Mid Year's What needed Improvement

[roadpilot]

I have a 1966 Coupe and it is a great car. The designers and enginner's
designed a striking body and the Corvette was improved on year after year.
But, like all cars they missed the bulls eye , sometimes.
I could name several, but I will name just one.
1. Windshield. Much to compicated to install. A simpler design ,would have made installing a front windshield a lot easier. Unless you do it yourself, there
are few windshield installers who will tackle the job.

It is your turn ...Name one thing that could be improved on a 1963 to 1967
Corvette?

[AUTOHOLIC]

All you have to do is look at what the Restomod crowd does to these vehicles to answer your questions. While I am not really a fan of it I can respect the time, money and ingenuity that goes into building one.
For me part of the charm of owning a midyear is just enjoying them as the factory built them. They were ahead of their time compared to most other cars in their day.
If I didn’t think and feel the way I do about them I would have just dropped an LS into my 1965 rather then spending all the time and money building a 383 that looks like a stock 350/365 factory engine.

[RatDog]

Power convertible top.

Take care,
Steve

[Rikki Z-06]

Y'all have some beautiful mid-years.

[roadpilot]

My turn again.
The wheel wells should have been deeper and the hubs shorter
so you could put bigger tires on a Midyear. Corvette figured it out by the
time the C3 came out.

[AUTOHOLIC]

Originally Posted by roadpilot

My turn again.
The wheel wells should have been deeper and the hubs shorter
so you could put bigger tires on a Midyear. Corvette figured it out by the
time the C3 came out.

I will agree with this. It was the very reason we saw so many flared fender midyears which is another favorite feature that he factory should have added to the original bodies beginning in 1964 that would “fix” the desire for bigger tires. Well sized flares just look perfectly at home on a midyear NOT the oversized ones that came later.
The basic 1963 Corvette suspension was the same for many years with the same components made from lighter materials mostly from 1984 forward. The BIGGEST improvements in Corvette handling has to be attributed to tire technology.

[roadpilot]

Originally Posted by AUTOHOLIC

I will agree with this. It was the very reason we saw so many flared fender midyears which is another favorite feature that he factory should have added to the original bodies beginning in 1964 that would “fix” the desire for bigger tires. Well sized flares just look perfectly at home on a midyear NOT the oversized ones that came later.
The basic 1963 Corvette suspension was the same for many years with the same components made from lighter materials mostly from 1984 forward. The BIGGEST improvements in Corvette handling has to be attributed to tire technology.

Tire technology helped improve all cars. You remember tube type tires. I
ran big rigs with them ,what a mess. Crease a tube when installing and you
start over again. Bias tires was the only thing you had at one time. When radial tires were introduced, longer wear,cooler running,better handleing came about immediately.

[AUTOHOLIC]

Originally Posted by roadpilot

Tire technology helped improve all cars. You remember tube type tires. I
ran big rigs with them ,what a mess. Crease a tube when installing and you
start over again. Bias tires was the only thing you had at one time. When radial tires were introduced, longer wear,cooler running,better handleing came about immediately.

This is true but tire manufacturers worked with different automakers for specific tires such a the 1984 Corvette. This was the beginning years for association with specific tires for specific cars. Pretty much for sports cars exclusively not the run of the mill other passenger cars.