I have a friend, who is probably 80+ now, who had a coupla Corvettes
back in his young stud days, and kept blowing up the engines. Seems the
valve trains were not up to the goals of the design, so they would let
go during spirited driving. Unloaded the last one in '67 and bought a
'66 230SL which he still has, and still drives spiritedly with no issues
in the 50 years of ownership. And, it still looks brand new.
(I believe it has a vestigial back "seat" but I think his days of
attempting any feats in it might have long passed...)
Which reminds me, I need to call him.
--R
On 9/14/17 2:25 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
I owned my last Corvette in 1960. It was a "chic magnet" that had no back
seat [if you can project that concept to conclusion.] This lack of
engineering impressed me in a number of other ways in the handling and
performance departments.
Sold it, never looked back....
I see from this article, Corvette has not changed their engineering focus
and managed to continue to produce expensive plastic flower pots with no
mechanically redeeming qualities.
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