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Old 11-14-2009, 04:11 PM   #91
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Originally Posted by wildpaws View Post
Well certainly it sounds like a bargain today, but that was not at today's earnings in today's dollars. Trust me, I worked every bit as hard to pay for my $3,385 Z/28 in 1969 as people are working today for a $32,000-$37,000 Camaro SS today. If I remember correctly new Corvettes at that time stickered for $5K-$6K. So yeah, if you look at it from today's perspective the '69 Z/28 was cheap, if you lived, worked, and bought one in '69 it was not necessarily "a bargain".
Clyde
I voted TT V6

wildpaws' $3,385 Z/28 in August 1969 would be $59,875 in today's dollars, so I will go out on a limb and say they are going to come out with one under it!

As for sound and power potential, I watched a GT-R getting a custom tune last week and it sounded plenty mean. The only mods were a cat delete and engine management. Put down 527 hp and 545 tq on a Mustang dyno. Not the same thing of course, but additional power is a lot easier with turbo's.
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