I paid $2200 for my 'vette - replaced the 283 with a 396 from a wrecked '70 SS Chevelle bored out to a 402 with a 3/4 cam - Holley 750 double-pump (which is why I had to modify the hood) - Krager SS mags w/Goodrich radial TA's - Hurst linkage w/T-handle. Ran like a scalded hog.
My girlfriend at the time once told me she wasn't sure how she felt about my car - everywhere we went, people would stare...and she said she didn't think they were staring at her. 
Now I drive my Dad's '63 Chevy pickup which has been in the family for nearly 50 years - still get a lot of stares and "thumb's up", but sure wish I still had that 'vette.
Richard
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