| Re: Ruminations On How Sports Cars Used To Be |
Subject: Re: Ruminations On How Sports Cars Used To Be by bogus on 2016/7/31 15:47:35 1973. A dear friend of mine raced a 1968 Corvette Roadster in the pro series that year. They ran about half the Camel GT season... Sebring, Lime Rock... a few others that I don't remember. My friend, Jim, said the biggest problem against the Porsche was weight. His Vette had an all aluminum big block... and the car was just too damned heavy. At Sebring, the car would walk the Porsche for the first 4 or 5 hours, then the brakes went south... way south... and the Porsche would start to catch and overtake in the twisties... over time, the Vettes would just grenade - at one point Jim was in 3rd place in class when the classic 454 problem reared it's ugly head - weak wrist pins. It was either Zora or Carroll Shelby... don't remember who said it... The Corvette is a great car, just 1000 lbs too heavy. That's why the Grand Sports came out in the first place. I have a 72 L48 sitting in my garage. 49k original one owner miles... I am in the process of recommissioning it. I will be getting the master cylinder done today... then the brakes and get it started next week! |
