My dad brought a 67 427 400hp coupe home in 1970. I got to drive it in high school in the late 70's. Glad I didn't hurt it. He handed it down to me in 2005. Still runs, and looks great. He's a good dad.
Amen Brother! Me Too!!! A well built & well-tuned naturally aspirated performance V8 will also perform more consistently vs forced induction that requires frequent & major cooling down when pushed.
@Graystang-h9j You can change out the shifter and the trans. for drivability sake. Just save the parts for a change back to the original factory configuration if concours showing, or selling the car.
I would guess the factory clutch is already pretty stout to handle 435 hp - the standard size tires will slip before that clutch does - I'm no fan of heavy clutch throws - leave it alone. Short throw shifter? Yeah, maybe, if Hurst makes one for it. But this is a pretty rare car and I wouldn't change anything - unless perhaps the brakes - new tech is much better. Great car, great driver.
The shifter works just fine. Had a 68 z28 with the same tranny and gears I'm sure by the sounds of it. 3 73 posi. Loved that long throw. You could bang it really hard. Although my knuckles would sometimes hit the ashtray cover going into 3rd at 7500 rpm. Definitly putting my. Passengers,if any, in the back of their seats.
Very nice, the Vette hasn't lost anything in all them years. In 67, it was the top in horsepower for U.S. cars. The street king. Nice video but you should have used a minute to show us the outside of the car.
Nice ride, thanks for sharing. If you're going to keep the stock shifter, it never made sense to me why anyone leaves the shifter on the long throw on these cars.
By the plastic key tag dangling from the keys, you can tell this person doesn’t own it. Hence the hack driving. Real drivers don’t have to show off on public roads.
Cool. Now drive to the store and get something to tie your hair up. Don't see too many women driving big block Corvettes. Hmmm...I know the location here. That first road you turn left on and go through the gears is Lordship Blvd. - right at the swampy end of runway 24 at Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, CT. No place for the cops to hide. Unfortunately, it's a crappy place to run a Corvette because there are no backroads in the area. Must get on I-95, then on Rte. 8 and head North. Way too fast for the roads in that area, sweetie...
I wish to christ someone would just show this darling how to actually make the 2/3 shift and how NOT to make the 2/3 shift .. ALL YOU DO IS GUIDE THE SHIFTER OUT OF 2nd pushing towards 3rd .. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE A GATED H pattern there is NO ferrari type gate just push it up and over sweety pie and cut the time down HUGE ...to be honest I never really do lift making the 1/2 shift I side step the clutch while keeping my right foot down ... Who showed you how to drive stick your father . Let me take you out for 30 minutes and you will not believe what they vette really drives like..with someone behind the wheel who learned on stick at 14 yrs old got my drivers License on a stick ...Oh and some free advice shit can the factory shifter and get a Super Shifter with the Short Vette stick and the Beefy shift linkage with proper ends yes you will have a White H pattern ball but it looks bitchin .
Bought a '69 el camino in '75 with this engine and 4 speed factory stock. Had incredible fun with it until i was coerced into getting married in '82. Sold it for $3500. 🫏
@theinsaneshecklador6598 no sir, the gentleman that I bought it from ordered it from the factory when he returned from combat and picked it up in Ohio I believe. I can attest that it was a 435 hp 427, but back then we didn't break them down to L's and LS's etc. bought it from him because he was starting a family as well. Look it up and you'll find that there were a number of them produced, and I wish I still had it.
Shifts slower the my grandma, just learned how to shift into 3rd as she pushes up the right the up. All you need to do is push forward too the right and it will find the gate. Also both the steering and the shifting linkage is set on the std slow adjustment, both can be shorted by about a 1/3 of the movement.
By a country mile !!!!!!!!! I hate it when those dudes test drive a performance car, and just creep around in it. I'm not asking them to destroy the car, or burn off the tires, but give that thing some gas, and let us see how it goes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Funny all the keyboard warrior know it alls bashing this girl and the transmission when they either don't have a muscle car or have never even driven one.
Back in the 80’s I was working for a Chevy dealer in San Diego as a tech. I had a customer who had one of these and he would only let me work on it. His was also a big block 4 sped roadster that was a coral color with the factory side pipes. He gave me permission to road test it after any repairs and believe me I did! What a wonderful experience driving what I consider the last”sports car” Corvette. I never abused that car, but it performed very well. What a great memory of driving around San Diego with the top down….. it just doesn’t get any better!
@@TheRS1969 Around 1979 when the first on board computers were installed in vehicles. I saw the writing on the wall and vehicle computer systems became my specialty for the rest of my career.
@@trackman174 , Same here, My boss bought a Bear ACE free standing computer analyzer, that was in Las Vegas, back in 1986. We had people from the Dealerships bringing their cars on car carriers 3-5 at a time. When you mentioned that it brought back many memories.
This has got to be the best ride-along video of any C2 I've ever had the joy to watch. It chirps 3rd gear without even trying that hard !!! My favorite color too. Sure wish I could afford it. It's available folks, with a newly rebuilt original numbers matching engine ( Tri-power..........three 2 bbl carbs ) and complete certified restoration for $155k. Only has a little over 1200 miles on it. What a sweet ride!!!
I feel like I'm in my 67 chevelle Super Sport setup to 425 hp WOW what a feeling that was the sound from the Doug Thorley show tubes you have a nice car
This is a true muscle car. Raw, tough and in your face. Not like the cars of today with all there electronics and idiot proofing. Real muscle cars drivers didn’t spin doughnuts in street and do 75% of the dumb crap kids today do. You could tell that ‘vette has low 3.x gearing. It got on in speed in the lower gears. Imagine what a set of 4.10’s would do with all that BBC torque. Todays cars just aren’t the same….
My room mate in 1967 in that very town (Stratford Ct) had one exactly like that. We were young engineers working at the Army Engine Plant (3:58). I was diving a 67 442 at the time and we were racing a 56 vette 283 - dual ram quads - isky - ported 327 heads and 13/1 cr on weekend at Englishtown NJ. WOW that drive thru town brought back memories. Ed, last I heard was in Phoenix AZ, me in northern CT with a 2014 c7 z51.
@@timsgtaJust turned 80. Did the "rocket science" side of mechanical engineering for 45 years but gave up the drag racing for skiing where I met my wife of 50 years and became a ski addict and racer. Still ski but on easier slopes due to knee problems.
Remember when the early astronauts were given Vettes by the local dealers to drive. I don’t remember exactly who had what but I think Alan Shepard and the other guys had them with big blocks. I think this lady could give them a run for their money!
I had a 1967 427/435 back in 1969. I was a kid of 19. That critter would lay rubber in every gear. Can't believe i am still alive at 74 years. I now have a 2011 vette, 6 speed gear jammer. This baby will run away and hide from the 1967. And with the air on, CD playing, and getting 25 MPG. Oh well i had fun. PEACE.
You're familiar with the car, it shows with how well you handle it, you respect it too. Thank you for the ride, young lady, I enjoyed it. You just got a new subber.
Awesome. I know that today you can get a rental car at the airport that's quicker and faster but back in the day when gasoline was 35¢ a gallon and big block chevys ruled that was the greatest thrill you have with your clothes still on.
Its cool to see a gal driving around in a hot car...just not something you see often. It would be fun to be sitting in the passenger seat while she drives around.
This gal can DRIVE! Nothing like a REAL muscle car from the days when Detroit (or Bowling Green) knew how to build them. And again, how beautiful does it make a gal to be able to drive this beast the way she does? AWESOME!
The shift through seems excessively long. I remember driving a 64 Sting Ray...the quick through shift pattern was very small..easy to mistake 1st and 3rd gears. Anyone else notice this long through?
My dad brought a 67 427 400hp coupe home in 1970. I got to drive it in high school in the late 70's. Glad I didn't hurt it. He handed it down to me in 2005. Still runs, and looks great. He's a good dad.
Ticket getter😊
Thank you for making everyone sooo jealous of driving that mythical car!! Lucky you!!
My Dad would have been buried in his if he bought one, lol.
I'll say!
Obviously, you were a good kid.
Chick was grabbing some gears!!! You can tell that she is very comfortable behind that wheel. I love it!!
she's a danger on the road.
Nope. That was just a leisurely ride. No gear grabbing. The 427 had much more to give than that. But still an enjoyable watch of her romp.
@@MrRidleyDog Dummy
@@MrRidleyDog You don't know what you're talking about. The only "danger" here is YOU. You are a danger to FREEDOM. So long.........Karen.
Dope power! I'd rather have fat displacement over turbos & superchargers !!!
Amen Brother! Me Too!!! A well built & well-tuned naturally aspirated performance V8 will also perform more consistently vs forced induction that requires frequent & major cooling down when pushed.
No replacement for displacement
'67 427/435- [wink-wink]
The beast of beasts...
I do believe that this car would benefit from a short throw shifter and a perfomance clutch.
Needs a 5spd too lol, but can’t mess with originality in these cars
@Graystang-h9j You can change out the shifter and the trans. for drivability sake. Just save the parts for a change back to the original factory configuration if concours showing, or selling the car.
Yeah, leave it the way it came, radio included ❤@Graystang-h9j
I would guess the factory clutch is already pretty stout to handle 435 hp - the standard size tires will slip before that clutch does - I'm no fan of heavy clutch throws - leave it alone. Short throw shifter? Yeah, maybe, if Hurst makes one for it. But this is a pretty rare car and I wouldn't change anything - unless perhaps the brakes - new tech is much better. Great car, great driver.
The shifter works just fine. Had a 68 z28 with the same tranny and gears I'm sure by the sounds of it. 3 73 posi. Loved that long throw. You could bang it really hard. Although my knuckles would sometimes hit the ashtray cover going into 3rd at 7500 rpm. Definitly putting my. Passengers,if any, in the back of their seats.
Very nice, the Vette hasn't lost anything in all them years. In 67, it was the top in horsepower for U.S. cars. The street king. Nice video but you should have used a minute to show us the outside of the car.
I just wanted to hear it sing a little more. But I appreciate the ride.
I want to see what it looks like.
Jumping on it when under an overpass- universally impossible to resist, no matter the gender. Got a chuckle out of that.
Coolest car ever made Love it😊
Truly a holy trail car.
Back when cars came with a lighter…often multiple.
Wo, yes I miss the GREAT old days of past!
Nice ride, thanks for sharing. If you're going to keep the stock shifter, it never made sense to me why anyone leaves the shifter on the long throw on these cars.
Wow, you're a great driver!
There was no mustangs, or chargers hurt in this video. Too bad. 😂
‘Merica!
HELL yeah!!
Hell yeah, great driving! If you can't drive it hard, did you really build it right??
I miss my 99 FRC
White Knuckle driving.
🏁 ❤ ❤ ❤ 🏁
There is way more to get out of that motor than she is aking for.....
Yes, but are the steering and handling up to the task?
Badass🌷《☆》👍🏾😎🤳
That car will last forever😮Why it's got the 232 cu in 6 banger delight🤥👍
Do women like cars this much?
@ Thunderdrive
😎👍💕
is it a stock 427, what size rear?
Not at 435 hp buddy.
@mikerobo2112
The 1967 Corvette featured optional 400 or 435 horsepower in the 427 cubic inch engine. Just ask Siri.
@@dr.jamesolack8504 ok,sorry matrox.
Put up the front windows and your hair will go backwards like the old mustang commercials and not get in your face!
By the plastic key tag dangling from the keys, you can tell this person doesn’t own it. Hence the hack driving. Real drivers don’t have to show off on public roads.
Cool. Now drive to the store and get something to tie your hair up. Don't see too many women driving big block Corvettes. Hmmm...I know the location here. That first road you turn left on and go through the gears is Lordship Blvd. - right at the swampy end of runway 24 at Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, CT. No place for the cops to hide. Unfortunately, it's a crappy place to run a Corvette because there are no backroads in the area. Must get on I-95, then on Rte. 8 and head North. Way too fast for the roads in that area, sweetie...
Beware, this beast will kill YOU, not the other way round.
All engine plastic body and not 1 ounce of safety features. I'm nervous for this woman
A ticket waiting to happen
I wish to christ someone would just show this darling how to actually make the 2/3 shift and how NOT to make the 2/3 shift .. ALL YOU DO IS GUIDE THE SHIFTER OUT OF 2nd pushing towards 3rd .. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE A GATED H pattern there is NO ferrari type gate just push it up and over sweety pie and cut the time down HUGE ...to be honest I never really do lift making the 1/2 shift I side step the clutch while keeping my right foot down ... Who showed you how to drive stick your father . Let me take you out for 30 minutes and you will not believe what they vette really drives like..with someone behind the wheel who learned on stick at 14 yrs old got my drivers License on a stick ...Oh and some free advice shit can the factory shifter and get a Super Shifter with the Short Vette stick and the Beefy shift linkage with proper ends yes you will have a White H pattern ball but it looks bitchin .
Bought a '69 el camino in '75 with this engine and 4 speed factory stock. Had incredible fun with it until i was coerced into getting married in '82. Sold it for $3500. 🫏
Somebody had swapped in an L71?
@theinsaneshecklador6598 no sir, the gentleman that I bought it from ordered it from the factory when he returned from combat and picked it up in Ohio I believe. I can attest that it was a 435 hp 427, but back then we didn't break them down to L's and LS's etc. bought it from him because he was starting a family as well. Look it up and you'll find that there were a number of them produced, and I wish I still had it.
Shifts slower the my grandma, just learned how to shift into 3rd as she pushes up the right the up. All you need to do is push forward too the right and it will find the gate. Also both the steering and the shifting linkage is set on the std slow adjustment, both can be shorted by about a 1/3 of the movement.
She gives better rides than most guys on this site.
By a country mile !!!!!!!!! I hate it when those dudes test drive a performance car, and just creep around in it. I'm not asking them to destroy the car, or burn off the tires, but give that thing some gas, and let us see how it goes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who needs a radio when you have that glorious exhaust sound! 😉
Correct way to drive a video ride. Nothing abusive but a good example of what the owner would do on a Sunday morning ride.
Wow! Does this bring back memories! You GO girl!
You can barely hear that Muncie 220 whine sound.
Thankyou for the ride ! I needed that
Nice ride. Nice gears. Thanks for the lift!
I had a 1963 split window co-op From the early 70s to the early 80s and a divorce got it, What a freaking bumber
Love this girls driving style
I had a 64 Vette 327 365 3.73 gear and this video took me way back to 1966! I loved that car and the old Muncie wow! D
Tuning the radio and the static is what did it for me
Just think, for 50 years everyone that has owned that car has driven it just like that. Compare that with any so called competitor.
You should see the amount of tire receipts we have on file for this very example from 1972-1979.
Okay let’s do that
Funny all the keyboard warrior know it alls bashing this girl and the transmission when they either don't have a muscle car or have never even driven one.
They are the basement dwellers that live with momma and don't work and play video games like soyboys often do.
Back in the 80’s I was working for a Chevy dealer in San Diego as a tech. I had a customer who had one of these and he would only let me work on it. His was also a big block 4 sped roadster that was a coral color with the factory side pipes. He gave me permission to road test it after any repairs and believe me I did! What a wonderful experience driving what I consider the last”sports car” Corvette. I never abused that car, but it performed very well. What a great memory of driving around San Diego with the top down….. it just doesn’t get any better!
When did mechanics name change to a tech?
@@TheRS1969 Around 1979 when the first on board computers were installed in vehicles. I saw the writing on the wall and vehicle computer systems became my specialty for the rest of my career.
@@trackman174 ,
Same here, My boss bought a Bear ACE free standing computer analyzer, that was in Las Vegas, back in 1986. We had people from the Dealerships bringing their cars on car carriers 3-5 at a time. When you mentioned that it brought back many memories.
American muscle
Gotta Love That Torque Into The 3rd Gear 👍💪‼️
Slam it sister!! You made that car SING! I had a ride in one in 69 and it got rubber in 3 gears!
You are great!!
Torque monster.
The shifter throw length is adjustable. This one needs it badly.
it's one thing to own it, it's all about knowing how to drive it, I love it, thanks for the rush.
This has got to be the best ride-along video of any C2 I've ever had the joy to watch. It chirps 3rd gear without even trying that hard !!! My favorite color too. Sure wish I could afford it. It's available folks, with a newly rebuilt original numbers matching engine ( Tri-power..........three 2 bbl carbs ) and complete certified restoration for $155k. Only has a little over 1200 miles on it. What a sweet ride!!!
Just put your hair up in a ponytail next time !!! 🤣
I feel like I'm in my 67 chevelle Super Sport setup to 425 hp WOW what a feeling that was the sound from the Doug Thorley show tubes you have a nice car
That was a fun relaxing video strangely enough I enjoyed that I watched the whole thing
Oops. Didn't double clutch-rev match those down shifts. Save that transmission haha. Nice video and spirited driving.
A little WD-40 on those radio controls and you are all set. Nice ride.
This is a true muscle car. Raw, tough and in your face.
Not like the cars of today with all there electronics and idiot proofing.
Real muscle cars drivers didn’t spin doughnuts in street and do 75% of the dumb crap kids today do.
You could tell that ‘vette has low 3.x gearing. It got on in speed in the lower gears. Imagine what a set of 4.10’s would do with all that BBC torque.
Todays cars just aren’t the same….
I’ve changed gearsets from “hiway” gears to 4:10 and the experience went from normal to full on party.
My room mate in 1967 in that very town (Stratford Ct) had one exactly like that. We were young engineers working at the Army Engine Plant (3:58). I was diving a 67 442 at the time and we were racing a 56 vette 283 - dual ram quads - isky - ported 327 heads and 13/1 cr on weekend at Englishtown NJ. WOW that drive thru town brought back memories. Ed, last I heard was in Phoenix AZ, me in northern CT with a 2014 c7 z51.
@@terryunkert5237 curious, how old are you now?
@@timsgtaJust turned 80. Did the "rocket science" side of mechanical engineering for 45 years but gave up the drag racing for skiing where I met my wife of 50 years and became a ski addict and racer. Still ski but on easier slopes due to knee problems.
@@timsgta BTW Ed's 427 - 435hp vette ran a 12.2 - 118 mph with 4:11 gears.
Remember when the early astronauts were given Vettes by the local dealers to drive. I don’t remember exactly who had what but I think Alan Shepard and the other guys had them with big blocks. I think this lady could give them a run for their money!
zero to a speeding ticket in first gear
Cool video of a classic but my goodness that has a long throw shifter.
Man, that sounds really nice. Love that you showed starting it too with a couple little throttle blips to get it to turn over. Thanks for the vid.
@@wafflesnfalafel1 A couple little blips? It looked like a struggle - like she is desperate to fly and the car wasn't going, so she stepped on it.
Omg , I am in love with this chick
I had a 1967 427/435 back in 1969. I was a kid of 19. That critter would lay rubber in every gear. Can't believe i am still alive at 74 years. I now have a 2011 vette, 6 speed gear jammer. This baby will run away and hide from the 1967. And with the air on, CD playing, and getting 25 MPG. Oh well i had fun. PEACE.
Hey you drive like Steve McQueen ! great ride a 427 in that little car with a 4 speed ! that would be a blast to drive I am smiling thinking about it
Yeeee Haaaaaaa You go girl 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍
Ma'am, your driving never disappoints, or fails to impress !!!!!!!! THIS is what people want to see !!!!!!!!!!!
You're familiar with the car, it shows with how well you handle it, you respect it too. Thank you for the ride, young lady, I enjoyed it. You just got a new subber.
Oh yeah hammer down on those Connecticut back roads
Just an amazing automobile!👋👋👋👋👋👋
Awesome. I know that today you can get a rental car at the airport that's quicker and faster but back in the day when gasoline was 35¢ a gallon and big block chevys ruled that was the greatest thrill you have with your clothes still on.
Allittle slow on the shifting but a great car to have fun in. Beats all the modern day junk cars.
3rd gear chirps.. says it all
4:27 checked to see how much longer the video was…I guess that’ll about do it. Thanks for the ride!
Why so ruff with shifter? you aint racing.... calm down and injoy the ride.
Thanks for this video! It’s awesome!
Sounds just like the ridearound I took my built 302 Maverick out for this morning. Not kidding. I'm 75 and the only kid in it was me.
Its cool to see a gal driving around in a hot car...just not something you see often. It would be fun to be sitting in the passenger seat while she drives around.
Nice to see a young person drive this car like it was meant to be driven!!!
That's quite the long shift throw. You almost need long arms to shift that thing.
Now it’s time to brush that bird’s nest you created! 😂❤
Hell yeah!
More plz 😊
Back in 67, we didn't use the metric system it was cid
Damn you know this ain't her first rodeo
That's what it was built to do, grab another gear and hang on
Very fast Corvette!
Awesome 'vette!! Awesome Ride! !!!! Tip my hat to you, M.!!🙂
Some chick is driving my dream car!! I hope she knows what a privilege it is to drive a C2 Corvette, much less a '67 with a big block.
This gal can DRIVE! Nothing like a REAL muscle car from the days when Detroit (or Bowling Green) knew how to build them. And again, how beautiful does it make a gal to be able to drive this beast the way she does? AWESOME!
When did right on red become yield on red? Brings back memories of riding with my brother in his 66 big block but his shifting was much better!
must of had 3.38 gears!
Im in love. Nice car too
The shift through seems excessively long. I remember driving a 64 Sting Ray...the quick through shift pattern was very small..easy to mistake 1st and 3rd gears. Anyone else notice this long through?
Under the bridge thunder is the best.. Try it in a tunnel.... Its exhilarating....!