How to make a Corvette look goofy

It's not easy, but the owner of this one actually did it. To a 427 model no less.

Proudly displayed for sale at Carlisle this past weekend.

it can be fixed, hope they realize it's current value is low.

What is it supposed to by anyways? It can be fixed, but it would take some money to undo that.

I came in expecting this:

Makes the green one look almost tasteful.

I would fix it with the 12" wide wheels, giant side pipes and disco era panel paint that the bodywork is crying out for and then drive the wheels off it.

Looks like it was probably done in the 70's when it was just an old car. The front looks like kind of Fiberfab-like.

Wally wrote: I would fix it with the 12" wide wheels, giant side pipes and disco era panel paint that the bodywork is crying out for and then drive the wheels off it.

I was going to criticize it with a silly image from the internet, but I like this idea too.

BlueInGreen44 wrote:

Oh, you take that back! TAKE IT BACK! That's awesome-sauce there.

BlueInGreen44 wrote:

I see what you did there.

The nose looks like a Baldwin-Motion Corvette, but I think they only modified C3 cars in that style:

In any case, I assume the modifications to the car were done in the late 1960s or early 1970s, when it was just an old car.

Came in expecting a base c5 with every chrome aftermarket widget taped to it. Left feeling even dirtier.

Like Bravenrace said, I think that might have been a Fiberfab kit. There was a '63 Fuelie for sale around here a few months back that had the same nose. It might even have been a similar color.

Mark Hamill's first land speeder? 'Corvette Summer'

bgkast wrote: I came in expecting this: Makes the green one look almost tasteful.

bgkast wrote: I came in expecting this: Makes the green one look almost tasteful.

Put a 500hp LS engine and a six speed in that and I'd drive it every day.

Looks like a C2 and a Triumph did something regrettable in the 80s and this was the result.

Yeah, I came in here expecting to see a factory fresh C7.

Hmmmm...

ronholm wrote:

As a Corvette owner I DO NOT APPROVE this message.

I thought we were going to talk about this "masterpiece" again:

In reply to Nick_Comstock:

This is one time an LS isn't the right answer. A Big Block with a slightly rich 4 barrel running on race gas. On high school around '93-'94 a customer came into the Corvette shop I worked in. He had a red 65 roadster similar to that one but with original headlights. The shop owner wanted him to restore it but the guy had to much fun driving it. We did some badly needed Maintainance and he loved the thing. He let me play with it a few times and it was easily the most fun car we had there. By keeping the chips and scratches he also didn't have to feel bad about beating on it.

I think it's a little easier than you think to make a Corvette look goofy.

Here's one for sale- http://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/4674904487.html

I think a C3 looks goofy in stock form. Which is odd since I very much like how every other generation of corvette looks. I've hated the C3 even since I was a little kid. Maybe because they ruined the beautiful C2.....