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Originally Posted by Norm Peterson
Sadly, so do lots of folks, including me. While I probably could stretch far enough to reach $75k, it would be financially foolish of me to raid my investments and inheritance deeply enough to do so. Being (newly) retired is also a factor.
Could be the badge, but I think for some of the people who will buy this car it's that a car with this overall character was even built at all. Hopefully the fortunate few will use it for what it can do rather than simply acquire it for its relative scarcity.
It appears that both Chevy and Ford are aiming a bit higher than just at each other . . . *cough* BMW *cough* Porsche *cough*. What a time we live in.
Norm
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Another well-thought-out post, Norm. Thanks, as always.
If folks would consider the following (and these are
MY personal equations):
Gen-1 SS = Current
SS
Gen-1 Z/28 =
1LE (for all intents and purposes - an SS that really handles, yet suitable for DD)
ZL1, today, is the Grand Turismo (in its purest sense, NOT the gamer version) Camaro the factory never built in Gen-1 in volume). Closest Gen-1 would be a double-COPO 9561 (iron block L72) with options 'way beyond what could be ordered in '69 (A/C etc.)
Gen-1 ZL1 =
COPO, inspired for drag racing, although two of them could have been considered GTs with the COPO 9737 package added...
Today's
Z/28 is a car that, in '69, was unheard of from a North American manufacturer. Were it offered in '69, it would have been a $10,000+ deal, starting with a double-COPO 9560/9737 car, with Halibrands or Americans on racing tires, and Konis, and special anti-sway bars and special springs out of the GM parts bin (they existed), with a side-trip to Traco (engine blueprint) and Guldstrand (suspension conversion). And $10-12,000 in '69 was a TON of money...the price of TWO loaded Big Block Corvettes...[GULP!]