This is an interesting photo LB, 7-9" slicks wheels off the ground and what seems to be tire smoke. It seems to be a stocker or SS not a gasser so HP can't be too great. I wonder! Pat
Does it say D/MP on the back window? Maybe a BB or W engine? It's got something going on to pull the wheels.
No matter, it's definitely got some Juice! Hopefully, some of these Vettes have survived in this form, if you get my drift. Banger, where do you Find all your great pictures?! Thanks, Carp.
All over the web LOL. I start with a search then follow the links which leads to other links an so on. One search can lead to a bunch of other sites.
Rusty Delling's 57 'vette. Originally run in A/MSP as Hi Ho Silver and then as seen here as Little Jon the car ran a 364" small block, initially on gas and later on alky. It set the A/MSP record at 9.90/142 and ran a best of 9.280 at 161 as pictured. Roo
I cringe when I think about these cool old vettes being restored to matching numbers perfection. All the history lost and looking just like the picture in the brochure from the dealer.
Not all modified pre '68 Corvettes were classic drag cars. Some so-called gearheads and a good many weekend warrior drag racers beat the living hell out of or otherwise trashed the beloved 'vette, not to mention the ones that stick these dead cars in a shed or behind the barn and won't get off of them. Just as all '40 Ford coupes and Model A sedans shouldn't be rodded, all trashed and f****d up Corvettes shouldn't be considered historic race cars. Thank goodness there are guys that can afford to grab some of them up and bring them back to life via a restoration. I hate that the prices of Corvettes skyrocketed. I've owned a '63 and a '69 but my time for owning another one has passed, so I'd much rather see a restored one sitting at a concours than a skeleton sitting behind a pole barn.
I think a lot of what’s left as far as unrestored vettes go are the rough ones and a lot of those get the resto mod treatment which I believe really rips the soul out of them. It’s better than leaving them for dead though. I want a midyear coupe so bad I can taste it, but the lower level cars get snapped up quick a lot of times to be resto modded. That leaves the lower level “restored” cars for me to consider but DAMN do they command some tall prices for an old ass car!
I don't have a problem with a restored Vette, but I do if you don't even drive it! Love to find one that I could afford to buy, but when the values go up every year like they have been, I don't see that happening!
As I wrote previously, I've owned two 'vettes but it really appears I won't again. I check craigslist every couple of weeks to see what's out there. The prices for later models are all over the board and prices for '63-'67 are making them basically unattainable for me. Do I want a any Corvette so badly that I'd settle for a '74-'77? I really don't know. Late models, 2000-2010, can have so many miles on the clock that I won't consider them, plus, they do very little for me. I also hate paying a dealer that specializes in used muscle cars a premium price for cars that still need work. I recently sold my Nova and am between cars. I'm afraid the longer I wait the less I'll care about getting another car. So if someone out there has the means to buy a Corvette and restore it, more power to him. I've got more respect for him than the guy who buys cars just to let them rot out in the field. Resto-modded or pro-touring Corvettes? Screw that.
Pat: I was sitting here thinking why does that building look like something I have seen before. Yesterday I called Dino in Rockingham and we had a nice talk. Thanks for jogging my memory Jimbo
The more I think about Apricot Brandy the more I realize it was one of the most successful Corvette drag cars out there-and cool to boot. I have heard that it still in existence-can anyone confirm that?
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