SD>My friend's dad has a 90s model Corvette ZR1 and to change the spark plugs, y
  >have to jack the front of the car up, remove both front tires and use a speci
  >socket on a loooooong 3/8 drive extension to change the plugs.

I can go one better..  the mid 70's American Motors Gremlin X 8 cylinder said
right in the manual that you had to pull the engine to change the rear plugs.
Some clever sorts figured out that you could remove the wheels and cut a small
hole in the fender wells and get at the rear plugs that way.

I never had a Gremlin, although for a while I had an AM Hornet, which was a
Gremlin with a trunk, but my most memorable car was my 575 HP '66 Chevelle SS.
It cost a fortune to keep it on the road but at least everything was pretty
easy to get at.

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