question 74 vs 73
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question 74 vs 73
I have a question I have always been a fan of the 73 vetts and I own a 72 camaro and I have a person that wants to trade me his 74 for my camaro. Is there a big difference between the 73 and 74?
oh yeah, has anyone added vintage air to their vette? How hard was it , with the camaro you have to remove the front fender to do it.
oh yeah, has anyone added vintage air to their vette? How hard was it , with the camaro you have to remove the front fender to do it.
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I have a question I have always been a fan of the 73 vetts and I own a 72 camaro and I have a person that wants to trade me his 74 for my camaro. Is there a big difference between the 73 and 74?
oh yeah, has anyone added vintage air to their vette? How hard was it , with the camaro you have to remove the front fender to do it.
oh yeah, has anyone added vintage air to their vette? How hard was it , with the camaro you have to remove the front fender to do it.
Last edited by KingRat; Jun 21, 2021 at 11:44 PM.
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interesting you said that, it seems the camaros are running a little higher than the vetts. I guess people took care of the vetts while the camaro people tore them apart? But you are proably correct i should keep the camaro.
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I own a couple '70s Trans Ams and a '68 Camaro. The F-body cars were abused and many of them rotted away. There are plenty of '74 vettes. My first vette was a '74. If I ever run across a '74 like the one I saw at Bloomington Gold in '93 I would buy it. It was a medium blue with silver interior 454 4-speed convertible with a hardtop. I wouldn't trade your Camaro straight up for a base automatic '74.
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I have a question I have always been a fan of the 73 vetts and I own a 72 camaro and I have a person that wants to trade me his 74 for my camaro. Is there a big difference between the 73 and 74?
oh yeah, has anyone added vintage air to their vette? How hard was it , with the camaro you have to remove the front fender to do it.
oh yeah, has anyone added vintage air to their vette? How hard was it , with the camaro you have to remove the front fender to do it.
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I love this quote:
The Beauty of '73
“Larry Shinoda, the famous Corvette designer, once commented in an interview that the 1973 was his favorite of the post-1967 era because the front and rear styling were closest to what the stylists originally had in mind when this series was first designed."
(Illustrated Corvette Buyer's Guide by Michael Antonick).
The Beauty of '73
“Larry Shinoda, the famous Corvette designer, once commented in an interview that the 1973 was his favorite of the post-1967 era because the front and rear styling were closest to what the stylists originally had in mind when this series was first designed."
(Illustrated Corvette Buyer's Guide by Michael Antonick).
Last edited by Tom73; Jun 22, 2021 at 01:57 AM.
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Check out this web page: http://corvettec3.ca/specsman.htm It is part of great website on C3's.
Click on the 1973 and 1974. Best to download both documents as pdf's for easier reading.
Post pics of the 1974 you are interested in for our "evaluation"!
Fran
Click on the 1973 and 1974. Best to download both documents as pdf's for easier reading.
Post pics of the 1974 you are interested in for our "evaluation"!
Fran
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I love this quote:
The Beauty of '73
“Larry Shinoda, the famous Corvette designer, once commented in an interview that the 1973 was his favorite of the post-1967 era because the front and rear styling were closest to what the stylists originally had in mind when this series was first designed."
(Illustrated Corvette Buyer's Guide by Michael Antonick).
The Beauty of '73
“Larry Shinoda, the famous Corvette designer, once commented in an interview that the 1973 was his favorite of the post-1967 era because the front and rear styling were closest to what the stylists originally had in mind when this series was first designed."
(Illustrated Corvette Buyer's Guide by Michael Antonick).
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the reason the camaro is scarcer and more valuable than the corvette is everybody thought their vette was a priceless appreciating item from the day they bought it. so they drove them into the ground and parked them next to the house for 20 years instead of junking them. outside body didn't rust so they thought it would never rust like those camaro's
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This is an interesting one....
Once you have said that the 73 shines a bit brighter insofar as it the transition car between 'chromies' and urethane bumper cars... The 74 is ACTUALLY pretty desirable.
1. Last of the real dual exhaust cars.
2. Clean nose and tail with no 'black bumperettes'
3. The split rear bumper is not a detriment.
I do agree with others however....If the Camaro is nice. KEEP THE CAMARO.
I would not kick either 73 or 74 'out of bed'.
The Shinoda Quote is correct....I heard it from HIM directly. He basically said, 'It's the most sharky'
Unkahal
Once you have said that the 73 shines a bit brighter insofar as it the transition car between 'chromies' and urethane bumper cars... The 74 is ACTUALLY pretty desirable.
1. Last of the real dual exhaust cars.
2. Clean nose and tail with no 'black bumperettes'
3. The split rear bumper is not a detriment.
I do agree with others however....If the Camaro is nice. KEEP THE CAMARO.
I would not kick either 73 or 74 'out of bed'.
The Shinoda Quote is correct....I heard it from HIM directly. He basically said, 'It's the most sharky'
Unkahal