Posted on 10/21/2016 7:18:39 PM PDT by Kaslin
“I like speed.”
So says Vice President Joe Biden in a clip from an upcoming episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, where the two take the Vice President’s 1967 Chevrolet Corvette for a spin.
Biden tells Leno the car was a surprise wedding gift from his father, who worked at a car dealership at the time.
Biden is the car's only owner, and the well-maintained green convertible looks to be in mint condition, with a four-speed manual and a rebuilt 327 cu-in V8. Leno says it's a 300 hp version, but a decal on the air cleaner says it has 350 hp. According to the Hagerty Price Guide, it could be worth close to $100,000 today.
Due to security concerns, Biden isn’t allowed to drive it much these days. The jaunt with Jay was just the third time he’s been behind the wheel in seven years, and the ride took place at a secure Secret Service training facility.
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Where are all the trees and telephone poles when you need them?
And Clinton's brother liked Cocaine.
And Obama liked a little blow, too, when he could get it, but he is remembered as belonging to the Choom Gang.
And Hillary seems like she likes Thunderbird...
No way would a 327 (or 350), do 160 unless it was seriously reworked. Even then it probably would not have the rpm’s to go that high without changing the rear end or gears.
“What a waste of machinery”! (From American Graffiti, 1973).
Joe driving that Corvette 160 mph is about as believable as him wanting to take Donald Trump behind the gym for a whippin’ when they were in high school. LOL!
Talk is cheap
I have a 67 Varo that had the 327 and now has a 350 pumped close to 400HP. I’ve had the Camaro over 100 but it starts to float. A Vette has better aero, but 160 mph isn’t very believable. 125 mph maybe, but drag goes up by the square of speed.
1967 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Sport Coupe 327 V-8 300-hp
•Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Sport Coupe 327 V-8 300-hp, model year 1967, version for North America U.S. (up to September)
•2-door coupe body type
•RWD (rear-wheel drive), manual 3-speed gearbox
•petrol (gasoline) engine with displacement: 5354 cm3 / 326.7 cui, advertised power: 223.5 kW / 300 hp / 304 PS ( SAE gross ), torque: 488 Nm / 360 lb-ft
•characteristic dimensions: outside length: 4448 mm / 175.1 in, wheelbase: 2489 mm / 98 in
•reference weights: shipping weight 1361 kg / 3000 lbs base curb weight: 1435 kg / 3163 lbs
•how fast is this car ? top speed: 209 km/h (130 mph) (theoretical);
•accelerations: 0- 60 mph 6.5 s; 0- 100 km/h 6.8 s (simulation ©automobile-catalog.com); 1/4 mile drag time (402 m) 14.9 s (simulation ©automobile-catalog.com)
•fuel consumption and mileage: average estimated by a-c: 19.4 l/100km / 14.5 mpg (imp.) / 12.1 mpg (U.S.) / 5.1 km/l
Note: top speed is 130 mph.
No riden with creepy plagerizen Biden ...
P.S. All this data is according to Automobile-Catalog.com.
Depends a lot on where you are, distance of acceleration and such. Hard to do on a highway with any car, too damned much traffic. Level ground is another question, not easy to find it on public roads without traffic congestion
He wasted no time laying down a smoky burnout as the two pulled away, then boasted that he’d buried the 160 mph speedometer when he was younger. He didn’t say where he did it, but he may be exaggerating, or must have been going downhill. Because, while a 1967 Stingray with a 400 hp 427 cu-in V8 could crack 150 mph, Biden's model had a top speed in the 130-145 mph range.
Agreed
Is that with or without the optional shotgun?
I concur...
I have a 1980 with the emissions ripped out...original never revuilt small block 350 (mechanic called it “a tired engine”.)
Handed down by my dad to me...never had it over 80.
Probably the closest to 160 mph that a 327 in a C2 could get might have been the 395-horsepower (some sources claim 375 hp) Rochester fuel-injected version from the 1964 Sting Ray (rather than “Stingray” as the 1968-82 C3 based on the Mako Shark called itself).
The next model year (1965), the fuel-injected small block was dropped in favor of a 396-cid big block rated at 425 horses.
Who cares?
Camaro not Varo. I hate my keyboard, and my typing skills suck.
Hard to believe such a jerk as him would even like a super cool car like a 1960s Corvette. Can’t imagine Obama or Hillary having any sort of quality tastes in anything either.
That’s the speed at which he and Obama are driving America toward the cliff.
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