Results 1 to 15 of 15
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks-
01-17-2008 06:34 PM #1
CHR Member/Contributor
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- knoxville
- Car Year, Make, Model: Nothing currently :-(
- Posts
- 164
Late model Vette with '53 nose and tail!!!
Has anybody seen this car??? It was at a show this weekend here in Knoxville. I walked past it and did a double take!! It was an 02 'vert (doors cowl...) with a wildly flattened, swoopy version of a 53 vette nose grafted on the front and the same treatment but more original looking rear. Even had stainless side trim that was a bit thicker, but styled just like a 53... ABSOLUTELY awesome!!! First glance looked like a foreign exotic. Anyway, I had my paint vendor booth set up and never got back over to shoot it. Anybody seen one (assuming it might be a kit to add on??) Anyway, it was cool! And triple black to boot. I'm gonna do a search to see if I can find a pic.If its not worth doing right, its not worth doing... Donny, MaxxMuscle Custom Painting
-
Advertising
- Google Adsense
- REGISTERED USERS DO NOT SEE THIS AD
-
01-17-2008 06:38 PM #2
CHR Member
- Join Date
- Apr 2001
- Location
- Salado
- Car Year, Make, Model: 32, 40 Fords,
- Posts
- 10,852
They show that one and another that has '62 style panels at SEMA show almost every year.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...oft:*%26sa%3DN third lot down.Last edited by Bob Parmenter; 01-17-2008 at 06:41 PM.
Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon
It's much easier to promise someone a "free" ride on the wagon than to urge them to pull it.
Luck occurs when preparation and opportunity converge.
-
01-17-2008 06:50 PM #3
CHR Member/Contributor
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- knoxville
- Car Year, Make, Model: Nothing currently :-(
- Posts
- 164
Hadn't seen one before. The one at our show was black, but just found this white one.If its not worth doing right, its not worth doing... Donny, MaxxMuscle Custom Painting
-
01-17-2008 06:52 PM #4
CHR Member/Contributor
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- knoxville
- Car Year, Make, Model: Nothing currently :-(
- Posts
- 164
Sorry, thought they'd be bigger...
Originally Posted by maxxmuscle
If its not worth doing right, its not worth doing... Donny, MaxxMuscle Custom Painting
-
01-20-2008 10:36 AM #5
CHR Member
- Join Date
- Apr 2004
- Location
- St.Paul
- Car Year, Make, Model: 41 Willys pro street
- Posts
- 279
There was a white one at a small local show here. I too did a double take as I walked by. It was so well done that I thought it was a factory car. I couldn't find the owner but a couple guys said that it is a custom kit build. I don't haunt the kit car stuff so I didin't pursue it.. Sure was cool however.41 Willys 350 sbc 6-71 blower t350, 9in, 4 link
99 Dodge ram 3500 dually 5 sp 4.10
Cummins turbo diesel . front license plate, black smoke on demand, Muffler KIA by friendly fire (O&A Torch co) fuel pump relocated, large fuel lines. silencer ring installed in glove box, Smarty
older than dirt
-
01-20-2008 12:25 PM #6
CHR Member/Contributor
- Join Date
- Oct 2002
- Location
- Evans
- Car Year, Make, Model: '33 Vicky, building a '48 Anglia Gasser
- Posts
- 197
I guess I'm strange in my tastes but I think it is a botched abortion. There was a guy on Bainbridge Island(where I used to live)that had one built and He would drive it and go to a few of the local area shows with it. His was white w/red interior. Fugly IMO.
I've also seen a couple of others here in CO 1 black on black and 1 "bling-bling" custom, 20+ " wheels, glittery candy red w/white. Both Fugly, again my opinion.
Each to their own but not my taste in cars, especially Corvettes."Breathe in... Breathe out... then move on with life. Life's too short to sweat the small stuff"
-
01-20-2008 12:53 PM #7
CHR Member
- Join Date
- Feb 2006
- Location
- Stewartstown
- Car Year, Make, Model: 34 Ply PE sdn; 57 Olds 88 J2
- Posts
- 1,953
Different. Obviously some people like them, just like the T-Birds with the 50 Ford front and rear add-ons. Very small market on re-sale. Liking it is a good thing, cause you may own it for a long time. Obviously I'm not much for hybrids.
Bob
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail....but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying..."Damn....that was fun!
-
01-20-2008 12:58 PM #8
CHR Member/Contributor
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- knoxville
- Car Year, Make, Model: Nothing currently :-(
- Posts
- 164
I'm a fan of the old vettes (hence my 66 bigblock roadster), but NOT a purest by any means. I dig the 62 2x4 as much as the next guy but all in all don't really go for the all original look. Guess thats why I liked the '02-53 merge. Its got that classic look, but all the cool modern features. Wouldn't mind owning one but would probably end up bigblocking it and painting it something other than red, black or white! Any idea what they go for?? Not like I could afford one I'm sure, just curious as to how bad it is!!!
If its not worth doing right, its not worth doing... Donny, MaxxMuscle Custom Painting
-
01-20-2008 01:23 PM #9
CHR Member/Contributor
- Join Date
- Oct 2002
- Location
- Evans
- Car Year, Make, Model: '33 Vicky, building a '48 Anglia Gasser
- Posts
- 197
One of them an '03 is coming for auction on BJ in a few minutes"Breathe in... Breathe out... then move on with life. Life's too short to sweat the small stuff"
-
01-20-2008 02:41 PM #10
CHR Member/Contributor
- Join Date
- Oct 2002
- Location
- Evans
- Car Year, Make, Model: '33 Vicky, building a '48 Anglia Gasser
- Posts
- 197
It sold for $65k....somebody likes 'em"Breathe in... Breathe out... then move on with life. Life's too short to sweat the small stuff"
-
01-20-2008 05:51 PM #11
CHR Member
- Join Date
- Jun 2007
- Location
- Torrance
- Car Year, Make, Model: 31 Ford Model A
- Posts
- 84
There was a black one running around the South Bay area in Torrance. Haven't seen it for awhile though. Don't care for them myself.
-
01-21-2008 05:57 AM #12
CHR Member/Contributor
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- knoxville
- Car Year, Make, Model: Nothing currently :-(
- Posts
- 164
Guess thats pretty cheap considering the cost of a stock convertable to start with! I'd say the newness will wear off pretty quick once they start showing up at different places. I had never seen one and it caught me by surprise...still think its pretty cool though... Originally Posted by G.R.
If its not worth doing right, its not worth doing... Donny, MaxxMuscle Custom Painting
-
01-21-2008 07:43 AM #13
CHR Member
- Join Date
- Jun 2007
- Location
- Torrance
- Car Year, Make, Model: 31 Ford Model A
- Posts
- 84
Funniest part is when they try to enter a car show with a year cut-off. This guy got turned away because it was a new car. Boy, was he ticked.
-
01-21-2008 09:49 AM #14
CHR Member
- Join Date
- Aug 2006
- Location
- Redmond
- Car Year, Make, Model: 1942 IH K3
- Posts
- 508
At the Main Street Garden Grove, Ca. car show the cut off date is 1975 but they will allow any year Corvette.
Cool Retro Vette. 
-
01-21-2008 01:01 PM #15
CHR Member
- Join Date
- Dec 2005
- Location
- somewhere west of Ft Worth
- Car Year, Make, Model: 46 ford truck
- Posts
- 15
saw that on B-J yesterday.
Yackjust 'cause you ain't paranoid doesn't mena they aren't out to get ya
Reply With Quote
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
here's the latest, I had to cut up the cross section of the frame to get the parallel bars in place and these pic's show my fix . 3 x 6 tube used to rebuild the frame section. [/URL] after lots...
New Project