Nice looking Vettes with Attitude here please

[Nassau65]

Yes, I’ve looked on that site before. Some of the “oldies” I can’t relate too, they are just too old for me.
Was a interesting read about the Dodge Stealth , being chosen to pace, and the national auto workers union objected due to it NOT being an American car ( a Mitsubishi GT in disguise) and they changed it to the prototype Viper instead with the stealth’s relegated to festival cars.

 

[teamzr1]

Pace cars are set to run 110 MPH but before this last race a 2023 C8 Z06 ran 163 MPH on track

Z06 goes 163 MPH

 

[Oneball]

Every pace car and driver listed back to 1911 to present

Some real odd car makes like Stuz, Cord, Desalle, National Sextet, etc

Pace Cars & Drivers

Stutz isn’t that odd a choice. They did well in the early Indy 500s. They also finished 2nd behind Bentley at Le Mans in 1928. It’s the best result for an American built car after the mkiv GT40’s win in 1967.

 

[Nassau65]

My nephews who are car mad wouldn’t even know what a stutz or Cord were. Just too old now. It’s only us oldies that know about them.

 

[teamzr1]

Stutz isn’t that odd a choice. They did well in the early Indy 500s. They also finished 2nd behind Bentley at Le Mans in 1928. It’s the best result for an American built car after the mkiv GT40’s win in 1967.

Imagine a 1912 Stuz racing, had to be a long race at that speed

1936 Cord, so much space under the hood could crawl in it to work on it
Cool looking though, love that header design

 

[Oneball]

Imagine a 1912 Stuz racing, had to be a long race at that speed

1936 Cord, so much space under the hood could crawl in it to work on it
Cool looking though, love that header design

6h45 apparently in 1911. That’s an average of almost 80mph!!

 

[antijam]

My nephews who are car mad wouldn’t even know what a stutz or Cord were. Just too old now. It’s only us oldies that know about them.

Many years ago I was sorely tempted by this Cord 812 down in Florida....


I chickened out in the end - the idea of maintaining it in the UK was daunting.

 

[Roscobbc]

Being front wheel drive with no powered steering back then I imagine it was a heavy car to drive.

 

[teamzr1]

Save these, have them printed out and put in your mancave

 

[Roscobbc]

6h45 apparently in 1911. That’s an average of almost 80mph!!

Performance up to the 60's wasn't related (unlike today) to how quick the car was on a 0-60 dash or 1/4 mile time - it was more like maximum continuous 'A road' speed. When you look at 0-60 times for what is regarded a legendary 'performance' car like a Sunbeam Tiger or Mark 2 Jag, Jensen Interceptor, Aston Martin, Lotus Cortina etc , etc they seem surprisingly slow (certainly by todays standards). I find it fascinating that UK motoring press were transfixed on these sort of cars, and specifically the E Type Jag and would effectively ignored many European and American powered vehicles, many of which had at least equal, perhaps even superior performance to cars of UK origin. And perhaps the Sunbeam Tiger sums-up the UK purchasing logic of the day by utilising a 'job lot' engine that had been effectively canned by FoMoCo as being too underpowered.
Quote - "The Ford V8 as fitted to the Tiger produced 164 bhp (122 kW) @ 4400 rpm, sufficient to give the car a 0–60 mph (97 km/h) time of 8.6 seconds and a top speed of 120 mph (190 km/h)." - and perhaps this one vehicle sums up the British purchasing 'mindset' of the day, one can envisage someone saying "well its got a V8 in it - what more do you want"?

 

[James Vette]

 

[Nassau65]

1975 saw the last year for the corvette convertible due to federal regulations for the 1976 model year. While power was down, in my opinion it was still a great car. What’s not to like here

 

[Nassau65]

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not sure if I like the six tail lights on a C3, they definitely look good/period on a C2.

 

[Nassau65]

Nice. Not sure about the double exhaust outlets tho.

 

[James Vette]

I think it looks good on the coupe but if I imagine it in my head not on the convertible.

 

[Nassau65]

Here’s one
Looks good to my eyes

 

[Nassau65]

Bloody hell

 

[Nassau65]

I wonder if it’s got a sequential kit fitted? I know I would if it was mine.

 

[James Vette]

Looks a bit busy on the convertible probably because of the simple rear whereas the coupe has another thing going on to compensate for more busywork. Just my opinion.

 

[Nassau65]

I remember the first time I ever saw sequential rear lights. It was on a 65 Thunderbird, I thought it was soo cool. Still love them today.