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Old 08-26-06, 09:52   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Joshua312
The owner was talking to me and he said in the 60's it was hard to find a automatic and then in the 70's it was hard to find the manual.

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Originally Posted by DennisH
Hard to believe that many autos in the muscle car days!!
'78 was well past the true muscle car days. The shift to auto trans. is a reflection of the transition of the Corvette from its sports-car roots to the luxo-GT it had become by that time. Same transition of the 240/260/280Z. These cars have come back closer to their roots in more recent times as the technology caught up to the emissions and safety requirements and allowed more horsepower and better ride/handling compromises.
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