A small block Ford in a vette? I like Fords and I like Chevys, but the two shouldn't mix. Order a brand new 383 stroker from chevy. A few grand gets a decent engine

 

67 big blocks are the most expensive Vettes you can buy. You could move to a 66 big block and save some money although they still won't be cheap if the numbers match. I like the 66 big block hood better than the 67 and the 67 interior was in the transition period to the 68s which was a new body change.

You wanna see some expensive Vettes go to http://www.proteam-corvette.com/

He gets top dollar and now he doesn't even put prices on some of them. He now prices some of them at "market value". I've seen the owner every year in Atlantic City at the collector car auction. He buys cheap and sells high. I think his cars are overpriced but he has people to buy them.

 

My first Vette was a 75 which I bought new. I don't remember if the engine was a L-48 or L-42. I don't remember. All I remember is that the hp was very low and the car wasn't a screamer compared to other Vettes but it was fun to drive being new and my first Vette.

 

Guess he's gone. Posted and hasn't been back.

 

1975 Cadillac Eldorado.....190.00 HP (139.8 KW) @ 3800.00 RPM
360.00 Ft-Lbs (488.2 NM) @ 2000.00 RPM

 

Not to butt in or anything but whats up Red?! When are you going to change your name? 06 whiteking or something.

 

Just paint the truck red.

 

Oh...I almost forgot.....

 

Hey whats going on redlariateer? I have this same user name for everything, so I guess it will have to remain the same. I should have went with something a little less vehicle descriptive.

 

hey i had the giga coupe. a 135hp with the 302 crammed under the hood. still did 120mph not sure if my truck will do 120mph. of course there is the weight diff. and not just the car and truck lol. I like the old vetts. Not sure i would dump my truck for one but would be nice to have if it didnt need a the work. ohh and only paid 600 for it. since the tranny slipped. due to lack of fluid.

 

Ahhh its all good. Looks like a bad **** truck though. Guess I was away longer than I thought. I will lurk more now...business is a little slow.

 

You're missing the point, but showing the reaction I was after. Sure, a new Chevy crate motor would be the easiest way to add power, if that was my only objective. But for years we've all seen hundreds of street rods and race cars...duce coupes to mustangs with Chevy small blocks transplanted into them because they make easy cheap horsepower. I want to get even, strike back, or call it what you want by taking the holy-of-holys Chevrolet and repower it with a Ford small block.

Years ago I had a beautiful '71 GMC Sprint...black, LS5, white stripes on the cowl hood. I used to show it. All I used to hear from the Chevy boys was, "That's just an ElCamino with different badging." I went to a Chevy/Vettefest one sunday...they wouldn't let me in! If I had that Ford-powered Vette I could have entered the show and enjoyed the reaction when I parked and opened the hood. I'd hear the "Oh my Gods" and "How could he do such a things", that's what I'm after...giving them a taste of their own medicine.

MR

 

^^^ Trouble maker.

 

Oh I get it. You're doing it out of spite. That's completely different.

 

Thankyou.

I didn't meen to divert this thread. C3's are cool, and because they're the last of the 'low tech' Vettes, the average garage schmuck like me can work on them. I wish I had one again...too bad Ford didn't make a car like the Vette.

MR