<VV> Sacrificing a Corvair for a Corvette

[Jay Pitchford]

I've seen Pete's Corvette in his garage, and although I'm not a fan of The
Plastic Pig, I must say his white one was really nice!!

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:47 AM, peter koehler
<pkoehler01 at atlanticbb.net>wrote:

> Well, not exactly... All this talk about what you can and
> can't do with your car parts or your parts car is sort of
> silly. As my buddy Clark Hartzel sez: "As long as there is
> one of 'em in a museum - cut the rest of 'em up!". Of
> course he is also of the school of thought: "Anyone can
> restore a car - it takes a real man to cut one up!"
>
> So now that I have your attention I just wanted to say
> that when the opportunity came for me to buy a low mileage
> one-owner semi-rare 1976 Corvette, I sold off my 1974
> Camaro rather than sacrificing one of my beloved Corvairs
> just to buy the plastic fantastic. I can hear some of you
> now. 1976 Corvettes are _____________(fill in the blank).
> The reason why I was drawn to this particular one was the
> fact that it had only 51k one-owner driven miles on it and
> it was a 4 speed. Seems that back in 1976 folks were not
> buying Corvettes with a manual transmission. The ratio of
> auto to stick was 20 to 1! This car had the "high output"
> L82 V8 engine. Even at that it only had 210 net HP. Not
> much by today's technology. But it is fun to drive. The
> 350 has enough torque to get on down the road. Driving the
> car is certainly different than any of my Corvairs. But
> different is good sometimes. Right? - Caveman/Corvette
> Pete
>
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