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finally found someone who can drive the vette. 67 427/435, M-21, 3.55.
12.9 at 111 MPH. High Performance Cars, May 1967. The following is very interesting.
The mag tried to get a number of BB vettes for a road test but got a lot of evasive answers, so they called Joel Rosen at Motion Performance, Baldwin, N.Y., he secured a custemer's car that had 12,000 on the clock.
"Joel secured for us a well broken in 67 Corvette ragtop with 4 speed, 435 HP engine. Joel also volunteered to assist us with the road test, since he has owned and competed (draged) with a great variety of Sting rays since the first was introduced in 63. Since the car was privately owned and not a factory car, we limited our testing to a couple of days and did away with some of the BANZAI BLAST-OFFS."
They went to say that in 1st and 2nd, the car was sluggish, and concluded that it was stictly a top end machine. All owners of M-21's & 3.55 gears will agree with that statement.
Another area of concern was the shifter/linkeage: "We also felt that the car's performance was hindered by the four speed likeage supplied by the factory. In the past, most Corvettes equipped with four speeds had the nasty habit of transmitting some vibration to the pilot via the shift linkage. All traces of shift line vibration are gone, but the likage itself is too stiff for quick power shifting. It's too easy to get hung up in neutral and spill the beans. The new Muncie linkage setup runs off a chassis-mounted bracket which also supports the pulleys for the cable-controlled rear parking brake."
12.9 at 111 MPH. High Performance Cars, May 1967. The following is very interesting.
The mag tried to get a number of BB vettes for a road test but got a lot of evasive answers, so they called Joel Rosen at Motion Performance, Baldwin, N.Y., he secured a custemer's car that had 12,000 on the clock.
"Joel secured for us a well broken in 67 Corvette ragtop with 4 speed, 435 HP engine. Joel also volunteered to assist us with the road test, since he has owned and competed (draged) with a great variety of Sting rays since the first was introduced in 63. Since the car was privately owned and not a factory car, we limited our testing to a couple of days and did away with some of the BANZAI BLAST-OFFS."
They went to say that in 1st and 2nd, the car was sluggish, and concluded that it was stictly a top end machine. All owners of M-21's & 3.55 gears will agree with that statement.
Another area of concern was the shifter/linkeage: "We also felt that the car's performance was hindered by the four speed likeage supplied by the factory. In the past, most Corvettes equipped with four speeds had the nasty habit of transmitting some vibration to the pilot via the shift linkage. All traces of shift line vibration are gone, but the likage itself is too stiff for quick power shifting. It's too easy to get hung up in neutral and spill the beans. The new Muncie linkage setup runs off a chassis-mounted bracket which also supports the pulleys for the cable-controlled rear parking brake."
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