actually they made a little over 2000 '65 vettes with the 425 horse 396. if I recall they required the 4 speed and did not have power anything. the engine was around 12:1 compression. I recently sold a set of heads for one that were on my jet boat. I had one at the shop not long ago. it was still 12:1 and a blast to drive. It was a customers so I shifted it a 5500 instead of the factory redline of 6500.

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GTO'S are much cooler than firebirds.

GTO's are cool but are a big car. There as long as my 2003 Chevy van. Wanted a old firebird since I was a kid.

LOL ...Didn't I offer you my old Porsche for the Monza? :-) It isn't exactly a Firebird, but it also could do a bit over 170mph, was well balanced and cornered on rails.

Beware of those nostalgic impulses, they can make a wise man do silly things :-) (I had to buy a BMW 635 csi for this very reason).

Depends what you really like, I am a big fan of the second gen firebirds and trans-ams, I race a 69 gto that I work on for a friend, it runs 11.67's in pretty much a non-streetable condition with a Pontiac 400. I am putting a Pontiac 455 that I built with a Mefi 4 efi and dynoed last year at 588hp in my 1974 transam in near future. To me a Gto is more of a family car and a firebird is more of a sports car, Smitty

I hear ya but not really into the foreign cars. For that matter not really into most cars. Had a ton of them all the way up until I had kids. But now its feeling like its time again.

Here is one of my toys to maybe consider. Total frame off restoration... http://shooteraod.dyndns.org/72vette

That is a very cool ride!

I'd like to trade my boat for some kind of classic car.