I always used to believe "a vette is a vette is a vette...". Never had too much interest in them. I was more of a British sports car guy, or a street rod guy. Vettes just seemed too "stock" for me.
Anyway, I bought a '78 from my brother-in-law's brother. Although it needs work (not a lot though), I have to admit that it is a blast to drive.
Saturday I went to a Vette show in Red Wing, MN. Yes, they looked stock, until you get up close and start noticing the subtle changes.
On the way home, I got a little "froggy". Mine has the anemic L-48 but I thought "what the hell". I was doing 65 quite enjoyably. I stepped to the floor and was doing 95 in a heatbeat. Yikes! My old MG Midget would never do that!
I never imagined how much I would enjoy this puppy. I guess I was always wrong.
Anyway, I bought a '78 from my brother-in-law's brother. Although it needs work (not a lot though), I have to admit that it is a blast to drive.
Saturday I went to a Vette show in Red Wing, MN. Yes, they looked stock, until you get up close and start noticing the subtle changes.
On the way home, I got a little "froggy". Mine has the anemic L-48 but I thought "what the hell". I was doing 65 quite enjoyably. I stepped to the floor and was doing 95 in a heatbeat. Yikes! My old MG Midget would never do that!
I never imagined how much I would enjoy this puppy. I guess I was always wrong.
). The one area the MG definately wins is when on single lane roads out in the country, the types with the really high hedges so's you can't see to the side or around corners. The MG is far better on these roads because it's more agile on them. It's also got the advantage of being a lot shorter so that you've got a chance to stop if an oncoming tractor is coming around a corner. With the Vette I'd probably impale the front into the tractor before I even saw it coming! On faster, wider roads the C3 is definately better & mine gives a better ride (the composite rear spring & gas shocks may help, maybe a stock C3 would be about the same?). I'd guess that on bumpy, twisty two lane roads the MG could well be better, but I haven't found out as most of those "fun" roads have either been widened, straightened or had 30mph limits imposed on them (due to whinging of the "safety brigade" who moan about roads being dangerous because some idiot that can't drive has crashed). If we do have to use roads like that then we take the Bonnies, as they were made for them & are better fun than either the C3 or the MGB on them 
Spares are much cheaper for the MG than the Vette, but to counter that the MG uses Joe Lucas electrics (that lot have got a lot to answer for 
). Generally the MG is better for slower, twisty lanes (what are called "B" roads here) & driving around town, as it's easier to squeeze into gaps (or maybe I'm not so paranoid about somebody running into it). The Vette is far better on "A" roads (& motorways).
