[68Chevele]

Why do I continue to beat my head against a wall wrenching on this old stuff. Much like the times when our cars were first built, we are in an era of performance. Many hot rods at that time were put aside for then-new cars that offered performance right from the showroom. Today I can walk into my local dealership and buy a new car with stupid power, modern conveniences and a warrantee.

Maybe I'm getting old. I just spent a long time working on my wing vents and door seals to cut down on wind noise. In the end, I still have nearly as much wind noise. After that I went to replace my headers with new ones of smaller diameter. The old ones cleared everything, but the tubes were too big for my current engine and they hung low enough that I scraped if I wasn't careful. I had to dent one tube quite a bit on the passenger side, and the driver's side needs more than I can get with it in the car, but picking up the motor enough to get it out is another all day project in itself.

I'm tired. Rant over.

Devin

Here is something for you to think about for a moment. I worked at dealerships in the past for over 25 years and in that time most of those new cars and trucks were a biotch to work on, so working on old stuff is a treat. I mess with snow blowers in the winter for something to do, why? because it's easy and fun. Try taking an engine out of a late model car sometime, keep track of all the swear words you use, then do the same pulling a BBC out of an old Chevelle and see what the difference is. I am betting the jar will be fill with the late model engine pull but the BBC jar will be close to empty.

 

[68Chevele]

My 70 SS 454 4spd is a grocery getter compared to my ZL1.. Its a 100pct complete track car right out of the box. With a track warranty and heated and vented seats. There's still something about the Chevelle though that's really neat. It looks great and gets compliments all over the place.

Its just not apples to apples and never will be. Not in performance or maintenance or ergonomics or any other respect. They both get alot of attention for different reasons is about it.

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I will have to say, I do like both of them green cars.