All my wants

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 07/24/2014 at 18:23 • Filed to: None

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'63 Corvette Stingray split-window coupe. It was in absolutely perfect shape, and soooo purdy.

Apparently this ruins it for some people; the car has an LT-1 swap from a late C4.

EL_ULY > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/24/2014 at 18:27

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me....

T5Killer > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/24/2014 at 18:30

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LT-1 engine Ewwwwwwwwwwwwe

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > T5Killer 07/24/2014 at 18:32

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???

Textured Soy Protein > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/24/2014 at 18:42

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It's an LT-1 from a later-year C4.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Textured Soy Protein 07/24/2014 at 18:43

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Is that a particularly bad engine?

Textured Soy Protein > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/24/2014 at 18:47

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It's not terrible, but the distributor has some issues .

CAR_IS_MI > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/24/2014 at 18:48

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This actually seriously kills it for me. I'm not one who is usually bothered by swaps like this, but its a 63 split window, one of the most valuable Corvettes ever, and you just devalued the shit out of it by doing this. Then you put arguably the worst motor to ever grace the Corvette namesake into it, further devaluing it.

Shameful.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > CAR_IS_MI 07/24/2014 at 18:49

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Noted, this apparently was not a good swap.

StingrayJake > CAR_IS_MI 07/24/2014 at 18:50

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This. Would be sexier with an original, or at least another C2 engine.

CAR_IS_MI > StingrayJake 07/24/2014 at 18:52

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Or any carburated Chevy powerplant. Hell I would be more please with a straight 6 swap than this LT1 crap.

The Transporter > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/24/2014 at 19:57

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If this was a C3 or even a C2 that wasn't a blessed split window '63 and that engine was an LS7 or at least an LT5, then this would be the perfect engine swap. But this...

...this is the exact opposite of perfect.

stuttgartobsessed > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/24/2014 at 20:24

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I work with (for?), wait, work-ED! HA! (Today was my last day...) who has a mint '63 split window 4sp matching numbers original everything, including the plate. Its gorgeous.