Living with Vette instead of Stang

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Being a Limey Brit - I'm allowed to take the whizz out of Merrriiicans. If you hadn't have given us a huge shipping container of whoopass at Bunker Hill, you'd all be playing poncey Cricket. 🤪

....anyway It's meant with love. (y) :love:
Imagine what would have happened if we hadn't run out of powder. I'm glad you ditched the Vette. Chuck
 
Purchased a 73 Stang vert. Then did this. Goodbye VETTE!
STANG way way way way more fun.
 

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Wow, a lot of negativity towards the other American automotive icon. I'm motivated to try to balance that out a little... I've owned both, and for a while, did so simultaneously. Only reason I sold my C3 corvette was to help offset legal fees I knew I would incur as I fought for custody of my 2 toddler granddaughters - and would own one again. Of course, the Mustang will stay put regardless.
 
I’ve got agree, owning a Corvette is challenging. I have my father’s 1964 Corvette. It also marks its territory. I find that I drive it a day and wait a week for parts. But that 1 day of driving it is so worth all the wrenching.
 
Now, just to be fair, FoMoCo put an 8 Grand Tachometer, stock, in my '71 Mach. REALLY? God help me if my engine could EVER sees 8 Grand, and live to tell! I think that's just wishfull thinking on Ford's part, but it sho-nuff looks racey! For sure, with the factory supplied rear gearing of 3.00:1, even IF any factory engine could hit 8 Grand, why only give the car a 120 MPH speedo? But, why try to make sense of these things?
 
Now, just to be fair, FoMoCo put an 8 Grand Tachometer, stock, in my '71 Mach. REALLY? God help me if my engine could EVER sees 8 Grand, and live to tell! I think that's just wishfull thinking on Ford's part, but it sho-nuff looks racey! For sure, with the factory supplied rear gearing of 3.00:1, even IF any factory engine could hit 8 Grand, why only give the car a 120 MPH speedo? But, why try to make sense of these things?
The 8k tach with 3.0:1 rear end is in case you dont feel like shifting gears that day. Drive all around town in 1st gear.
 
............and then,if you had ordered a performance package that would have gears and engine capability of turning more "Rs", the factory says " Oh no you don't", and puts a rev limiter on those cars to KEEP YOU from hitting big numbers. I knew a girl in school like that.........
 
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