gibsonxplayer88

i just personally dont care for them, and would rather keep the mustang.

vineman

I would keep the stang also, i like them better, but i guess it always comes down to who owns the car, you or your dad? If he does get it then make sure he doesn't turn into the old, chest-hair and gold chain guy that always give corvettes a bad name.

gibsonxplayer88

ive been searching craigslist and other sites trying to find something else for him to buy.

JMD

I had a 71 for a couple of years when I was much younger, I like Corvettes, but the late 70s were not the best of times for the Corvette, **** poor quality, marginal performance, heavy as hell.... (a bloated "sports car", kind of like "fat Elvis", a mere shadow of it's former self!)

There are a lot of the Corvettes that I really like, old and new, but I just can't get over the "old man" thing... It kills me...

vineman

i know exactly what everyone means when they say the "old man thing" I went to a big vette show in Eureka Spring AK one year and my friend and I were the youngest ones there pretty much, next to everyone's grandkids

1sweet65stang

only cool corvettes ever were the mid to late 60s that were avialaible with the 427 of course id but a gt500 first but if i was asked 2 trade mine for a 427 vette id prolly agree

f0rdman

lol my friend used to have a 77 vette.. They are a disgrace to the corvette name. They only have about 170hp because they are all bogged down with the early emissions equipment. Tell him to atleast get a 75 or go with a later model c4. Not much faster but It's nice to work on an engine that only has 3-4 hoses rather than 15. Unless you register it for offroad use or a smog exempt county, you will have to reverse everything you do to smog it.

f0rdman

Also if he went with a 75 it would actually be considered a stingray. any vettes after 76 are wannabes in my opinion

bodyputtyless

The 78 Vette has the same interior door handles as the Caprice. If you let your hair bush out and get a few pasley shirts you can look like Johnny Holmes when you drive!

jimmy428

when i got my stang about 4 years ago, the guys wife sold it to me without consulting him because they were splitting up or something and she was mad at him. she gave me boxes of stuff and reduced the price from $4500 to $3500. i remember her daughter followed us on our way home for 5 minutes because she loved the car and never got to drive it much. i can understand your situation sucks.