Two Corvettes for the price of one Z/28?

[Bill M.]

Re: Two Corvettes for the price of one Z/28?

In 89 I bought my 67 ac coupe sitting right next to it was a 69 Z 28 for 1/3 the price. Today the Z is worth 5 x the price and the Vette barley 2x . Of course the Z would probably need metal work twice over the last 30 years

[Richard G.]

Re: Two Corvettes for the price of one Z/28?

Maybe I had the best of both worlds?
In the early 70's when I purchased my 57 Corvette.
A year later I also purchased a 302 with a cracked block for $100.
Purchased a new block for $157 dollars from GM and made a CE 302.
I ran this motor for over 25 years in the Corvette.
I did put the 70 Z28 camshaft in the rebuild motor.

I even got ticketed once because the Cops heard me.
I chalked it up to the times I didn't get caught.

It really wasn't very fast but it felt that way.
With the top down the open air and the noise was exhilarating.
Their is a tunnel not far from here.
Blasting through the tunnel with the top down and the exhaust and intake noise blasting off the sides of the tunnel is as much fun as a kid could have with his clothes on.
I still grin thinking about it.
Rick

[Tom M.]

Re: Two Corvettes for the price of one Z/28?

If we shift this and talk base '68 Camaro to base '69 roadster....
I had a '68 Camaro through the 80's, college & into the early 1990's. It had a base 327 and powerglide, drum brakes, power steering and no other options (except AM radio). It had been an original owner car. I repainted it in my driveway and drove it everywhere - loved that car. It handled horribly and was slow which was good because it stopped really really badly. By the '90's it needed some light body work and I figured I needed a rag top so I sold it ($3000) and bought my unrestored '69 350/300 4spd roadster and went on to Top Flite it at the Nationals in Lake Placid (nice place). The Corvette base engine roadster is a much, much better driving car than the Camaro.
25 years later I still have the Corvette but life has had a way of parking stuff in the garage for lack of time to play.
Recently, I found my Camaro. It's three states away, parked in a garage and "needs a little tinkering" but unmolested. It has me thinking. I never had hipsters in BMW's cutting me off when I was in the Camaro, I'd park the Camaro anywhere, could find Camaro parts everywhere because they made a billion of them and every secretary had a new one and high school kid had a used one. It seems like base model Corvettes are fairly undesirable but any shell of a Camaro is big bux. So, I'm not sure I could work out the $ on a sale of a Corvette and buy back of my Camaro. Plus, I'd still have to do some work on an original Camaro to get it steering straight and stopping within a football field. Glad I didn't buy either one as an "investment".

[James G.]

Re: Two Corvettes for the price of one Z/28?

Sold the one we should have kept... vintage legend Original unrestored Black 69 RS/Z28 with original cowl induction hood and endura bumper - into Canada... and now it's owned by the Ferrari dealer in Toronto. he told me he has been offered a six figure profit on the car twice... then said only person ever to have to worry about it is his wife or kids... I said How difficult it is to turn that down on a single car when you are a CAR DEALER? He said actually quite easy, he prefers it over most of his Ferrari's to which I replied, well other than a 288 GTO or something from the late 50's through mid 60's with a Columbo V12 I would tend to agree.
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As an aside I looked for a long while for a 70-72 Z28 prior to buying my 71 LT1 - a Z in the similar condition/mileage was a 50% premium and much more difficult to find.-- which led me to realize that LT1's are the best solid lifter cars you can buy for the money. After buying it, I couldn't be happier, I sold my 69 L46 30 years ago when I went off to college, I had REALLY forgotten how much fun they are to drive and how much better they handle than straight axle cars like F and A bodies.
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[Bill M.]