[Kitdy]

This is for all Corvette lovers out there - badda I know you respect.

The all aluminum L88 427 option on the 1969 Corvette cost about 1,000 dollars at the time - just under a quarter of the 4,600 odd dollar list price.
Depending on the method used to convert to todays price, you are looking at roughly 27,000 base, and just 33,000 with the L88 engine.

The bang for the buck is out of this world, however as you can now see, they are quite desirable and that price of 385,000 is only going up.

This car would be virtually unbeatable in straight line speed and could run in the low 11s on slicks. The only other cars produced in significant numbers that could challenge this at the time would be Shelby Cobras.

The 'Vette may not handle well compared to comparable contemporary European sportscars, but I would figure that all that power would make it a formidable and fun car to drive on the track as well as at the strip. Powersliding around a corner in a Corvette is about as much fun as you can have in a car - if that's your thing - and it is my thing.

I hope to one day own a small block C3 form 68 or 69 and will hopefully get to track it at Mosport.

I can dream...