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| BrianCunningham | GM North America president Mark Reuss on owning a 1954 Corvette | ||
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Posted on: 2013/12/24 17:32
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| bogus | Re: GM North America president Mark Reuss on owning a 1954 Corvette | ||
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cool story.
I like the car's look, too. |
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Posted on: 2013/12/24 20:49
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| j3studio | Re: GM North America president Mark Reuss on owning a 1954 Corvette | ||
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They do look sharp in black. The 1954 is the accessible early Corvette - neither the incredibly rare (they only made 300) 1953 nor the 1955 with the game-changing V8. I scored an extended ride in a 1954 a couple of years ago and was surprised at how spritely it felt: certainly not fast, but sporty. Of course, in 1954 a 0-60 time of around 11 seconds was competitive ... |
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Posted on: 2013/12/24 21:13
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| bogus | Re: GM North America president Mark Reuss on owning a 1954 Corvette | ||
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I can't fit... but that's another story.
Read this bit a few weeks back, about a 1926 Bugatti Grand Prix car: "The British mag, 'Cars', tested one of these back in the mid-80's. It did 0-60 in 6 seconds." If you owned that Bug in the 50s, you would STILL have the fastest car on the road. |
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Posted on: 2013/12/25 2:22
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| j3studio | Re: GM North America president Mark Reuss on owning a 1954 Corvette | ||
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Quote: bogus wrote: I only fit with the convertible top down. Quote: bogus wrote: In a more civilized manner, a Deusenberg SJ would also have cleaned the 1953-1954 Corvette's clock. But, that wasn't the competition. The competition was the Jaguar XK 120 and it's 0-60 times were about the same. |
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Posted on: 2013/12/25 15:26
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