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<blockquote data-quote="Brandi" data-source="post: 2116859" data-attributes="member: 24446">She doesn&#039;t want a race car but she wants better than average performance. She&#039;s a Top Gear nut so if your a fan of the show you know what I mean.&nbsp; As mentioned these 70&#039;s vette&#039;s were not performance cars which is why she wants an engine with the performance that the vette&#039;s would have had if the government hadn&#039;t regulated them down.&nbsp; Not super charger or nitrous performance but enough that when she puts thespurs to it she gets that big smile only a hotter than production car can give you.&nbsp; She&#039;s leaning towards side pipes but that&#039;s still a maybe.The car probably won&#039;t be a daily driver but it won&#039;t be a garage queen either.&nbsp; It&#039;s not going to be anywhere near show quality, just a nice restored car.&nbsp; She&#039;s had the floors all replaced (a major issue with this generation vette) and an expensive one too.&nbsp; She&#039;s completely re-carpeted and insulated the car, re-covered the dash pad, refinished and replaced door panels, dash and seats. Plus she&#039;s replaced the seat belts with new (better) ones. The only thing lacking is the gauge pack (haven&#039;t figured out how to get it out to refinish it), the paint and the engine (maybe a transmission upgrade to a 4 speed auto).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brandi, post: 2116859, member: 24446"] She doesn't want a race car but she wants better than average performance. She's a Top Gear nut so if your a fan of the show you know what I mean. As mentioned these 70's vette's were not performance cars which is why she wants an engine with the performance that the vette's would have had if the government hadn't regulated them down. Not super charger or nitrous performance but enough that when she puts thespurs to it she gets that big smile only a hotter than production car can give you. She's leaning towards side pipes but that's still a maybe. The car probably won't be a daily driver but it won't be a garage queen either. It's not going to be anywhere near show quality, just a nice restored car. She's had the floors all replaced (a major issue with this generation vette) and an expensive one too. She's completely re-carpeted and insulated the car, re-covered the dash pad, refinished and replaced door panels, dash and seats. Plus she's replaced the seat belts with new (better) ones. The only thing lacking is the gauge pack (haven't figured out how to get it out to refinish it), the paint and the engine (maybe a transmission upgrade to a 4 speed auto). [/QUOTE]

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