i think the old vette would be more fun and im a wrench turner, i like buying new parts and adding them and tuning more than anything else, the vette could keep me interested for decades lol, oh and about srt6 vs. 80's vette, say you look at current prices of srt at 25k right around for a good one and the vette for a good low mileage well maintained 16k, with that 9k left over i could spank an srt6, stop wait for it to catch up then spank it again lol, look at dollar per pony! 3k and the vette is running a roots type charger too, use the other 6k for heads, trans, and rear, headers and exhaust, which is possible to do with a 9k budget and diy, the srt would not stand a chance its a 350 chevy for christ sake, you can do anything with a 350, hell jegs has 400+ hpo crate motors for less than 9k