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My dad bought a fully optioned special order 3LT Z51 convertible Brand New in 2014. When he discovered it wasn’t any faster than my ‘69 Coupe he sent it to A&A Corvette Performance in Oxnard California and had a supercharged. Now it’s fast, really fast! Well, he’s ordered another fully loaded...

I’ve had this car for a long time. Nice story you posted.

My Dad brought this brand new 1969 Corvette home when I was 5 years old. I learned to drive in it and I still have it.

The first thing I did to the car about 1980 was trash my Dad's Bias Ply tires in favor of Eagle GT's, a set of GM factory aluminum wheels (take off rims from a '73 Vette) and a set of KYB's. WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT! The Hankook Ventus V12 is a great tire, I've had couple of sets on my CTS-V and a...

But it sure would make the old barge handle better! And room for bigger brakes too. Tough choice, but the tires on the factory 15" alloys won again.

I wish on the 17" reproductions! I did find a couple of other brands of tires but the reviews aren't so good. So the TA Radial will be it since I can't see vaporizing the P600 at $1,100 for a set. I think the current Pilot's only lasted about 12,000 miles over the past 15 years. It's...

Seriously? 3 choices? BF Goodrich Radial TA Hooooooosier Pirelli P600 This is what I can get in 235/60/15? Unless I look at the 245/60/15 then it's the BF Goodrich all by itself. How old am I anyway?

Who needs Coffee?

I was given the opportunity to join GM at the stingray precision Drive event at the auto club Speedway in Fontana California on Thursday. Several different courses were set up for us to drive the car, including a short blast on the superspeedway. The new car is good, very good.

The 383 fit in my '69, but there were a few minor changes. The standard pullies don't work and all the extra power is brutal. You might consider the ZZ4 if you don't want the brute of a 383 to break stuff. I'm sure mines 450+HP and 500+TQ. The rear end in mine is starting to make a...

They did make a "Grumpy Old Man" Vette, with a "Grumpy Old Man" motor... It was the Cadillac XLR with a Northstar. Go take a low mile used one for a ride, my Dad did, he dumped a flawless 1999 C5 for one. But my Dad is a Vette guy, he will getting the 2014 Vette as soon as the convertible is...

I guess I'll google the live feed.

Will the rear end in a 80 stand up to a 383?

I bought a ZZ383 from the GM catalog some years back. Tons of power, but the motor only lasted 8,000 miles when #5 reached up and cracked the head. There was so much play I could rock #5 back and forth with my thumbs. I had to have it pulled out and rebuilt, now it makes so much power that my...

Those look like American Racing to me as well. I'd like a set of those for my car, sweet wheels.