New Corvette
 

http://www.trbimg.com/img-551f1e17/t...03/550/550x309

"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/auto...404-story.html

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

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

Can't believe they still use a pushrod engine in those things.

John

I thought all cars would have turbines by now.

It sort of looks like a Hyundai.

Ice, we need our bubbles. :D

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

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

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.

I liked the shapely style of the '69 through the '70s.

That new one is ugly as shit.

Dave

I always wanted a tubbed 59 with a Big block topped with an old fuel injection system converted to EFI.

Koenigsegg One:1
 

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

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...rvette_Top.jpg

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

'69-'70 Stingray...............

I really like these 1968 427 rods. Pictures don't do them justice at all.

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-conten...0-1140x450.jpg

Not mine but just like them.

John

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.

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).

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

You have very excellent taste!

http://www.mgexp.com/phile/1/15282/C...Corvette-5.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

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.

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!

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

I had one of these with wire wheels a lifetime ago, fun car.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...H4tOHRGXyBj7AR

Beautiful.........

This is what I'm talkin' 'bout............

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Think that's a '72.

John

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:

Not a fan of its looks but it sure has one bad ass motor.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...FA3hNMktjTuKaH

I can see myself driving one of these. ;)

Be careful heading up the 80 my friend. :)

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.

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. :)

Regards,

D-Ray

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

John