There once was a T-shirt that said" After 67 they stopped making Corvettes, everyone has a favorite one. But I will agree with you on one thing...I like the Cat better than a new Corvette
I dont like the C6 and the C7. They are Corvettes, but i dont like them. Okay. C6 have a cool Rear, and both Cars have a great Sound. But in 2020 they ACTUALLY stop building Corvettes.
Sadly, that cat was probably abandoned there / "dropped off" by its owners as unwanted, and was trying to buddy up to Hoovie so he'd take it home with him, the poor little guy.
I really agree with him, the c6 and c7 look a lot more generic and lose the allure of the shape of an authentic corvette.They just try to blend in not be a real corvette. C3,C4 and C5 are the best looking vettes on that order.
In today’s episode of Hoovies Garage we look at the Corvette before emissions restrictions of the 1970’s turned it into one of the biggest CATastrophes in American car history
"There was nothing else that looked anything close to this" -- well, except the 1968-73 Opel GT. I used to refer to mine as a Corvette that was left in the dryer too long.
usually if a cat is nice and walks up to people being all happy and nice then it has a home near by and is just running around. theres one like that by my house that i pet some days
I think the C7 vettes have taken a step in the right direction and they blend the iconic design and joy of driving with the spirit of a true sports car, that the very early vettes set out to accomplish. The design of the C3 was easy on the eyes and had a nice geometry and the engine note was impressive. The fiber glass body was a death trap and cracked as it aged, however. The new Corvettes have improved safety standards and advanced engineering with unsurpassed performance specs, from previous generations. All in all, it finally comes down to personal taste and affordability, in the final decision, in choosing the right Corvette. .
Corvettes are still Fiberglass and some carbon fiber. I have owned a 69, 85, 94, and 95. The 94 and 95 were both excellent daily drivers. There is high speed crash of a mid 90's corvette and the driver lived. They are actually moderately safe. The Fiberglass is thick. My 69 was a drag car and it had no cracks in the body, so don't know why you think they are weak.
C3's are my favorite Vette! I just wish California never got their dick in the door and ruined the late gen ones with the severely under-powered engines :(
I find it funny how people equate emissions with bad cars- later sports cars have more power and speed than pre-emissions cars in the 60's and still conform? It's more like American car companies were stubbornly bullish about not needing to, and when smog became a public concern, they were too arrogant to try to work around new constraints. Over time things got even faster, because their competition embarrassed them on relative output, so I blame shitty cars on shitty car makers, not shitty rules. That's the equivalent of losing at a game and saying you don't like that game anyway.
But because America, you can go rip it off, slap a massive carb on top and mod it and make more horsepowers and no one really cares. errrm spring to mind Roadkill episodes. or swap a new engine into it and do the same and make even more horsepowers.
'It' -> You are an animal, but idk maybe you're one of those people who don't identify with a gender and therefore won't class other animals in genders (which makes no sense), I won't judge you, you little special snowflake.
Old fart here ... Loved the c3 then. love them now also. You can take ANY shitty c3 gut it , and make it into a beautiful screamer! That cat is a reincarnated Zora Arkus- Duntov, making sure there isn't bird poop on the hood, and reminding you to park it in the shade!
I used to have a 1980 Vette. Yes, it was Malaise Era, but the drug dealers who owned it before me took care of that. They got rid of all of the smog controls, bored out the 350 engine to 383, replaced the automatic transmission with a Muncie 4 speed, and made a ton of other changes. It put out about 400 HP. Of course, what Hoovie says about being slow enough to let you run through the gears and not be going fast enough to put you in jail didn’t apply. You had to shift from 1st to 2nd at 55 mph. Third? Damned if I know. It still had the malaise era 85mph speedometer. And of course it was beautiful. Mine was red with a white interior. Damn, I miss that car.
Agreed. I'm hoping there's housing near by where he/she came from. It's definitely not feral or it would never have acted as it did, so it's used to people. Unfortunately, some people have bad habit of dropping unwanted/inconvenient pets in places like parks, leaving at the mercy of the elements, accidents. animal attacks, or psychopathic humans. So it's hopeful such a sweet cat has, or finds, a good home with loving humans.
the cat's intervention is great :-) also, kudos to Hoovie for managing to do most of the video without losing his focus ; must have been the time when Corvettes came with a cat, but not the atalytic converter that follows, only the cat ;-)
That car angrily tearing up the road with power with an insanely howling V8 is a wet dream for a car enthusiast... it brings me tears of joy just to watch it!
in 1989, I stopped by Corvette World, Noticing a light blue 70's Stingray, $6000. I took it for a test drive, the moment i sat behind the wheel, i was sold for life. age 19, bought a 76 Stingray Corvette. I have driven every generation since, except the C8. There is nothing like sitting behind the wheel in that car. too this day, its still my favorite. I laughed when you called it dangerous, twice in a row. I tended to drive it very fast
I have to disagree with you. Whenever a c7 Corvette passes by, I always catch it out of the corner of my eye and know what it is before I even see the full car. It is an absolutely beautiful car and it still has a distinct Corvette look.
I’ve got a 72 with a modern 350 fuel injected 350HP motor 5 spd and I drive it every day to work. Air cond, high performance suspension, side pipes and leather. It’s loud as hell and It scares small children, cats and dogs.
I completely agree with you on all of that. The C1-C4 just have so much more character than the C5+. And it's just going to become more generic now; the next gen will be mid-engined.
That comment aged well as the new mid engined is really looking like a demo version of Ferrari or Lambo.. Pretty nice but still not a Ferrari or a Lambo when looking at this one you like it for what it is and is actually very cool!
I thought the c5 was the last modern Corvette to actually look like a Corvette and was an improvement over the c4. The new midengined Corvette is cool, but it looks too much like a Ferrari or Lambo. They could have at least given it round tail lights.
