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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 04:03 AM
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what year is that?

it's a 72

very nice

thanks

350?

nope

327??

no, its a 454

... must be pretty hard on gas eh?



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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 04:35 AM
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sounds common
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 06:56 AM
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you forgot...Great Color
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 07:14 AM
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"Didn't know they put 454's in Corvettes!"



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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 07:59 AM
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"My friends brother in laws cousin had one just like this except his had the ultra-rare factory installed 502 Cadillac engine..........."
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by markdtn
"My friends brother in laws cousin had one just like this except his had the ultra-rare factory installed 502 Cadillac engine..........."
Or, I had a (insert car here) with an L-88. Or my cousin has/had blah blah blah.....
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by markdtn
"My friends brother in laws cousin had one just like this except his had the ultra-rare factory installed 502 Cadillac engine..........."
"I used to have one of those myself. It had the 455 with 2-four barrels on a tunnel ram. I trailered it around to all the street drags races because it ran on aviation fuel and had wrinkle walls on the back. I used to realy clean up with that car."

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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 09:14 AM
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One of my favourites from a person who did not know I was the owner:

"Who would buy a Corvette with an automatic? Gross!"

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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by paul67
One of my favourites from a person who did not know I was the owner:

"Who would buy a Corvette with an automatic? Gross!"
I get that a lot. Oh well, it's my car, not theirs. Joe
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 05:21 PM
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I get that a lot. Oh well, it's my car, not theirs. Joe
I get that too and sorry to say kind of agree with them. I always thought the corvette should be a manual shifted car. Even though I can build a faster shifting TH400 just not the same feel. Just MPO.
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 05:39 PM
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In late-September, after a late-season Corvette-gathering, my G/F and I were stopped for gas at a SUNOCO in my 23,000 mile '82.....

Some 'toothless-wonder' calls me a 'puzzy' because it "didn't have the optional 427 and rock-crusher in it..."
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 06:23 PM
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I get asked how fast does it go when they look at the speedo that onlt goes up to 85.Plus I always end up explaining the difference between quick and fast.Oh ya it's a 350.And what really makes me laugh is I used to have one JUST like it BUT it was a (insert year) and it was red and had the 454 4speed.Ya just like mine!!!
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 07:57 PM
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Its the same thing with the Harley, " I got/had one, it is/was better than yours, why doesn't yours have this or that, I'm an expert why do you have that Harley and I'm driving this beat up VW.....Hek I don't know ...because YOUR a DORK?
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