[Jeff Niceswanger]

Brother John and I both had Vegas back in the days. He drove his 1 1/2 hour each way to work. I drove mine 1 hour each way to work. His was a 4 speed oil smoking 75, mine was a 5 speed non-oil smoking 76. GM sleeved that motor for the 76-model year to solve the aluminum block oil issues. You talk about a tail wagging event driving those cars in deep snow! Always put studded snow tires on but the only thing going for them was the lack of HP. That actually helped them a little in the snow. Mine went 125 thousand before the body was about to fall on the ground from all the salt used on Ohio roads. Johns went 50 or 60 thousand before he got tired of feeding it oil. One of my best friends (we still to this day do music trivia every Monday night at a local pub) had a 350/370 HP out of a 70 Corvette in his. Never forget driving that thing. It did NOT handle those speeds very well. All engine, no chassis. But that was common back then. Kronenbitter back halved it in the late 80's and now its a local bracket car here in Ohio. It's for sale, lol