dlq04

thanks, will try it

boltonblue

I can remember one of my high school classmates having one of these to use to drive to school.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...ign=2024-09-27

sigh.

dlq04

Dang, what parent would buy that for their kid?

robb

Prices are crazy for a lot of the old ‘stuff’. Just basic 68-70 Chargers are bringing big money and when you get into special editions like the Charger 500 and Daytona it just brings more. It is depressing on a few levels.

boltonblue

By that point they were a couple years old and available cheap. Many areas of Framingham wasn't exactly poverty ridden.
lots of fun toys populated the local community. i recall several models of maseratis, bora, meraks and quattroporte,
ferrais, lots of mercedes products, jags galore, bricklins,

dlq04

Unreal.... that's a different world than I ever saw growing up

zeroptzero

I entered a contest to potentially win a brand new Corvette Stingray from a local charity. I don't really need a third vehicle, but it looked so good and the tickets were cheap. Retail price is $137,000 here. I once owned a 1980 Corvette, this would be quite an upgrade over that old design lol

robb

I was just reading an article about the new ZR-1 and they commented that it had the horsepower of five and a half 1981 Corvettes lol. I’m pretty sure the 81 had the same horsepower as the 80. If I remember correctly it was 180 horsepower and the California cars had 165.

zeroptzero

That is a cool statistic Rob, Yeah kind of crazy that those old cars were so low on power from 350 cubic inches. My 1980 Corvette was in that range yes, so bad looking back.

robb

I think it is more crazy how much the newer stuff has. The new ZR1 has 1064 horsepower out of the showroom, unless you are going to track it that is way too much for the street in my opinion.