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This 1969 Corvette Stingray 427 -
6 pac was purchased new for $4850, ah the good ole days. The original
color was Daytona yellow, a more pastel color than shown here. I repainted
it in the early 80's to the 76 Corvette yellow color. The attempt here was
to emulate the older "flames" style, but in a more modern rendition. The
front end shows as white in many photos, but is actually just a lighter shade of
yellow, which gradually shades to a darker yellow to the rear. The
paint is lacquer with two coats of clear. The beast has a 4 speed,
close ratio transmission and 427 engine with factory standard 6 barrel
carburetor.
The close ratio transmission was chosen to give a
compromise between performance and reasonable fuel consumption. With
standard street tires, time for 0 to 60 is 4.8 seconds. Quarter mile takes
12.6 seconds at 98 mph. Top speed??? I have no idea. It
accelerates strongly well past the 150 mph range, and at that speed is
extremely stable and holds the road like an "Indy" race
car.
The Vette was ordered with a heavy duty suspension.
I have added a fresh air duct for the engine and optional use side exhaust, all
removable in about 1/2 hour to be back to factory specs. I understand that
this version will go up to 180 mph but of course that would be with special
high-speed tires. Other versions of engine, transmission, and rear end
ratios were reported to cruise at 220 mph. At 70 mph, it averages 16.5
mpg, but it is a mite difficult to get the 102 octane fuel it was designed to
use these days. Tests were done at a safe site.
Montana
has long been known as the state with no speed limit. A limit of 55 was in
place for some time. When this limit was removed, the next full year,
highway fatalities dropped. Recently, a new limit of 75 was adopted, and the next full
year, the fatality rate went up
15%, the highest in the previous 16 years. Of
course, statistically, this means little, but you can bet if the numbers were
reversed, those who pressed for the limit would be screaming in our
ears about how correct they
were.
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