The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette
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wrote on 26 Jan 2025, 14:50 last edited by
I noticed the dude showing it was wearing at least 2 gold bracelets. I wonder how many necklaces?
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wrote on 26 Jan 2025, 21:40 last edited by
They rode like a buckboard.
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wrote on 26 Jan 2025, 21:43 last edited by
@Jolly said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
They rode like a buckboard.
In my youth I knew some other beautiful things that had that quality.
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wrote on 26 Jan 2025, 23:24 last edited by
@Jolly said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
They rode like a buckboard.
Yes they did.
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wrote on 26 Jan 2025, 23:34 last edited by
How many miles per gallon does it get?
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wrote on 26 Jan 2025, 23:36 last edited by
@Axtremus said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
How many miles per gallon does it get?
10-15 mpg.
My 1968 Mustang (Inline-6) got about 12-13 mpg.
Gas was 24¢ or so per gallon.
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wrote on 26 Jan 2025, 23:46 last edited by
The fuel tank on my 'Stang was 16 gallons. If I drove it down to the last gallon, I cold fill it up for about $3.50. That's about $31.55 in today's dollars.
But...I could only drive about 180 miles on that tank. About 17¢ a mile.
My Audi gets 22 mpg (in the city). 16 gallon tank. If I fill it with 15 gallons, it'll cost $60 (at $4/gal). I can drive 330 miles at that mpg - 18¢ a mile.
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wrote on 26 Jan 2025, 23:54 last edited by
My 77 TBird got 9 - high test please
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wrote on 27 Jan 2025, 00:38 last edited by
My 71 Deuce and a quarter got about 11 with a 455.
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@Axtremus said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
How many miles per gallon does it get?
10-15 mpg.
My 1968 Mustang (Inline-6) got about 12-13 mpg.
Gas was 24¢ or so per gallon.
wrote on 27 Jan 2025, 00:48 last edited by@George-K said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
@Axtremus said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
How many miles per gallon does it get?
10-15 mpg.
My 1968 Mustang (Inline-6) got about 12-13 mpg.
Gas was 24¢ or so per gallon.
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@George-K said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
@Axtremus said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
How many miles per gallon does it get?
10-15 mpg.
My 1968 Mustang (Inline-6) got about 12-13 mpg.
Gas was 24¢ or so per gallon.
wrote on 27 Jan 2025, 00:50 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes pretty much what I said, right?
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@Doctor-Phibes pretty much what I said, right?
wrote on 27 Jan 2025, 01:29 last edited by@George-K said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
@Doctor-Phibes pretty much what I said, right?
OK, but it meant that people happily bought gas-guzzling muscle cars even though it cost as much as it does now to run them. Your comment implied it was a lot cheaper back then so nobody worried about gas.
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@George-K said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
@Doctor-Phibes pretty much what I said, right?
OK, but it meant that people happily bought gas-guzzling muscle cars even though it cost as much as it does now to run them. Your comment implied it was a lot cheaper back then so nobody worried about gas.
wrote on 27 Jan 2025, 01:43 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
Your comment implied it was a lot cheaper back then so nobody worried about gas.
I guess you can interpret it that way. However, my comment shows that transportation, per mile, is marginally cheaper now than it was back then.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
Your comment implied it was a lot cheaper back then so nobody worried about gas.
I guess you can interpret it that way. However, my comment shows that transportation, per mile, is marginally cheaper now than it was back then.
wrote on 27 Jan 2025, 11:27 last edited by Doctor Phibes@George-K said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
@Doctor-Phibes said in The most beautiful thing you'll see today - a 1966 Corvette:
Your comment implied it was a lot cheaper back then so nobody worried about gas.
I guess you can interpret it that way. However, my comment shows that transportation, per mile, is marginally cheaper now than it was back then.
Oops, sorry, I missed your follow-up post.
D'oh!