Never Wanted a Corvette Before ...

"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01) 08/26/2019 at 17:09 • Filed to: Corvette C8

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Dunno if someone posted this already - please let it be real :

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Steve in Manhattan 08/26/2019 at 17:26

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I hope you are kidding. It’s definitely a spot. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Steve in Manhattan 08/26/2019 at 17:27

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There is a 0% chance that’s real, and 1% chance it looks good in real life

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Steve in Manhattan 08/26/2019 at 17:32

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Boomer bait

Steve in Manhattan > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/26/2019 at 17:33

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Damn - hash tag #fakenews - got so excited I missed it.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Steve in Manhattan 08/26/2019 at 17:33

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I can tell by the pixels

MonkeePuzzle > Steve in Manhattan 08/26/2019 at 17:35

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Steve in Manhattan > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/26/2019 at 17:37

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And I bit!

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Steve in Manhattan 08/26/2019 at 17:40

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Paging  @TysMagic to the front desk

Steve in Manhattan > MonkeePuzzle 08/26/2019 at 17:43

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The first Corvette I’ve ever wanted in my life and IT’S NOT REAL!

WilliamsSW > Steve in Manhattan 08/26/2019 at 17:50

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Sure, it’s fake now, but someone is busy right now creating a body kit for it:

Steve in Manhattan > WilliamsSW 08/26/2019 at 18:06

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I saw this on Broadway in 2014, and I went insane. Guy confirmed it was a ‘59.

LongbowMkII > Steve in Manhattan 08/26/2019 at 18:49

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If they smoothed the rear of the scallop into a curved  air vent it’d work so much better

and 100 more > Steve in Manhattan 08/26/2019 at 19:15

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That’s Lightning McQueen from Cars 4, yeah?

WilliamsSW > Steve in Manhattan 08/26/2019 at 19:36

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  The late C1 Corvettes are my favorite. 

RedPir8Roberts > Steve in Manhattan 08/26/2019 at 19:59

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I can’t believe I’m saying this but I like it. I think you could, for not tons of money, re-create that look with a computer-printed decal by a video artist, or by an auto-painting artist with an airbrush. And somewhere I’ve seen rims that mimic the white walls, so combine those with some custom wheel covers that copy the C1 Corvette’s, and there you have it. The wheel covers could also be removable to showcase the more modern rims in some current-day pattern (though you’d still have the “white walls ”).

The funny thing about the resto-modded or rebodied C1 and C2 Corvettes over later Corvette chassis, is that I just can’t imagine that many of the owners take advantage of all that capability. Much like all of the high-horsepower muscle cars and show cars / Pro Street cars that take an occ a sional parade across the auction block and look like they’ve never seen a rock chip or a bug . At minimum, you need headrests (which were a rare option on C2s) if you’re going to go a-hooning, which a lot of the C1 clones lack . I’m all for some extra power and handling, but completely counterfeiting an early Corvette with all modern goodies and STILL not driving it, seems utterly pointless. Maybe I’m wrong and the owners to take them out, I just doubt it. I don’t think anybody who just did a mild custom on a C8 as an homage to the early cars would be put off exercising it a bit, though.

RedPir8Roberts > WilliamsSW 08/26/2019 at 20:06

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I wonder if anybody’s even tried to come up with a more period-correct windshield.  It doesn’t look bad exactly, but it’s a dead giveaway.  Of course you’d have to redo the top, or make it a pure roadster.  Good color and wheel & tire choice on that one.  As I wrote in my other reply, I do question if the owners of these things really use their performance.  Then again, I almost never seen Corvettes of any description on the narrow back roads near me, maybe they’re all out on the highways--but I suspect they’re home in the garage. 

Tapas > Steve in Manhattan 08/26/2019 at 20:08

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So much no

WilliamsSW > RedPir8Roberts 08/26/2019 at 21:39

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Not exactly the same, but I saw this last year. Early C1 body style on a C5 IIRC. I thought it was hideous.

The proportions are wrong and tge windshield really looks off. Haven’t seen one where they fixed that.  

Steve in Manhattan > RedPir8Roberts 08/26/2019 at 23:25

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If only I needed a car (never will, unless I move) and that thing existed. Would go six figures for that thing. Would have to sell my soul, of course ...

RedPir8Roberts > WilliamsSW 08/27/2019 at 00:44

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I’ve seen replica C2s with modern chassis cross the Mecum block on TV, they look really close but the windshield still isn’t right, though maybe not as dramatically bad as the one in your photo.  

TysMagic > Steve in Manhattan 08/27/2019 at 09:03

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I totally missed this yesterday! It’s been said, but as the creator I’ll 110% confirm this is fake 

TysMagic > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 08/27/2019 at 09:04

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can’t believe I missed this - then posted it this morning