What's Your Choice
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,231
Likes: 115
From: Yelm Wa
I've had 5 Corvettes, two were automatics, and three were 4 speeds.
No comparison 4 speeds are much more fun.
My current '71 and '72 are 4 speeds.
No comparison 4 speeds are much more fun.
My current '71 and '72 are 4 speeds.
Last edited by tokim; Nov 21, 2013 at 10:35 PM.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 2,387
Likes: 123
From: CA.
my 1st was a 70 with a 4 speed. . last one i had was a 72 with an auto. when i bought the 72 i wanted a 4 speed but also wanted to buy the best condition original BB i could find. i settled for the auto but sold it 4 years later. if it was a 4 speed it would still be in my garage. to me a vette has got to be a manual trans. automatic was like driving a station wagon, JMO
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From: New Or-leens Loo-z-anna
I wore my wittle weft weg out on 4-speeds....
Presently a TH350 in need of a rebuild.......
soon to be a 700R4 for highway driving.....
( I needed an excuse to get the engine 2" farther away from the firewall for insulation/exhaust manifold airgap)
Presently a TH350 in need of a rebuild.......
soon to be a 700R4 for highway driving.....
( I needed an excuse to get the engine 2" farther away from the firewall for insulation/exhaust manifold airgap)
Racer
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 374
Likes: 21
From: Charleston SC
The only reason I was even interested in my '74 was because of the 4speed. I'd had 3 speeds on the column, 3 speeds on the floor, automatics column/floor, but no 4 speed. Before I got too old to shove in the clutch, I was bound to have me a 4speed on the floor and I really didn't care what it came in. Wound up getting the best of two worlds, a 4 speed and one heck of a fun car. Have wonnerful weekend, Bill
