Fuel Injected 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Fuelie 4 Speed & Ride My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

Beautiful Corvette ! 1965... Fuelie.... Stick... Sidepipes... Knock Offs.... Teak Wheel... First year of disc brakes as standard equipment ... This one has it all ! Thanks Lou !

"This is a brand new car". My thoughts exactly. Beautiful restoration on a real drivers car. Nice video guys. Thanks!

Beautiful car! My favorite vette from 1965 came with a 396ci/425hp. 🙂

Beautiful, thank you for sharing. 1965 was the last year for the mechanical fuel injection option in Corvette. Only 771 L84 375hp models were produced at an option price tag of $538. My buddy found a highly optioned '65 FI more than thirty years ago which he restored and has been judged top flight. My son is being tutored on rebuilding these FI units which is becoming a dying art.

The owner is correct. After laboring to have a successful business, it's great that he treated himself to this epic car!

Well Lou , you really made my day . Here I am in the cold midwest and you feature a very hot 65 Corvette in the beautiful Arizona desert. Thank you so much. Now I must go turn the temperature down in the house .

Lou youre killing me on this freezing cold East Coast January day posting this beautiful ride in the warm desert. Wonderful video

The car that comes to mind when I hear Little Red Corvette. 😀

An absolute Classic!! Someone already mention about checking all the boxes, and this Vette sure does. Thanks Lou & Jim for a great desert presentation for this cold, snowy Saturday morning.

Nothing compares to the sound of a Corvette with sidepipes... Nothing! Music to my ears!

The ‘65 fuelie is one of the greatest sports cars of all time. Period.

I'm not a Corvette guy, but I see why so many are. The 65-67 dash is the best gauge set ever. Great show!

Beautiful Corvette Lou. Red is the right color on the mid 60's Vettes

I have read that Zora Duntov said the 65 was his favorite. What a beautiful C2. Thanks Lou!

Nothing as beautiful as the desert......especially when driven thru in a Corvette.

Thanx Lou! HEYYYYYYY Abbott!!! The 60s was THE BEST time for music and cars!

A Corvette to make to second guess the 63 split window as the best ever made. Great video Lou. Thhans for sharing!

Such a beautiful Fuelie Corvette Sting Ray from the year of my birth and that's great that he found the car in Trussville, Alabama, not too far from where I reside, Roll Tide!!! What's not to love about a red Corvette? The C2 was such a cool design as a coupe or a convertible, I'd be happy with either that's for sure!!! The ride along was fantastic, the scenery, the raucous symphony from the factory side exhaust, no words, simply awesome!!! Another great Saturday ride!!!!

Wow !!! "Third time out of the garage. " What a treat. Thanks Lou !. Way back in '65, i'm 8 and go for a bike ride with some friends to a Chevy dealer nearby. Car i was blown away by was a new Corvette Stingray, not only by how great it looked but by the price...like $5700. Astronomical amount of money to me. At dinner that night, i asked my Dad, how can a car cost so much? He didn't really have an answer.

Nice C2 Corvette. My favorite era of the Chevrolet muscle car.

WOW what fun, thank you Jimmy and Lou. Happy Anniversary to the Sheehan's

Another fine example of GM engineering. This 1965 Corvette fuel injected 327 is a beautiful example of performance and speed. Those yellow wall tires really set it off, with it's red paint job. The engine sounds very healthy with a perfect rumble. I always liked this generation of the Corvette with it's boat tail rear end. What a sweetheart!

That is one SWEET 65 Fuelie!!!! Being a C2 junkie lol. I purchased a restored 1967 Corvette L79 Coupe last month. It has all the original paperwork from the original owner. And I LOVE this car!!! Thanks for posting another C2 Corvette vid. I really enjoyed it!

Speechless this one it never ends

NOTHING LIKE A MID YEAR WITH SIDE EXHAUST . 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

My first time seeing a Fuelie Corvette in action! Another great one featured by Lou!

On the front of the cylinder head Look for the two humps that’s a fuelie Just over a 2 inch intake valve. NICE RIDE Thanks Lou

Live his whole collection of vettes that I've seen so far

Legendary drive-train in a sweet Vette ! Very nice !

Gorgeous Stingray and a Fuelie to boot!!

Love it what a car.I had a 73 big block nothing compares to a corvette sound of ride!!!

Impresionante este Corvette Stingray rojo de 1965! Posiblemente uno de los modelos Corvette mas bonitos de la historia! Felicitaciones por las tomas y los acercamientos que le hiciste a su interior y motor permitiéndonos ver detalles muy interesantes. El sonido que produce su motor y tubo de escape es realmente electrizante! Por último, solo decir, que esa toma en el minuto 9.00, donde se veía esa bajada de colina con la carretera de fondo y el desierto, me hizo recordar a una secuencia del juego Need for Speed The Run, jeje... ¡Simplemente espectacular! Saludos cordiales!

My week to do Brother in law had this in the rag top same colors 4 on the floor. He took me for a ride then I drove it and he kept telling me to push it harder ( I was scared Chitless ) It was a handful, scary and fun at the same time. The only negative was the Constant FUEL Smell. He opened the fuel cap in the back and you can see the entire gas perfectly in it’s tank like a Fish Tank without fish and just sloshing around. I thought omg it’s a Bomb and I drove it like an idiot LOL. I almost forgot about that I was 27 when I drove it. Back in 1989

Another great video Lou. Reminds me of my Uncle's 61 Corvette it was a factory fuel injection car also. But was an old race car when he got it. The fuel injection motor was long gone when he got it.

Vettes have consistently been one of the most beautiful classic designed cars since the first '53 rolled off the assembly line 🤔

What a great Car Story! Jim has a great outlook on life. Wonderful Corvette - just amazing. I’ve never seen the Yellow/gold walls before. Car looks fantastic. Thank you so much for bringing this this to us Lou.

INCREDIBLE, and IMPECCABLE! One of my TRUE Favorites. Built many models just like this one Lou! Always loved all the details too.

Fantastic! A fuelie with a 4-spd and racing fuel. My compliments and thanks to Mrs. Sheehan for allowing Jim to leave on their anniversary to pick up her car!

What a car and a nice view Lou. Impeccable shape

I love the Stingray, I have it as a Hot Wheels car. This reminds me of the Wheeler Dealers restoration of the Corvette Stingray C3 Cabriolet

Beautiful Rare Car right here 327/375 with all the goodies. Thanks Lou I really enjoyed this one.

Great Corvette Lou, keep up the good work

I was friends with Dob Dobbins of the Corvette world in the mid 70's and he had a red 65 Fuelie with white interior and pipes, pretty car there Lou. I drove to Dob's in a 64 Daytona blue/silver interior 365hp with that factory thumper cam.

What a gorgeous vette love that fuelly

Amazing Stingray! Just perfect! I love this era of Corvette. So futuristic for the day! GREAT VIDEO LOU

Back to the basics, a true classic muscle car. Of course it had to be red for his Corvette USA theme, but an off color would have added something, a bit extra. This is top 5 for your channel. Thanks Jim, for sharing!

Great car.....l realize the 63 split windows are cool but I think the NON split window looks SO much better and I'm sure much better to see out of.....great video Lou.

Wow Lou, if this isn't the coolest car all time its on a very short list.Knock off wheels,yellow line tires & fuel injected!Sensory overload.

Nothing quite like a Fuelie Corvette!!

Definitely Corvette Candy surely rare find. Lucky guy of course hard work brings luck. Great story as always. Keep them coming

These were the ultimate Gentlemen's Hotrods. Those first-year black guages resemble those of my long gone Opel Gt of which attempted copying the Corvettes. A set of radial yellowalls would make a cool under-the-radar restomod. Experienced Corvette buyers always opted for the highest horsepower Smallblocks, simply because the Bigblock's heavier weight used to detriment handling, until the aluminum-blocked 427 ZL1 made its appearance, later on

In my opinion this is the best looking body of any Corvette ever made. Cars built today look like they are all stamped from the same cookie cutter.

This L84 fuelie engine was a $550 Option back then, specific output and lower weight over front end made this unprecedented in the corners for the time

Like a going back in time I have a C7 there's so much difference the C2s and C3s in my opinion they are the cream of the crop that's a beautiful car

Jim Morrison used to take his mustang out in the desert and God only knows where he went but the desert makes a beautiful drive

Had one just like it in the early 70's.....except no side pipes. Sweet fuel injecton, 4-speed and those great faux mag wheel hubcaps that GM did so well in those days. Kinda wished I never got rid of that Monogram 1/8th scale model......

Great video. My dad had a 65 with factory air which I know was rare. He used to buy and sell back in the 70's. Just couldn't keep them all.

Incredible car. Nice anniversary gift.

Man, that 65 street machine is a literal time machine! And I know it's a two-seater but with that sound and those views I felt like I was riding along too! Thank you 😎👍👍

Beautiful and the sound of that side exhaust 😁

No doubt, the gray haired fellers have by far the coolest cars.

When all the hoopla about fake 67 L71s subsides, the 65 fuel cars will have their day $$$$$ wise. The high price of this engine killed it. Beautiful Lou. 300 miles? Drive it dude. Life is short. I live in the snow and cold and can only drive my Corvette in spring and summer.

Beautiful Corvette 😍 Thanks Lou!

My dream car.

Just Awesome!

Good looking Vette!!

my kind of car thanx lou!

Great car. Thank you.

What a beauty!!

This is a really nice 1965 Corvette with Rochester Mechanical Fuel Injection. This was the top of the line engine option, so there are not many Corvettes equipped with this engine option. I also noticed from the video that the owner is burning racing gasoline in this car. This does not surprise me. The gasoline of today is very different from the gasoline that was sold in 1965. This car was designed to run on the leaded premium gasoline that was sold in the 1960s. This old gasoline did not have ethanol added to it and had a higher octane rating than todays gasoline because of the tetraethyl lead additive. This must pose difficulties for those who own classic vehicles that had high power output engines that required leaded premium gasoline. These cars can be modified with lower compression heads that have hardened valve seats to burn todays unleaded gasoline. However there is a reduction in power when this is done. If the classic car is being used as a regular daily driver these modifications at least enable the car to run on todays gasoline without having to buy much more expensive racing gasoline.

Beautiful car

Looks fun.

Beautiful nice car.

Hi, Lou! A great anniversary gift for the two of us...I mean the two of you!" LOL! I'd say you have to be a good sport if you're married to a real "Corvette-eran" like Jim! This is a "fuelie" after all! Dare we ask how she felt about you getting a ride in her anniversary present before she did? As for the vertical radio dial, many AMC cars of the late '60s and early '70s had one too. I would have guessed the miles shown on the odometer are since the restoration because I can tell the odometer is not original. It looks to me like it was taken out of a '90s GM car. I'm sure Prince would have been delighted to see this Little Red Corvette. Thanks for taking us along on this "cold" day in Arizona!

❤️ what a ride 💪

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, what a beauty and RARE, since he just bought it he must have paid plenty!!!!! Thats pure class Hey Lou why do you have it listed as White in your description???

Thanks again Lou! It's funny, you mentioned the Yellow stripe tires. The owner said GOLD, and my eyes literally watched the stripes change from yellow to gold. And then back to yellow! Now I don't what color they really look like. But worse, I'm considering psychotherapy after learning that you have power over my mind! Lou, this area is magnificent. Where is it?

Got to ride in it before the wife. Lol, what a life!

One of my favorite dream cars. I've always wondered how a Corvette rides. What did you think of the ride Lou? Good video, I enjoyed it!

My grandpa had a silver 327 stingray. Too bad he sold it back in the 70's

I need to win the Lotto cuz I want this car!

A friend of my mother had a 66' with a 350 in it back in the 70s. He let me drive. It felt like was sitting on the floor, it rode real hard and hit bumps with a bang. He supposedly had his restored, auto, trans. I wasn't really impressed with it, as it didn't seem that fast. Felt like a base grocery getter 350. I had a 69' 383 Roadrunner at the time, I could tell mine was much faster. I think he just wanted a corvette and was not a performance guy at all since he showed know interest in my Road Runner at the time. I bet he just got a 350 out of a chevy station wagon or something and said put this in. It looked good but I bet it was a budget restore. How does this one ride and take the bumps.

Thank for the ride !! Lou what part of AZ was this filmed at ?? Lou are you a snowbird ? Do you spend your months in AZ ?

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I own a 65 Roadster L79 It's Sting Ray Two words

What a beautiful car. What type of fuel injection system do they run?

Best engine, 4 wheel disc brakes.

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This one’s sick because the ‘67 C2 L71 427ci/435hp 4 speed coupe was hardly any faster in straight line speed as this; maybe .2 to 60 slower and .4-.6 slower in quarter mile no difference in top speed though.

She's a beauty, but what's with the "rev" between the gear shifts?

I wonder how what this spec but with A/C & the 36 gallon tank would be; id literally daily

Left side front bumper is crooked.

Is it just me or is that guy double clutching?

375 HP? That is hard to hear.