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Classic Corvette convertible packs a modern heart

Classic Corvette convertible packs a modern heart
Blake Rong
April 16, 2016

Check out this gorgeous C2 Corvette. Looks freshly restored, right? Probably prettier than it’s fast, right? What’s it doing on a dragstrip?

Well, that’s because it has as 7.0-liter LS7 engine under its Stinger hood. That’s right: this is the best kind of restomod imaginable, and probably wound up costing as much as a new C7.

Churning out 505 horsepower with a six-speed manual, this revitalized C2 riding on stock radials can hammer down the strip in the 12-second range, at 118mph. That is damn quick, needless to say. And in a classic body it’s the best of both worlds.

LS7 427 powered 1967 Corvette Convertible 1/4 mile

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