Went for a ride in a 58 corvette

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07-10-2009, 04:51 PM
chevy 37

Went for a ride in a 58 corvette

Was out in my 37 when I stopped to get and icecream cone and saw the most beautiful vette I've ever seen. It was purple all stock except for a 327 our of a 63 vette. I got talking with Bill(don't know how he sits in the car as he's about 6'3") and he just spent $35,000 on a renavation and boy did it show. I finally got to ride in and older vette and they are nice but the suspension will kill your kidneys. After about 25 miles I was glad to get out. The stock 4 speed tranny shifted great and with a stop watch it reached 60 in 5.2 seconds. Always wanted and older vette but would change suspension for a smoother ride.:)
07-10-2009, 05:28 PM
Itoldyouso

Yep, they were essentially riding on 54 Chevy suspension as I recall. A buddy of mine had one somewhere around the year of the one you rode in, and if he didn't keep the kingpins greased it was a bear to steer. But there sure were cool cars. :):)

Don
07-10-2009, 05:46 PM
HOTRODPAINT

Now you made me jealous! I owned....a long time ago....about 14-15 pre '63 Vettes! (I was buying and selling) A couple were keepers, but eventually I gave them up to do 409 cars. I sure miss them though, as they were there for some of my best adventures.....and near-misses! :-)

I wonder what ever happened to that white and red '58 I had????
07-10-2009, 08:07 PM
rooster57

My first wifes Uncle had a 67 vette 427 4 spd and when he went to martis gras every year for 2 weeks he would leave it with me because i had a garage. It was a ball to drive.
07-11-2009, 05:16 AM
Geezer2

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Owned this 56 back in 59, had a 58 270HP in it. You're right it was all 49-54 Chevy underneath.
Didn't stop well, cornered "OK" but if you got it aimed roughly where you wanted to go................HANG ON.

Another one I shoulda kept!
07-11-2009, 07:13 AM
Bob Parmenter

Well Bart, you stirred a 45 year old memory here.

Summer of '64, I was coming up on the end of my shift at the grocery store. One of the clerks there named Sandy asked me if I'd take her car over to her mechanic. It had developed a bumping noise in the back on her way to work that she wanted looked at. Sandy was a prototypical SoCal '60s blonde babe, seeming perpetual tan, ponytail, and a GREAT rack! Sweet personality, and to a hormone juiced 17 year old an exciting "older woman" (about 20 :LOL:). What "gentleman" wouldn't say yes to ANYTHING she asked!

Oh yeah, the car..........a maroon '58 Vette. Yep, I was jazzed! But then I drove it. To a teenage kid in SoCal in the mid '60s a Vette was pretty high on the automotive pecking order. Mystique by the boat load. The engine had plenty of power, the 4 speed shifted nicely, and cruisin' along closer to the road than in most "normal" cars was great. But it felt like driving a lumber wagon except for the mild neck snap when you stabbed the go pedal. From then on I never quite looked at those early Vettes the same as I had. Still nice to look at, just fell short when it came to drive time. Hmmmm, kinda like some women we've all probably known...........:D
07-11-2009, 08:13 AM
Corvette64

My 64' doesn't ride too bad. Wouldn't want to do a hot rod tour in it though.
07-11-2009, 09:20 AM
Dave Severson

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Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Well Bart, you stirred a 45 year old memory here.

Summer of '64, I was coming up on the end of my shift at the grocery store. One of the clerks there named Sandy asked me if I'd take her car over to her mechanic. It had developed a bumping noise in the back on her way to work that she wanted looked at. Sandy was a prototypical SoCal '60s blonde babe, seeming perpetual tan, ponytail, and a GREAT rack! Sweet personality, and to a hormone juiced 17 year old an exciting "older woman" (about 20 :LOL:). What "gentleman" wouldn't say yes to ANYTHING she asked!

Oh yeah, the car..........a maroon '58 Vette. Yep, I was jazzed! But then I drove it. To a teenage kid in SoCal in the mid '60s a Vette was pretty high on the automotive pecking order. Mystique by the boat load. The engine had plenty of power, the 4 speed shifted nicely, and cruisin' along closer to the road than in most "normal" cars was great. But it felt like driving a lumber wagon except for the mild neck snap when you stabbed the go pedal. From then on I never quite looked at those early Vettes the same as I had. Still nice to look at, just fell short when it came to drive time. Hmmmm, kinda like some women we've all probably known...........:D

Hmmmm...anything else you can tell us about the blonde bimbo, or was that as disappointing, too????

Lesson from this---Corvettes and trophy wives are both terribly overrated!!!!!