In reply to nicksta43:
by all means... bad mouth them... although the rod was more likely the fault of either P.O., or previous repair, and not serious design flaw.
I have owned a 1968 ram air III GTO... it was very cool... and driving down to the Jersey Shore down the Parkway was a blast.... but even with pretty decent rubber(G60 out back and F70 up front) it handled like a BIG car.... A friend down the street from me had a 1972 Corvette... nice car... but everything was vacuum driven and it failed often... also replacing something in the driveline (35 years ago so I've forgotten what exactly) was a MASSIVE PITA...
I'm the youngest of three...
the middle brother had a 65 Riv... WONDERFUL car actually... just a wee bit big. While my oldest brother had both a 64 and a 65 GTO... The 64 was AWESOME... 421 SD with 2 "small" 4 bbls... but come on... the ability to hit 120 in under 12 seconds and drum brakes
So... with that said....
I'll take a 1970 Z28 Camaro, but built with either WS6 Trans Am suspension/brake bits, or modern resto-mod stuff. Along with a complete rewire... and a nice LS, and 6 speed swap.