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 Post subject: River Road
PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 11:13 pm 
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Location: Whitemouth R., up the Escarpment
Along River Road just north of town....

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'56 Mercury of Canada Monarch in Frontenac trim.
Beautiful four door hard-top.
I had to pan with the camera to get this as it passed me at 35 mph.
Lucky shot~ all mostly in focus.
D-200 with the 50mm f2 nikkor at f8, 1/125 sec. at ISO 125.

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Nice 'vette. Not sure on the year- may be '66 or later with the straight side exhausts.
Get a load of the single leaf spring rear suspension. Definitely not made for rutted mud roads...

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 Post subject: Re: River Road
PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:32 am 
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i think the vett is a 67 but i may be wrong , one of two i might like to have , the 57 was really nice


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 Post subject: Re: River Road
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This one has the "Sting-Ray" badging on the rear deck, and glove box.

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 Post subject: Re: River Road
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Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
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One way to tell a 66 Vette from a 67... 66 had the parking brake release under the left side dash and a parking brake pedal - 67 had a brake lever between the seat and center console.

I had a 66 roadster when I was in college. For the two tours I was overseas, I only took $10 MPC at payday and left the rest ride. Over 2 years, it added up quicker than I thought.

Hello, Corvette! (and don't I wish I still had it!) SW

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 Post subject: Re: River Road
PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 3:12 pm 
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I have vague recollections of discussions of that rear suspension being gone by '67 or so, but am not 100% sure. Not my forte at all.

Perhaps these images may be of some help.

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There's a look at the inside taken from the rear of the car.
The following are all badging:

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Fuel door.

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Rear deck badge.

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Front fender badge.

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Front deck/hood badge.
I couldn't tell you if this is factory pinstriping or not.

The car looks to be in original condition except for the modern radial tires it wears...

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 Post subject: Re: River Road
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no matter what its a nice car


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 Post subject: Re: River Road
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Both wrong, the Vette is a '63 or '64 with a '67 Stinger type hood.
Easiest way to tell is the fender vents. Only those two years had the two horizontal vents, '65 and '66 had 3 vertical ones looking like shark gills, '67 got 5.

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 Post subject: Re: River Road
PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 11:49 pm 
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good catch - way more a vette guy than me , i liked the 67 but then it was a very good year in my life with one of those that a friend owned , convertible like that one , whole nuther story best left untold these days


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