Good call on the rear deck vents, which were only available on the non-a/c cars. The '76 also had a new Corvette emblem on the rear bumper instead of the word Corvette.
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Good call on the rear deck vents, which were only available on the non-a/c cars. The '76 also had a new Corvette emblem on the rear bumper instead of the word Corvette.
Good call on the air vents. That's the one I was thinking of.
The Corvette emblem on the rear bumper in 76 still had the word Corvette but it was not individual letters but all the letters were attached together.
The Vega steering wheel is kind of a bad rap. Several GM cars from that era shared the same steering wheel.
Those of us who have 76 Vettes like to think of it as the Vega using a Corvette steering wheel.
The horsepower thing is kind of an interesting thing too. The low end torque was not that much different, but the top end horespower was way down due to the engines being choked by early first generation smog cutting contraptions (like AIR pumps, restrictive Cats, and first generation EGR). Take that stuff off and they had the same HP as earlier ones.
Mine has the original engine, transmision and most major parts are original. The color is new and the wheels are of course not stock. I have all the original parts so I could put it back should I ever decide to do so.
It has 89,000 original miles (not bad for a 33 year old car) and even the original radio works (kind of).
The only thing that does not work any more is the air conditioning.
Jeff
The Name "Corvette" on the rear was larger on the '75 :D