In the spirit of Shark Week

"JR1" (type35bugatti) 07/07/2015 at 08:20 • Filed to: Mako Corvette

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Have a Corvette with the best paint job ever.

CalzoneGolem > JR1 07/07/2015 at 08:55

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This exhaust has always looked awkward to me.

I prefer Mako II

That paint job is on fleek

JR1 > CalzoneGolem 07/07/2015 at 09:29

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The lines on the Mako II are cleaner but I think the exhaust looks like shark gills.

StingrayJake > JR1 07/07/2015 at 09:47

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Love the Mako. Also love the story behind the Mako’s paint job.

As I recall, Bill Mitchell had a shark he’d caught taxidermied and hanging in his office. It was the exact look he wanted for the car and he repeatedly told the paint guys to try again after they presented a finished product. Eventually one of the paint guys broke into Mitchell’s office and repainted the shark to match the car. Seeing that the car “finally” matched the shark, Mitchell was pleased.

It’s too bad it was never offered as a factory option.

camaroboy68ss > JR1 07/07/2015 at 09:50

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there is a funny story with that paint job, Bill Mitchell, the designer of the mako shark had a stingray mounted on his office wall that he had caught and told the painter to paint the car exactly like the fish. they spent weeks trying to match that darn fish. the painter eventually broke into Mitchell's office one night and painted the fish to match the car. Mitchell was none the wiser as the story goes and when he saw the matched was finally happy.

JR1 > StingrayJake 07/07/2015 at 09:51

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I wish they would have given the color out as a factory option. And I have heard that story it is one of my personal favorites.

JR1 > camaroboy68ss 07/07/2015 at 09:52

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I have heard that story before it is one of my favorites. You think is Mitchell liked the color so much they would have offered it from the factory.

camaroboy68ss > JR1 07/07/2015 at 11:59

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Too time consuming for a production line car. Also expensive since metal flake and pearl paint was still relatively new.