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This is something I hear around my area. Due to styling and looks, the last sharp looking corvettes were the C1 and C2. Granted, I hear it mostly from C2 owners and I'm no exception. I was looking at the latest Restorer and there is an article about a group of guys restoring a blue 68 for a kid that had some health issues. The car is beauty and does have a nice look to it but for me it does not capture that corvette look. Prejudice maybe.
I do not think that is a true statement. The 68 and 69 corvette was a great body style as well. I think corvette gave up a little afterwards but make a great body in the early eighties as well. Especially the collectors edition. To each his own. But I stress again for hp and performance the c1s and c2s were revolutionary but they continued through till the early c3 with the ls6 and zr1 cars. After early 70s I think style got complacent and totally dropped off.
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They can say anything they want, and since C-4 jokes are big in Off Topic section I even make a few myself. Just don't try taking my '92 away from me, or you're in for a fight!
(And I'll make the first joke myself - "Who would WANT to?" )
I'm 39, but have owned several C3's as well as C2's. The C3's were a substitute for C2's before I had the means. I no longer have interst in any C3 or C4 (except a C4 ZR1). I started buying new Corvettes when the Z06 came out in 2001.
It is a solid fact, the new Corvettes have it all---------------power, handling, braking, power features, air cond, tunes, and on and on and on-------------------------but they just DO NOT have the magic of the early cars. The new ones are just another monochromatic, aeroslick, cookie cutter shaped car, going unnoticed down the street.
Without question, probably the most iconic Corvette on the planet is the 57 with FI. Yes, it is a crude machine, but it turns the heads that the new ones just DO NOT turn----------------and that is another fact.
The newer stuff is just too refined and nannyfied. Too sterile. Got no soul. Give me some noise, some smells, some good and bad surprises. Something to break up the monotony of new cars, including Corvettes. If you have to get somewhere, a new Corvette is a good thing. But if you are looking for a car ride to recapture your youts, it must be an OLD Corvette, as in pre- 1983, and definitely pre-1973. When they hid the bumpers behind plastic, that changed everything.
Although I have a modern Vette (C5) to me the real classic Vettes end about 1972 with the chrome bumpers. Although I love Mid Years the most (my '66) I love my '71 too.
I’ve heard that saying. Personally my real interest is with 63-72 cars and as much as I appreciate what goes into a c1, they don’t do as much for me.
C4’s are way underappreciated. My friend is buying his dads 91 8k mike zr1 back and were driving it cross country home if all the planets align in two weeks. A world-beating car then and still very, very fast today.
It is a solid fact, the new Corvettes have it all---------------power, handling, braking, power features, air cond, tunes, and on and on and on-------------------------but they just DO NOT have the magic of the early cars. The new ones are just another monochromatic, aeroslick, cookie cutter shaped car, going unnoticed down the street.
Without question, probably the most iconic Corvette on the planet is the 57 with FI. Yes, it is a crude machine, but it turns the heads that the new ones just DO NOT turn----------------and that is another fact.
Sorry but my C7 Z06 gets lots of looks going down the street....in fact I think it gets more than my 60 or 64 ever got. I understand your comment, but the new ones get some real hard looks from all generations so I dispute your comment.
This is something I hear around my area. Due to styling and looks, the last sharp looking corvettes were the C1 and C2. Granted, I hear it mostly from C2 owners and I'm no exception. I was looking at the latest Restorer and there is an article about a group of guys restoring a blue 68 for a kid that had some health issues. The car is beauty and does have a nice look to it but for me it does not capture that corvette look. Prejudice maybe.
I completely disagree. While I love the C1 and 2, I cannot imagine looking at a chrome bumper C3 and say that image doesnt "capture the Corvette Look." Maybe its when I was growing up; I was 13 in 1968, so that model was the Lamborghini to me when I was in my teen years. That full blown unapologetic shark body is the epitome of the Corvette Look.
Sorry but my C7 Z06 gets lots of looks going down the street....in fact I think it gets more than my 60 or 64 ever got. I understand your comment, but the new ones get some real hard looks from all generations so I dispute your comment.
Glad you like your C7 but around here the early cars get most of the looks. I drove my '66 in a parade full of C6and C7 cars last year and it seemed to be the one that got more attention. I'm not knocking C7's in fact I like them a lot. I do feel however that because you see so few early cars they garner the lion's share of attention.
It is a solid fact, the new Corvettes have it all---------------power, handling, braking, power features, air cond, tunes, and on and on and on-------------------------but they just DO NOT have the magic of the early cars. The new ones are just another monochromatic, aeroslick, cookie cutter shaped car, going unnoticed down the street.
Without question, probably the most iconic Corvette on the planet is the 57 with FI. Yes, it is a crude machine, but it turns the heads that the new ones just DO NOT turn----------------and that is another fact.
It's not just the fuel injection that makes them notice the 57 Corvette , it's the syling that first makes them notice . One of the best styling years ever .
It is a solid fact, the new Corvettes have it all---------------power, handling, braking, power features, air cond, tunes, and on and on and on-------------------------but they just DO NOT have the magic of the early cars. The new ones are just another monochromatic, aeroslick, cookie cutter shaped car, going unnoticed down the street.
Without question, probably the most iconic Corvette on the planet is the 57 with FI. Yes, it is a crude machine, but it turns the heads that the new ones just DO NOT turn----------------and that is another fact.
I'll keep my "monochromatic,aeroslick, cookie cutter" shaped C6 thank you
06-25-2018, 12:15 PM
They stopped making corvettes after 67
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