1969 Chevrolet Corvette 427
The aerodynamic lines of America’s original sports car make it the one automobile nobody mistakes for anything else. In a coupe or Convertible this is the genuine article, designed and engineered without compromise. Corvette stands proudly alone, because nobody but Chevrolet can turn out a car like this on a production line. And it’s as honest as it is beautiful. As you’ve learned to expect, Corvette goes, stops and handles like nothing else.
To propel your Stingray you can choose this 427 CID power plant with a special high doomed hood- or any one of its spirited brothers. The choice you make depends primarily on what kind of spirited performance suits you best. Check the specifications and pick the transmission and rear axle ratio that fit your idea of sports car capability and you’ll have a tailor-made package. How about triple 2-barrel carburetion? You get it with the 435-hp and the 400-hp 427 CID engines. Want Turbo Hydra-Matic? It’s available with all three Turbo-Jet 427 V8’s in addition to the standard 300-hp and the 435-hp V8.
New Corvette power team features for ’69 include new, larger 350 CID 300-hp engine as standard, or a 350-hp version is available, sturdier engine construction on the 350 CID, thicker bulkheads and main bearing caps, firmer crankshaft clamping with longer washer head bolts, extra firm 4-bolt main bearing cap attachment and improved cooling system.
We even have a special engine (L-88) that we don’t recommend for street use.
Transmissions: Standard 3-Speed fully synchronized ; 4-Speed fully synchronized (wide-range or close-ratio); Turbo Hydra-Matic which operates automatically unless you want to shift it through three forward ranges.
The interior of the car was quite future forward looking as well, with a square-shaped steering wheel, which, along with the pedals, moved rearward to meet the driver who sat in a fixed seat.
Why shouldn’t you have air conditioning if you want it? No good reason. The sales brochure in 1969 asserted that that it was a useless old idea that sports cars were generally uncomfortable. Air-conditioned comfort was just the beginning. A steering wheel that telescopes and tilts up and down adds another large degree of pleasure to any driving situation. For winter weather add a rear window defroster for Convertible or Coupe. Handsome bits of dash included wheel covers and bright rim for the front fender louvers. Colors available for convertible tops were black or white. A black vinyl roof cover for the removable hardtop can be ordered.
The aerodynamic lines of America’s original sports car make it the one automobile nobody mistakes for anything else. In a coupe or Convertible this is the genuine article, designed and engineered without compromise. Corvette stands proudly alone, because nobody but Chevrolet can turn out a car like this on a production line.
And it’s as honest as it is beautiful. As you’ve learned to expect, Corvette goes, stops and handles like nothing else.
