Biden: People know I take Classified Documents, seriously.

[Jarod]

Yes, it is silly for a man to pretend he is a woman.

Stop doing that.

I do not care if someone engages in a silly act, as long as it does not harm others. A man pretending he is a woman does not harm people. You being just as silly with your political arguments does not harm me.

 

[RB 60]

You must have put more than that into it, though.
It's a fabulous car, but it's certainly not a daily driver.

My little Corvette has extravagances like a soft roof for when it rains and electric windows.
It has sequential multiport injection and doesn't idle like a cement mixer as it did with 1960s mechanical Rochester Ram Jet injection.
It has hydraulic roller lifters instead of noisy mechanical ones.
And it, of course, is not as fast as your handsome brute--but I certainly can't drive it as fast as it actually can go, which is pretty fucking fast!
The overdrive knocks down the steep rear axle ratio. It was less fast at the top end when it had just a four-speed.
But that's theory. I don't push 150 on the way to the golf course.

Of course, restored coachwork is the only authentic thing about it, and even there, the interior is now real leather, not vinyl.
Other than that, it's an aftermarket chassis with an aftermarket drive-train.
Only the VIN on the title is an authentic 1962 Corvette VIN.
It's thus not really eligible for Corvette Show ribbons!
You've got me beaten there.

I'll have that in it once it's cut, buffed and ceramic coated.
No, no daily driver. Of course, neither is your Corvette.

I could get a soft top for (last I heard years ago) for $2500 and they leak anyway. I did get caught in a heavy downpour about an hour away from home once. I needed a bilge pump when we got home.
Mine has that "race car" rumble and it's loud, especially with the sidepipe 3 feet from your ear. It's actually the most uncomfortable car I've ever driven. But it does have leather interior and 5 point harness.
It has a solid 2X4 steel frame, Willwood (non-power) racing brakes, fully independent susp, Jaguar rear end and rack and pinion (non-power) steering for the modern upgrades. It is a replica after all. A modest change from the '87 Lincoln Mark VII LSC that previously occupied my garage.

It's sharp, and has a distinguished look to it, just as I'm sure your Vette does. It's really fun to drive. I got in with about 10 or so guys from a car club of local small towns and outskirts and we travel to car shows together. I bought this thing to drive. It was the dream of an 8 yr. old kid who first saw one back then. Lots of nice cars around here. We country hicks like our hot rods too, you'll find some of the best mechanics around here.

 

[NiftyNiblick]

I'll have that in it once it's cut, buffed and ceramic coated.
No, no daily driver. Of course, neither is your Corvette.

I could get a soft top for (last I heard years ago) for $2500 and they leak anyway. I did get caught in a heavy downpour about an hour away from home once. I needed a bilge pump when we got home.
Mine has that "race car" rumble and it's loud, especially with the sidepipe 3 feet from your ear. It's actually the most uncomfortable car I've ever driven. But it does have leather interior and 5 point harness.
It has a solid 2X4 steel frame, Willwood (non-power) racing brakes, fully independent susp, Jaguar rear end and rack and pinion (non-power) steering for the modern upgrades. It is a replica after all. A modest change from the '87 Lincoln Mark VII LSC that previously occupied my garage.

It's sharp, and has a distinguished look to it, just as I'm sure your Vette does. It's really fun to drive. I got in with about 10 or so guys from a car club of local small towns and outskirts and we travel to car shows together. I bought this thing to drive. It was the dream of an 8 yr. old kid who first saw one back then. Lots of nice cars around here. We country hicks like our hot rods too, you'll find some of the best mechanics around here.

If I were a wealthy man with a collection,
all registered, insured, maintained, and in summer months, driven,
it would definitely include a car like your Cobra--289 and 427 Cobras, in fact--complete with the race car vibe which I didn't choose for the '62 Fuelie.

When you're not Jay Leno and only have one, and that's me since the Lincoln looks like a pipedream, you have to decide how you want to go with it.

There are lots of options. Despite modern suspension, steering, and brakes on the aftermarket chassis,
similar to C4 except coilovers instead of the transverse leaf, the new "fuelie" has less race car vibe than does the original configuration,
just on the strength of efi and no solid lifter sound. The old hot cams didn't have valve spring metallurgy to tolerate very high lift, so they did it all with overlapping duration which idled horribly.
Some people love the sound, but I'm an old grump, right?

I wish, by the way, that Total Controls Products, which has tons of aftermarket products which allow one to upgrade a vintage Gen I Mustang without going to major full frame conversion,
also offered that same gear for the mid-eighties Thunderbirds and Lincoln MkVIIs like yours. Those were great cars to hot rod if only the aftermarket supported it.
Who wouldn't rather have a MkVII than some ubiquitous Chevelle SS or GTO or 442? Please.

As for country mechanics, NASCAR was invented by them, but they all, in my own limited experience, seem to love carburetion more than efi.
EFI adds so much to normal street drivability if you're fussy about stuff like that.
When they electrified Hilborn eight-stack, that was probably the ultimate, but they're gone, now.

Having no car maintenance skills whatsoever, I don't have to worry about what's better for DIY.