How many members are currently own a Corvette?

[Don Rickles]

Once more, 2013 was the last factory produced 427 Corvette. Please forgive my "big block" misuse.

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by Don Rickles

Once more, 2013 was the last factory produced 427 Corvette. Please forgive my "big block" misuse.

No.

Barn members --> <-- Ron Dickles

[LATB]

Originally Posted by IB4TL

Exactly.

I preferred my Porsche over any Vette.

No to mention, they don't even offer a manual transmission anymore.

Originally Posted by Bruze

Perfectly normal as we age.

I don't have any plans to sell my '07, but fast cars don't have the allure that they used to.

When/if I do sell it, I wouldn't buy any other car or spend the money on any other inanimate objects.

Yes. Priorities change as we walk through life.

When I consider spending 50-100 large nowadays I think about a new hvac cab tractor or mini excavator.

Fact is, about 500K would set me up right for vehicles and equipment. And with that I could fit a Vette in the mix.

[WydGlydJim]

Originally Posted by Don Rickles

‘67 Goodwood Green Coupe 327/300
‘72 War Bonnet Yellow Coupe LT-1 w/ fac A/C
‘71 War Bonnet Yellow Coupe 454 4sp

Rickles, you ever get an itch to get rid of that '72 give me a cal!

[Don Rickles]

Originally Posted by WydGlydJim

Rickles, you ever get an itch to get rid of that '72 give me a cal!

Thanks for the compliment man! I really was very lucky to have found this one. I purchased it from the widow of the original buyer. It’s all original five star bowtie, NCRS, Bloomington Gold benchmark survivor. I’ve had this car campaigned through the systems. It is a real car, I even have the build sheet

[IB4TL]

Originally Posted by LATB

Yes. Priorities change as we walk through life.

When I consider spending 50-100 large nowadays I think about a new hvac cab tractor or mini excavator.

Fact is, about 500K would set me up right for vehicles and equipment. And with that I could fit a Vette in the mix.

People are paying ~$100k for a Jeep, Bronco, etc.

The car market is nuts!

Before the pLandemic you could easily buy a nice Ferrari (used) for a little over $100k. No idea what they're going for now.

$100k for a Jeep....blows my mind 🤯

[Vette40th]

Originally Posted by Don Rickles

Nice! Last GM big block Vette! Keeper!

It was 7 litres, but it was/is a small block V8.. LS7.. Definitely not a Mark IV

[Don Rickles]

Originally Posted by Vette40th

It was 7 litres, but it was/is a small block V8.. LS7.. Definitely not a Mark IV

I understood but as I admitted, I used the wrong wording.

Keep in mind I’m old I read 427. I think big block.

[Vette40th]

Originally Posted by Don Rickles

I understood but as I admitted, I used the wrong wording.

Keep in mind I’m old I read 427. I think big block.

I know, and I love the LS6 clone I had in my 70 Chevelle.
GM did put a 454 Big Block in a C4, called Big Doggie.. I think they were testing drivetrains.

[sublime1996525]

Not for the last 10 years.

[Mick]

Originally Posted by 04 commemorative

I might be wrong but I always understood that Cubic inches had a lot to do with an engine being called a "Big Block"

Actually, no. Surprisingly enough, whether it is a "big block" or a "small block" is dependent on the size of the block.

If we are talking original equipment on C3s, then yes, the 305s, 327s and 350s were small blocks, and the 427s and 454s were big blocks. It got more complicated as time went on.

In 1974, Corvettes were available with a 454 cubic inch big block engine.

[Old Ben]

Started my trip down the Vette lane with a '92.



Sold it and got my '05



Sold it and got a '76 Greenwood that sits on my desk.



Have had enough of the low slung cars.

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by Don Rickles

Once more, 2013 was the last factory produced 427 Corvette. Please forgive my "big block" misuse.

Repeating yourself when you need to stfu forum-------------------->

[Loco Vette]

At the moment, a stock 2017 ZO6 and a 2001 coupe with an LS6. Track car for sale.

[tjfontaine]

Vetteless since 2017 ....

[MikeB]

Originally Posted by Mick

Actually, no. Surprisingly enough, whether it is a "big block" or a "small block" is dependent on the size of the block.

If we are talking original equipment on C3s, then yes, the 305s, 327s and 350s were small blocks, and the 427s and 454s were big blocks. It got more complicated as time went on.

In 1974, Corvettes were available with a 454 cubic inch big block engine.

I wonder why, in the mid and late 50s and early 60s, Chevy never offered a 348 or 403 BB in the vettes?

[Bill]

Originally Posted by MikeB

I wonder why, in the mid and late 50s and early 60s, Chevy never offered a 348 or 403 BB in the vettes?

Wasn't the 403 the detuned motor in the late 70's Trans Ams? Everyone wanted the Pontiac 400 v. the Oldsmobile 403, as I recall.



https://drivefacto.com/pontiac-400-v...ich-is-better/

[Jeff78]

Originally Posted by MikeB

I wonder why, in the mid and late 50s and early 60s, Chevy never offered a 348 or 403 BB in the vettes?

Do you mean 409?

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by Jeff78

Do you mean 409?

Yes, he does. "She's real fine my four-oh-nine."

As I recall, those engines were originally truck engines (W block?) although that doesn't mean much. You could order early-mid '60s Chevy cars with them, they also could be ordered with dual quads I think.

My high school buddy's older brother bought a new stripped '68 Nova, built a 409 with quads from the block up and dropped it in, beefing up everything else.

It was a total sleeper except for the exhaust note and big tires in the back.

[Vette40th]

Originally Posted by MikeB

I wonder why, in the mid and late 50s and early 60s, Chevy never offered a 348 or 403 BB in the vettes?

The 396 BB in 1970 was actually a 406BB(or 400), they just never told anyone, for instance
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Disregard