By LongRoofian
At Amelia Island this year, this olelongrooffan got one of the perks normally reserved for the Hooniverse Overlords. I was able to spot the new C7 Corvette there on one of the alternate greens on the 18th fairway. Apparently the styling on this one is raising a few eyebrows around these here webs. As this olelongrooffan is pretty indifferent about Corvettes in general, this one neither brought joy to my face nor sorrow to my heart. There were cooler ones than this one out down by the 18th’s tee box anyway. But you’re gonna have to make the jump to see them.
I asked the chickadee keeping me on my side of the ropes to grab some interior images and these are what she came up with.
And the interior had the same effect on this olelongrooffan as did the exterior. At least it’s a stick.
Meh.
Now let’s go see some really cool ones.
Like this Corvette with the steering wheel on the wrong side.
Not cool enough? Maybe this Gran Sport will do the trick. Due to the fact it is here pretty much confirms it’s a real one.
Still not cool enough? Maybe the first Stingray will trip your trigger.
Yeah, it was a pretty impressive line up.
And that original prototype wasn’t cool enough for you? Maybe this one will do it.
Notice the lack of an engine in the above image?
That’s because those crafty GM engineers stuck it in the wrong end of the chassis.
Yeah, it was pretty cool to this olelongrooffan. Way better than the C7.
But this one off prototype really kicked all their asses.
Gotta go. Is that an old Gullwing?
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That last car posted is beautiful. Looks like something Iso Rivolta would have come out with.
From that angle, it reminds me of a Jensen Interceptor.
<img src="http://autobestpics.com/img/Jensen-Interceptor4.jpg">
Corvette Rondine by Pininfarina, 1963, last seen at Greenwich Concours 2012. Coming soon to a Hooniverse article near you : )
It's the Rondine Corvette; a Pininfarina creation. One of the prettiest cars ever made, IMO.
Yes, the lovely Rondine. Pininfarina did that, along with a Corvair:
<img src="http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/04/Corvair_by_Pininfarina-1963.jpg" 'width="500'/">
right across the water, the GT40s lay in wait to slaughter their favorite prey.
Nah, everyone knows that GT40s eat prancing horses
I took my oldest daughter to the Dallas Auto Show today. Sadly, no C7 there, but there was a 60th Anniversary ZR1 there, and two McLaren MP4-12Cs parked side-by-side; a black one and a white one.
A ZR1 option was first offered in 1970. There are still quite a few years left before the 60th anniversary.
Well, it was for the 60th anniversary of the Corvette. The first ZR1 (and the ZR2) were from 1969-71. The ZR1 used the LT-1, and the ZR2 the LS-6.
I was just giving you a hard time, but you're off by a year. First-gen ZR1's were model years 1970-72, which were also the model years for the first round of LT1 engines. ZR2 production was 1971. No production LS6 engines at all in 1969, when the largest Chevy offering displaced 427 cubic inches.
WTH was I thinking? Yep, the 427 was the largest engine for '69,and the 454 came along in 1970, along with the 455s from Buick,
Olds,and Pontiac. I was a Chevy freak back then (I was nine in 1969), and built scale models of the '69 and '70 Impalas. I still have the '70 Impala.(The Olds 455 debuted in '68).