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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,223
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    1961 Corvette $87K
    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"


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  • soundfreak1
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    Is that truth in advertising???
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,892
    In the South, it sure is.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,560
    BlueBirdMusic wrote: »
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    1961 Corvette $87K

    My dad had one of those only maroon with a silver cove. Had to sell it when I was born. He reminded me of that all the time.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,600
    edited November 2023
    $87k in this day and age for a very vintage Corvette in fine condition doesn't seem ridiculous. Not at all ridiculous -- unfortunately. :|
    That said, at least aesthetically, not my fave Corvette by a long shot. That is a nice example, though.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,986
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    $87k in this day and age for a very vintage Corvette in fine condition doesn't seem ridiculous. Not at all ridiculous -- unfortunately. :|
    That said, at least aesthetically, not my fave Corvette by a long shot. That is a nice example, though.

    It's not my fave either, but the 1961 is my favorite year previous to my favorite era (1963-1972).

    I prefer the 4 headlights (1958 and later) to the 2 headlights that the 1957 and previous had.

    I prefer the cove with the backward scoop (1958 -1961). It was changed in 1962, and while still cool, not as cool as the ones before (in my opinion, of course).

    The 1960 and earlier had the same rear clip, which looks "old-fashioned" to me, compared to the 1961 - 1967 rear.

    So, the 1961 is the only year pre-1963 that "checks all of the boxes" for me. (I hate that cliche almost as much as "pull the trigger".)

    And I am sure none of this matters to anyone else. :p
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,600
    edited November 2023
    Viking64 wrote: »
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    And I am sure none of this matters to anyone else. :p
    Close, but not quite. :)
    The (EDIT - check that) '61 always bothered me, with the new tail grafted rather unceremoniously onto the old -- everything else. Always struck me as odd. I am sure there's a backstory, and I am almost as sure I could find it in 0.04 seconds if I were to search.

    EDIT: The '62 overall looks like some of those Ferrari & Lambo models that... well... polite folks don't mention -- when they talk about... Ferraris and Lamborghinis. ;)

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,600
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    two-fer from ASR B)

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  • Toolfan66
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,600
    edited November 2023
    ^^^ that's excellent.
    Reminds me of the Farkel & Berfel families on Laugh-In. There were some odd inter-familial resemblances goin' on. :#

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  • SeleniumFalcon
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,986
    Whenever I see the word "Heathkit", I imagine Mike Tyson trying to sing the song "Wuthering Heights." (The Pat Benatar version because I don't acknowledge Kate Bush because she is a nutjob. :p )

    Heathkit, ith me, I'm Cathy
    I've come home, I'm tho cold
    Leth me in your windowth

    The best part of that is one can endlessly speculate what Mike is saying when he sings the word "Cathy".
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  • daddyjt
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    "Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow


    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,129
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • daddyjt
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    "Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow


    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,892
    ....as if you give a.....

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • NotaSuv
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,833
    icm4o81m4qd1.jpg I can remember the streets being packed with trick or treaters. this year we had ZERO kids.......and lots of candy for me


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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,223
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    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"


    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 2,629
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,974
    ken brydson wrote: »
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    A GT Performer? Chick's hot, but pretty sure Eddie Fiola is still gonna want his bike back.

    I disabled signatures.
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  • machone
    machone Posts: 1,506
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,351
    More cushion for the pushing.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,974
    Beauty is in the eye. I actually like that and can appreciate the style details. Even the bumper has a contour for the exhaust. Looks like it could pull near-truck transport duty.

    I also like those cars that had that vertical or reversed A pillars. I mean, look at the expansive, uninterrupted view you get. Was this a common style characteristic in 50s or early 60s cars? (I don't know anything about classic cars)
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,355
    The vertical or reversed slant a pillars were very common in the 50s but gradually disappeared as the 1960s began. The problem with the vertical a pose is that they provided no structural stability for the passenger compartment during an impact.
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    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,986
    machone wrote: »
    Long tail

    That looks like a 1957 Mercury. I have been crazy about those all this year.

    The "Breezeway" windows are so cool looking. Our next door neighbor had one when I was a kid and Jack Nicholson drove one in "Five Easy Pieces".

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breezeway_(car)

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