Lots of people consider the 1967 Corvette one of the best cars that was ever made. The 1967 design turned out to be the very last year of the second generation Corvette. Many people consider it the cleanest looking Corvette ever.
A lot of the modifications that took place from 1966 to the 1967 model year was relatively modest things like flat finish rockers sans ribbing, factory six inch rally wheels with smaller chromed out beauty hubcaps, a brand new single backup light located over the license plate, and the handbrake was also relocated from below the dashboard to in between the car seats. The RPO L71 had distinctive aluminum heads.
Its front suspension had independent upper or lower A arms, anti-roll bar, tubular hydraulic shock absorbers, and cool springs. The rear suspension featured fixed differential, radius rods, tubular hydraulic shock absorbers, lateral struts, in an extra antiroll bar came with 1967s that had a big block engine.
The original color choices of the 1967 Corvette included Ermine White, Marina blue, Sun fire yellow, Rally red, Goodwood green, Silver Pearl, Lynndale blue, Marboro maroon, Elkhart blue, and Tuxedo Black.
The rear engine of the 67 Corvette was really the L88. Many people deemed this car as near to a racing engine for a production car that has ever been publicly released by Chevrolet. It can flat-out run like a scalded dog. It had 12:5:1 compression and a huge Holly 4 barrel carburetor. This sweet motor could generate 560 hp at 6400 RPM but it had to be used with 103 octane racing fuel. Most people could not achieve the speed with the gasoline from their local gas station, but it undoubtedly showed a great deal of power anyway.
The year of 1967 was the year in which Corvette’s sales drop by 5000 units, due to a new redesign that was coming out. However, the 67 Corvette is considered one of the quintessential collector cars of all time. Its impact on the car collecting world has been tremendous.
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