The 1967 Corvette is considered by many to be the best Corvette of all time. Even though it was meant to be a negligible redesign, it actually was a change from its predecessor with far better aerodynamics. This Corvette is easily one the very best looking Corvette’s of its time and is highly coveted in the automobile collecting community.
Some of the modifications that took place from 1966 to the 1967 model year were rather small things like flat finish rockers sans ribbing, factory 6 inch rally wheels with smaller chromed out beauty hubcaps, a new single backup light situated above the license plate, and the handbrake was also moved from below the dash panel to in between the car seats. The small block V8 returned as well as the 390 big block that jutted out the hood scoop.
Its front suspension had independent upper or lower A arms, anti-roll bar, tubular hydraulic shock absorbers, and cool springs. The rear suspension featured fixed differential, radius rods, tubular hydraulic shock absorbers, lateral struts, in an extra antiroll bar came with 1967s that had a big block engine.
Some of the options involved things like leather-based seats, power windows, headrests, soft Ray tinted glass, auxiliary hardtop, shoulder belts, air conditioning (amazingly only 3788 people added this option), vinyl covering, positraction rear axle, special front and rear end suspension, air injection reactor, transistor ignition system, heavy-duty brakes, the 390, 400, 435, 350, and 430 hp engines, aluminum cylinder heads on the L71, four speed manual transmission (close ratio or heavy-duty), powerglide tranny, 36 gallon fuel tank on the coupe, off-road exhaust system, side mount exhaust system, telescopic steering column, power steering, cast aluminum bolt on wheels, redline tires, speed warning indicator, AM/FM radio.
The L88 had several options that were mandatory by Chevrolet include transistorized ignition, positrain, power brakes, and a heavy-duty suspension system. You will possibly not believe this, but only 20 of these cars were sold new in 1967. You have to consider that those people were the ones that love power. Heck, they were only $1500 over the base price, however they are extremely expensive and uncommon automobiles on today’s market.
The year of 1967 was the year in which Corvette’s sales drop by 5000 units, due to a new redesign that was coming out. However, the 67 Corvette is considered one of the quintessential collector cars of all time. Its impact on the car collecting world has been tremendous.
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