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Michael, to hire a transport company to haul my Sting Ray from my home in North Texas to San Diego would have cost me about $3,000 roundtrip. This amount was probably the total that I spent on my entire trip, including the $900 for gasoline. Of course, if the blown pickup truck tire had bounced me into another vehicle causing a wreck with damage to the towing vehicle, my Trailex trailer, and (heavens!) my rare '65 Sting Ray (not to mention injury or death!), hiring a transport company would have been much, much better, cost be damned.
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Michael, to hire a transport company to haul my Sting Ray from my home in North Texas to San Diego would have cost me about $3,000 roundtrip. This amount was probably the total that I spent on my entire trip, including the $900 for gasoline. Of course, if the blown pickup truck tire had bounced me into another vehicle causing a wreck with damage to the towing vehicle, my Trailex trailer, and (heavens!) my rare '65 Sting Ray (not to mention injury or death!), hiring a transport company would have been much, much better, cost be damned.
-ClarkBig Tanks In the High Mountains of New Mexico- Top
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Clark,
I saw your vette; congrats you did good, but I agree with Terry the hotel did little to please us. The host chap. did excellent work. Your travel story causes me to consider taking my '65 big block next year. Keep up the good work.Dr. George
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I love the '65s best because they were the first year for 4-wheel disc brakes, real (functioning) "side gills", side exhaust, teak steering wheels, AND, the last year for the fuelie, the 396 big block, and the air extractor grills (behind the windows)!
I am thinking, now with my car taking a National Top Flight, perhaps a PV is in my car's future. It will probably take that long (2015) for my recent anxiety to settle down :-)
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Clark,
That makes sense; mine is a silver pearl coupe/black with side pipes, knock offs, 4-speed, posi-track, teakwood wheel, power windows and I drive it. Now that I have the 2013 60th anniv edition to go with it, I have both the first and last big block vettes...life is good. See you at the 2015 Nationals with the '65.Dr. George
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Michael,
At the Kissimmee, FL Regional last Jan. Tom Hill told us that the 2013 60th anniv would be the last 427 al2 engine big block made by GM; so I had to have one and now I do. There were several at that session that heard his presentation; we don't know what the C7 will look like but it will not have the 427 al2 LS7 according to Tom. At the Nationals at San Diego on July 4th at the 4pm session I ask GM engineers Dave McClellan and Dave Hill what the C7 would look like and what they would have for engines and neither would tell us anything...except to say go to B. Green for the unveiling. Well, Good luck to us.Dr. George
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Michael,
At the Kissimmee, FL Regional last Jan. Tom Hill told us that the 2013 60th anniv would be the last 427 al2 engine big block made by GM; so I had to have one and now I do. There were several at that session that heard his presentation; we don't know what the C7 will look like but it will not have the 427 al2 LS7 according to Tom. At the Nationals at San Diego on July 4th at the 4pm session I ask GM engineers Dave McClellan and Dave Hill what the C7 would look like and what they would have for engines and neither would tell us anything...except to say go to B. Green for the unveiling. Well, Good luck to us.Big Tanks In the High Mountains of New Mexico- Top
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2014 will be lighter and still be a stout performer. 2015 look for a higher hp car. They can pull 700 hp outta a V-6 and it live all day plus get well over 30 mpg, maybe 35 + Yer govn'mnt is a driving the train right now with all the fuel and emission regs. Car manufacturers are just a hangin' on. Iffen somethin' don't change, ya ain't seen nothin' yet compared to some of the proposed regs.Dick Whittington- Top
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Mike, I heard what Tom Hill said at Kissimmee earlier this year, and he all but stated this would be the last "big block" whether it technically is or not is beside the point. George and dozens of others heard the same thing.
No one who knows will say for sure, but we will all find out at the Detroit Auto show in early January, and I would expect a C7 to be at Kissimmee January 23-26. My guess is it will not be a production car, but we will know the engine size regardless. If you want to start a thread guessing the engine type and or size we can all put our speculation in and maybe offer a prize to whoever gets it closest.Terry- Top
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Over at the other Corvette forum, we have been discussing and speculating on the C7 engine for a while, in case you want to see that:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...eculation.htmlBig Tanks In the High Mountains of New Mexico- Top
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