I saw this car parked in front of a local deli...
I saw this car parked in front of a local deli...
Why is this a bad idea?
Wait for it...
Is it the angle or is something a little off about the proportions?
Waiting for it
I'm disappointed in you people...
Twin longitudinal sunroofs.
Saw those, but didn't think it qualified for kingship.
Woody wrote: I'm disappointed in you people... Twin longitudinal sunroofs.
Can't see sunrooves in that image. Even so, two is just as bad as one, IMO.
I never saw an early C3 with flared quarters like that. Now I'm curious.
PMRacing wrote: Is it the angle or is something a little off about the proportions?
In reply to PMRacing:
It appears that way to me too. It looks like a blend of C2 and C3 body styles, somehow. I think it might be in the front wheel arches., where it gets wonky
Saw roof too, but I thought the bad idea is you were thinking of buying it...which isn't a bad idea.
The sunroofs (sunrooves?) and flares make me think the car was a victim of bad customizing in the 70's. I've seen worse. My guess is that the car got a 'budget' restoration to bring it back to the point is it now. Makes for a good conversation starter.
the wheel wells on the C2 should not extend upwards above the belt line.
The sunroofs can be fixed with some fiberglass mat. Take them out, duct tape some wax paper over the holes, then some cardboard over the wax paper, take the headliner out, grid down about half the thickness of the fiberglass around the inside of the roof, flip the car upside down and add the mat and resin from the inside, overlapping the joints with the roof where you ground it down. Flip it back right side up, add a tad more resin/mat where needed, a bunch of sanding and some paint. Done.
'67 with radiused fenders. What's the big deal?
I love seeing evidence of a time when these were just old Corvettes.
People get all weak in the knees over split window Vettes, why not a split sunroof car? Ultra rare! 
That angle plus the shadow makes it look like it's ready for some off-roading.
the fenders actually look pretty well done. The sunroofs -not so much.
In reply to Woody:
Woody, I am so disappointed. You've had MUCH better terrible ideas than this one!
the only thing i see that is bad about that car is the total lack of sidepipes..
The radiused fenders were fairly common. They came with narrow bias ply tires and people would switch to wider radials and it you hit a driveway right with the wheels turned the tires would break the lip on the top of the fender opening. It's an easy fix to restore. The twin sunroof is a new one. I thought I'd seen all of the odd 70s customs when I worked in a Corvette resto shop in high school.
The front end looks 3rd gen to me.... at some point in the 70's, maybesomeone though it would be cool to update an old ugly vette... as said, at a time, they were just old 'vette :)
physician wrote: The front end looks 3rd gen to me.... at some point in the 70's, maybesomeone though it would be cool to update an old ugly vette... as said, at a time, they were just old 'vette :)
the fender vents are C3, not C2. That is probably what is giving you the thought it is a C3 in drag
mad_machine wrote:physician wrote: The front end looks 3rd gen to me.... at some point in the 70's, maybesomeone though it would be cool to update an old ugly vette... as said, at a time, they were just old 'vette :)the fender vents are C3, not C2. That is probably what is giving you the thought it is a C3 in drag
Those are the right fender vents for a C2 if it's a 67.
Wall-e wrote:mad_machine wrote:Those are the right fender vents for a C2 if it's a 67.physician wrote: The front end looks 3rd gen to me.... at some point in the 70's, maybesomeone though it would be cool to update an old ugly vette... as said, at a time, they were just old 'vette :)the fender vents are C3, not C2. That is probably what is giving you the thought it is a C3 in drag![]()
it gets hard to keep track of what vents went on what car. did GM change the fender vents yearly on vettes?
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