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The '67 with a 427? It was built specifically with the 429 Dodge Hemi and the 428 Ford Mustang in mind. Good grief!! The '70 even had a 454. Mind you it only produced 390 HP out of that block but those cars were built with one thing in mind. Pure power. And I'm not even a Chevy fan

The Corvette may be a lot of things, but it was NEVER a muscle car.

Well, what's wrong with it? If that's not muscle, what do you want? Educate me, I'm ignorant of such things.

The Corvette may be a lot of things, but it was NEVER a muscle car.

You're obviously misinformed, and never heard of the ZL-1, the L-88 or the contemporary Z-06. The modern, C-5 Corvette will run the quarter-mile in the mid-12's to low 13's (depending on gear-ratio and traction), has AC, leather, every power goody you could want and a removable targa-top, AND gets 35 MPG on the highway, if you're doing the speed limit and drive sanely...

Considering a new, well-equipped sedan runs $25-30K, a new truck with the same options is about the same... or a 2-year-old Vette with less than 30,000 miles on it- which is barely broken-in- runs $25-30K, depending on how good you are at dealing on cars....

My next ride WILL be a C-5 Corvette.

The Corvette may be a lot of things, but it was NEVER a muscle car.

You are correct!

The Corvette C5 is nothing less than A WORLD CLASS MACHINE!

As the proud owner of a '69 Vette, I have to agree with you. To me, and everyone else, the start of the Muscle car era was the first model GTO. A big engine in a light body that the average person could afford.

While a Vette with a 427, or the hopped up 454 I think it was an LS-7 or the LT1 were all as fast or faster than the average muscle car plus they stopped and handled better, they were not an affordable car not to mention being a two seater.

Take a great muscle car, the '69 Road Runner, base engine and trans was a 383 4sp in a basic Belvedere body that the average Joe could afford and if he wanted to, he could place a check next to the engine of his choice be it a 440, 440 six pack or the 426 Hemi. With the exception of the Hemi and six pack, it was still an affordable car.

If we knew now what we didn't know then, hell, I'd own a '69 Hemi Charger Daytona or a '70 Hemi Superbird. I've got stacks of old hot rods and it kills me to see both of those cars going for less than $4,000 in 1975, I saw a hemi equipped one for around $8,000.

Oh well, what are you going to do?