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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 03:07 AM
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Bill, thank you for all the corrections. I hate reading these things knowing they are wrong and seeing the same questions multiple times. If you are writing trivia, shouldn't you at least tell the truth? As for 53 ZR-1s between 1070 and 1972, that is true, no correction is needed.

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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:32 AM
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I just posted this a few days ago. Good to bring t back again.
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 03:32 AM
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Is it wrong for me to really, REALLY want to see a picture of that car?
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Old Nov 23, 2007 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave Sweatt
Hideway headlights became standard on Corvettes with the 1963 model?
Do you know why this was done? 2 bonus points and a free get outta jail card if you do.
Think 'Big Brother'.

Hope you don't mind if I take this one fact for a seperate string, I'm curious as to who can answer this one question,OK?
Well no one has answered in 6 months, but I would guess it has to do with police radar bouncng off the headlights?
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Old Nov 23, 2007 | 01:26 PM
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I would like to know when GM is going to put a radar blocker as a standard in the car.


Nice info though.
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Old Nov 23, 2007 | 01:44 PM
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Their was one year you could order a Corvette with out an engine from the factory.Does anyone remember the year? Thanks I think it was in the 80's.
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Old Nov 23, 2007 | 03:47 PM
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Their was one year you could order a Corvette with out an engine from the factory.Does anyone remember the year? Thanks I think it was in the 80's.
They sold tons of them without engines in 1983. In fact, the chassis was not included either.
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Originally Posted by TraceZ
They sold tons of them without engines in 1983. In fact, the chassis was not included either.
Thanks for the help. Looked it up, in 1987 you could order a Corvette without a factory installed engin

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Old Nov 23, 2007 | 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Whiteonrice
The 327/350 engine in 1965 was the last Corvette with fuel injection until 1985?

The 327/350 had a 4 barrel the fuelie had 375 HP... I had the 350 one. That car with the 3:08 rear end ran 14.10 to 14.20 and 102 mph at the old Irwindale Raceway with stock tires. Loved that car, just wrecked it one too many times. If I had all my old cars I could retire. I also had a 1964 Ford Galaxy factory race car with the acid dipped body and the battery in the trunk, fiberglass hood etc. Wonder what that one would be worth now? Of course my present 02 coupe would annihilate any of my old cars.

Rick

Hey Rick - We should have been racing together. I had a 65 Dodge Hemi-Charger with acid dipped front end, batt in trunk, no back seat, 580 HP, etc. Hard to say what they are worth today. A couple years ago the old "Roger Lindamoods Color Me Gone" Dodge sold for over a mil. Very few left today. They only made 200 of the one I had.

We should have kept them!

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