flat 6 cylinder with an available turbo version, way back in the early to mid 60s.

I've been pissed off at Ralph Nader for years over that car!

I've driven one of those once. It felt like someone put sandbags in the trunk. (If it had a trunk, nod wink.)

bobabode
04-06-2015, 10:43 PM
I had one of these with wire wheels a lifetime ago, fun car.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSiaozXwX40GGwBBQNC8KOoWdlcx1lZg SLun1H4tOHRGXyBj7AR

BlueStreak
04-07-2015, 09:38 AM
I really like these 1968 427 rods. Pictures don't do them justice at all.

Beautiful.........

BlueStreak
04-07-2015, 09:43 AM
This is what I'm talkin' 'bout............

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Boreas
04-07-2015, 01:25 PM
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Think that's a '72.

John

djv8ga
04-07-2015, 09:04 PM
This is what I'm talkin' 'bout............

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They have an interesting sitting position & interior layout. I always feel short when I'm in one.
I saw a gorgeous Marlboro red(?) 427 yesterday. First one I've seen rolling down the road in a long time.
All these Vettes sure age well. :cool:

Grumpy
04-08-2015, 06:12 AM
Not a fan of its looks but it sure has one bad ass motor.

Rajoo
04-08-2015, 08:53 AM
Not a fan of its looks but it sure has one bad ass motor.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5zmusQB6eLMQVhJk3vBGfZWkdjHMBs BQtYjFA3hNMktjTuKaH

I can see myself driving one of these. ;)

bobabode
04-10-2015, 11:51 PM
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5zmusQB6eLMQVhJk3vBGfZWkdjHMBs BQtYjFA3hNMktjTuKaH

I can see myself driving one of these. ;)

Be careful heading up the 80 my friend. :)

mpholland
04-11-2015, 09:58 AM
Aside from the first generation, through 62, I have never been much of a Vette fan.

donquixote99
04-11-2015, 10:25 AM
Aside from the first generation, through 62, I have never been much of a Vette fan.

Through '61. They messed them up in '61 when they went to four headlights.

mpholland
04-11-2015, 10:41 AM
Four headlights started in 58. Four taillights started in 61 and 62 was the first year for the 360 HP fuel injected 327.

d-ray657
04-11-2015, 10:50 AM
Four headlights started in 58. Four taillights started in 61 and 62 was the first year for the 360 HP fuel injected 327.

Everyone loves an expert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qgREMBTE28). :)

Regards,

D-Ray

Boreas
04-11-2015, 11:04 AM
Aside from the first generation, through 62, I have never been much of a Vette fan.

The first year for quad headlights (1958) was the beginning of the end as far as looks go.

John

Boreas
04-11-2015, 11:12 AM
Through '61. They messed them up in '61 when they went to four headlights.

OOPS! I missed this. We agree except as to what year that was.

1957 'Vette
http://s.hswstatic.com/gif/1957-corvette-7.jpg

1958 'Vette
http://www.vettefacts.com/images/1958-white-convertible-corvette.jpg

The 1958 Corvette was also the first year for a side vent in the bodywork.

Now, the 1961 Corvette was the first of the "bobtail" Corvettes. Otherwise it pretty much looked the same as a 1958.

1961 'Vette
http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/090208_2.jpg

John

mpholland
04-11-2015, 11:36 AM
Everyone loves an expert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qgREMBTE28). :)

Regards,

D-Ray

Ex, as in has been. Spurt, as in drip. ;)

donquixote99
04-11-2015, 02:21 PM
Damn. And I looked it up to make sure to get it right....

Boreas
04-11-2015, 03:11 PM
Four headlights started in 58. Four taillights started in 61 and 62 was the first year for the 360 HP fuel injected 327.

Crap! Missed this one too! The first "Fuelly" of any kind was 1957, a 283 C.I.D., 283 B.H.P. motor. I think the 327/360 was introduced in 1963, the first production "Stingray"*. The '62 would have been a 327/315.

John

*Can you imagine what a '63 split window "Fuelly" would be worth?!

djv8ga
04-12-2015, 10:41 AM
It's a trip how times change...

nailer
04-12-2015, 02:12 PM
IIRC Luke Skywalker drove that Vette.

Grumpy
04-15-2015, 09:55 AM
Split windows are one my favs. Don't know why cause my tall, fat ass couldn't fit in one unless I drove it from the trunk.