Would you buy a C1/C2 Corvette with an automatic transmission?
03-18-2019, 01:07 AM
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As one the many who replied yes, let me elaborate: I would buy an automatic C1 because I already own a 4 spd 61 & 57. If I needed to replace one of them, I would consider a powerglide if the car was pristine #1 car with a perfect no hit body, frame and flawless paint. At this time I would probably convert it to a T-10 4 speed. In another 15 years when my left knee continues to bother me, I might well leave the PG alone and enjoy those sublime two speeds!
...Mark
03-18-2019, 03:31 AM
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I asked this question deep in the bowels of another thread. Maybe it'll get a little more response here. I am interested (maybe other are) in the results.
POLL: Would you buy a C1/C2 Corvette with an automatic transmission?
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POLL: Would you buy a C1/C2 Corvette with an automatic transmission?
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03-18-2019, 05:41 AM
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03-18-2019, 05:59 AM
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Am I allowed to say Carroll Shelby here? Didn't Shelby install an automatic in his personal Cobra 427 later in life? Now there's a $1M mistake... according to some.
03-18-2019, 07:07 AM
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It’s interesting how some here would give up a 4-speed for an automatic when their knee gave out. I went for a new knee when that happened. Treat your body like your car. Replace parts as they wear out or stop working properly. I’ve had several surgeries to keep me going (knee - 2 times, shoulder, cataracts, hernia, hiatal hernia, Nissin Fundoplication). Having prostate surgery today. I can’t imagine what my lifestyle would be like if I didn’t keep up with that stuff. Probably like a car that’s neglected and never repaired.
Fix stuff as as it goes bad (your car and your body). You’ll be happier in the long run.
Steve
Fix stuff as as it goes bad (your car and your body). You’ll be happier in the long run.
Steve
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03-18-2019, 10:14 AM
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Carroll owned more than one automatic Cobra. The estate still owns the last 289, CSX2589, that is also an automatic.
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03-18-2019, 11:46 AM
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It’s interesting how some here would give up a 4-speed for an automatic when their knee gave out. I went for a new knee when that happened. Treat your body like your car. Replace parts as they wear out or stop working properly. I’ve had several surgeries to keep me going (knee - 2 times, shoulder, cataracts, hernia, hiatal hernia, Nissin Fundoplication). Having prostate surgery today. I can’t imagine what my lifestyle would be like if I didn’t keep up with that stuff. Probably like a car that’s neglected and never repaired.
Fix stuff as as it goes bad (your car and your body). You’ll be happier in the long run.
Steve
Fix stuff as as it goes bad (your car and your body). You’ll be happier in the long run.
Steve
Does your theory apply to a wife?
03-18-2019, 11:56 AM
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With a built 700-R4, yes.
FWIW, Corvette used PGs in the C2s because they were made by Chevrolet, the TH 400 was made by Hydramatic. It wasn't a supply issue, it was keep in in house, issue.
I honestly get tired of shifting in traffic, especially in stop and go traffic. A good auto will beat a manual through the 1/4, HP being equal, anyway. A few very practiced drivers can over come the disadvantage of a manual in the 1/4. For any type of road course, a manual is preferred. Clutches are PITA to change, anyway, once you get past about 35 years old.. It doesn't both some hard core masochists, though.
Doug
FWIW, Corvette used PGs in the C2s because they were made by Chevrolet, the TH 400 was made by Hydramatic. It wasn't a supply issue, it was keep in in house, issue.
I honestly get tired of shifting in traffic, especially in stop and go traffic. A good auto will beat a manual through the 1/4, HP being equal, anyway. A few very practiced drivers can over come the disadvantage of a manual in the 1/4. For any type of road course, a manual is preferred. Clutches are PITA to change, anyway, once you get past about 35 years old.. It doesn't both some hard core masochists, though.
Doug
Mostly.I live in the suburbs, and any direction I go there are stoplights about every 1/4 mile. I like driving my vette to the store; I don't like hafting to shift 25 times while doing it.
I'm over 60 and had enough of shifting gears by the time I was 45. The automatic transmission was a wonderful invention.
03-18-2019, 03:30 PM
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Now that's funny.
Here's what I blame--Way too much traffic on the open roads of the fifties-sixties. Aging knees and hips, truly amazing automatic transmissions. One last thing, okay two more---we're all a little lazier and a cell phone occupying the shifting hand.
Here's what I blame--Way too much traffic on the open roads of the fifties-sixties. Aging knees and hips, truly amazing automatic transmissions. One last thing, okay two more---we're all a little lazier and a cell phone occupying the shifting hand.
03-18-2019, 03:33 PM
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I guess the "shifters" still remain pure to drum brakes, crank windows and manual chokes.
03-18-2019, 03:47 PM
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03-18-2019, 04:08 PM
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1983, Spring Break Daytona Beach in my 82 Z28 pace car, a hot girl in a bikini said “nice car, automatic or stick?” I replied “it is only available with automatic.” Her reply, “get a real car!” I searched for her the rest of the week, but never found her. The car had a new owner by summer.
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03-18-2019, 04:42 PM
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03-18-2019, 04:44 PM
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