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Shoppers earned the stamps during everyday purchases, saved them, and redeemed them for items in the huge S&H Green Stamp catalog. (S&H Green Stamps were a huge fad of the 1930s until the late 1980s. S&H Green Stamps, although not synonymous with Corvettes or really even Corvette owners, actually helped Big Block Mike buy the feature car.Our feature car, according to books, weighs almost 3,500 lbs. Despite lightweight fiberglass bodies, Corvettes actually are quite hefty.Power door locks were not available on Corvettes until 1978.Although four-wheel disc were already in place for the Corvette, other cars now had them as optional equipment on the front end. 1968 was the year Chevrolet used the Corvette center piece from the famous Rally Wheel on other cars to promote the new power disc brakes.Also, the 327 cars had street manners more refined than the rumbly Rat motor. If they were going to drive them at all, the 327 cars did not feel as “nose heavy” as the 427 cars. Despite higher production numbers for the 427 C.I.D and four different horsepower configurations, enthusiast grew to prefer the 327 and the 350 small block in the 1968-1969 Corvettes.1968-1969 Corvettes equipped with 427 engines had a predisposed condition of overheating, due to a design flaw that didn’t allow the beast within to cool properly.That’s what dreams are for!īig Block Mike, left, walks in the shadows around the 1968 Corvette he purchased in 1974 when he was 17-years-old. It really is not every day we uncover a mystery 427 Corvette in the dark recesses of a single car garage. Thank you, Big Block Mike, for letting us even near the car. Junkyard Life Uncovers the Ultimate Barn Find So, that left one option… Grow a beard, join Green Peace and have them ship Mike, and the Corvette to Alaska for whale watching duty.* Then again, there may be another option. This stunt angered the cops even more, as Mike’s friend listening on a newly acquired police scanner overheard.Ĭould we say it was another guy in a red Corvette convertible? No, that small town thing came back to haunt Mike very quickly. Īfter outrunning local law enforcement embarrassingly bad, south bound, Big Block Mike turned around and met them again, this time, north bound. Housed in a structure with a deteriorating roof, and piled with decades of "stuff", the Vette suffered damage to the left quarter panel when a wheel came off.
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The fiberglass-bodied ’68 Vette has been beaten and abused.