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Pontiac experimenting with composite wheels in the '80s :

I find many appealing aspects of all 3 (Mustang, Challenger, Camaro) along with the Charger. Among the last of the front engine V8 RWD American cars, in a market that has left cars behind and moved to generic CUVs, SUVs and trucks…the last of their kind. It will be a sad day when they are gone…I want one sooner or later…

And then Jay Leno's Garage has invited the new Mach 1 on his youtube channel and my Camaro love dissipates again (slightly, because I did do a 180 degree turn on the Camaro and I have started to adore it) to love the Mustang more than the Camaro. Its just a fresher design even though this generation Mustang is also getting old. The error that Chevy done was to keep the same design language of the Zeta Camaro for the Alpha Camaro. With that being said, Im kinda hypocritical as I prefer the Challenger over both and the Challenger has an even OLDER design language than either... It is what it is!!!

Wild! :

Beautiful day, don’t let it get away. Breezy fall day, in the 50s and sunny. Saw a sharp C8 in bright yellow (not my ideal color) and a clean silver Caddy XLR…always like those. Took a walk on Huntington Beach (Bay Village, Oh). IMG_6084.MOV

In American English, it would be 'plaaahd', rhymes with glad. Not sure about other regional English variants.

Valve covers got glass-beaded and primed. Exhaust manifolds got blasted & painted. Valley pan is painted.

Rainy cool fall day with a bit of sun…while out chasing waterfalls, I saw a sharp bright blue current-style Mustang GT500 and a couple miles later, a C8 in a very similar color. Brandywine Falls in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. IMG_6045.MOV I think I was in about 8th grade, I remember a friend's mother drove an '83 Cutlass Supreme 2dr in that color...dark burgundy interior IIRC...I think I rode in it a couple of times..

I tried using the visualizer on the Corvette site to go through the color choices for the Z06, but it wasn’t working. It does sound like it will get a lot of color choices inside and out like the regular Corvette. I like that the Corvette has a lot of interior color choices, instead of just dour despair gray or black like so many performance cars. Edit: tried the visualizer again on Chrome, and it worked. Spec'ed one out the way I'd want it--Z06 convertible in Caffeine, w/ the bronze wheels, with Natural dipped tan interior, 'stealth interior trim' (non-carbon fiber, which works for me, as I find carbon fiber gross).

Yeah, I’ll find something appropos in my stash to do as a BBC restomod. Maybe something offbeat like a ‘72 Impala.

I just viewed a video where a Chevy engineer confirmed that the DRY weight of the Z06/Z07 package C8 is the lightest at 3450 LBS. Add all the liquids and the weight goes up by another couple of hundred pounds. That tells me 2 things about the Corvette C8 and what Chevy wanted to do with it. (This is my personal opinion) Chevy wanted to keep the daily driven qualities intact with the C8 all the way through. Chevy wanted to go slightly upscale in feel with the interior with the C8. Chevy didnt want to lend itself to ANY possible feedback stating that the C8 feels cheap in ANY way even if a said model was going to be a stripped model on purpose for racing and track purposes. Weight reduction regarding thinner materials in glass using plexiglass or lexan glass or seats being bare bones or radio and A/C delete and stuff like that to make a pure bred race car was never an option they wanted to explore. Introducing an all carbon fiber and exotic material chassis was never on option (for a Z06) as that would just explode the MSRP price point. That leaves a very very interesting option going forward though. Either for the Zora or for a special special model down the road either as a very very limited C8 or a last model goodbye send off model before the C9 is introduced. To have a massive weight reduction model offered. But alas, some people WILL harp on the fact that the Z07 will be 3600/3700 lbs. But sadly, many naysayers will gloss over the superb engineering that went into the LT6 engine and the superb chassis that is the C8 and the Z06 version of it. Winning Hearts, Not Just Minds Throughout the 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06's design and development process, the team responsible for it was keenly aware of the respect the C8 Stingray has received in the wider sports-car community. To build on this respect, the Z06 needs to accelerate quicker and handle better, but it also needs to feel even more special. The Z06 must be a car that inspires buyers to eagerly swap their Lamborghini Huracán or Ferrari F8 for—and not because performance tests like MotorTrend's generate better numbers in it, or because of its value proposition. No, Chevy wants to conquest other brands' loyalists via the fact those customers' hearts and heads simply must have this Corvette with the banshee howl, the Can-Am sucker-car grip, and the cockpit-style cabin lined with soft leather and carbon-fiber trim. And because the Z06 promises to be the more satisfying driver's car.

^^^ I wanted to do a laughy emogi, but that might have sent the wrong message. So I went with an approval emogi! I laughed but in a good way. Model making and modifying go hand in hand with the more experienced model makers. And definitely that 1/25th scale 632 BELONGS in a 1/25th scale plastic model Camaro/Chevelle/Impala SS. Even a Corvette or Nova. And the model could be made to be a restomod. Very interesting that somebody made a (I assume it to be) 3D printed version of it! On a side note. Im very excited about the future of home versions of 3D printers and cant wait when this technology becomes the norm in our society. People in the know say that a 3D printer will be as common as a toaster and microwave oven in a household in the next decade.

That is amazing to see that kind of power out of an NA engine..and so ordinary looking, looks like an old time hot rodder muscle car engine. A 1/25th scale version for model cars is already out, may have to get one to put in an AMT '70 Camaro or Chevelle.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/393657722118?hash=item5ba7d42506:g:XDkAAOSwfBRhfFRB

Yes that is true, but after you just spent $100,000 or more for your Luxury SUV, would you want it majorly disassembled and re-assembled? Not me, give me a complete new one.