Procrastination Racing

There are several who have flared fenders on their C2 Corvettes but it seems they are scattered in various threads. Let's gather as many pictures as possible in one for future reference.

66jack

In my younger days

Procrastination Racing

I'll start, since when this one was posted, I thought it was really sharp and wanted to post it again.

1963 Nassau Blue coupe. The guy called it a poor old car. I think it looks great.






My '63 convertible back in 1976.

keystonefarm

My 66 coupe back in 1973. Autocrossing the start to SCCA production racing for me. ---- Ken




Same car back in 1978. Car back on street. New hood, new color. ------------Ken



Same car in 2009. New hood, motor, sidepipes, same color and same flares for almost 39 years. ----- Ken

FastEddy

Love flares..................

not quite finished

00fxd

[QUOTE=Procrastination Racing;1578259189]I'll start, since when this one was posted, I thought it was really sharp and wanted to post it again.

1963 Nassau Blue coupe. The guy called it a poor old car. I think it looks great.




"The Guy" [me,] saw [and drove] the car in person. IMHO, the car has been "run hard and put away wet" as they say - tho it seemed to survive pretty well. And when one looked underneath, the flairs were installed in a manner that to me was less than what was appropriate for a '63 Corvette.
I still feel sorry for it, it needs someone to save it but as far as I know it is still sitting outside at that dealership. And I think it will remain sitting there until the price comes down.
A lot.

jimh_1962

one of my favorite cars. I wish I had a picture of the front since the car was for sale at carlisle in 2005.

claysmoker

Plastic Pig

6T7L71CPE

PaulUptime

jjtoma

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larrywalk

Nice!

66since71

Just thinking put loud... There were really 3 kinds of flares in the early years:
"ZL-1" flares (like taken from the ZL-1 C3, Nassau blue 63 and fasteddy's above)
Eyebrow flares (modified only the upper portion of the wheel well opening)
SCCA legal flares (a buldge with "no change in the shape of the opening, when viewed from the side", keystonefarms 66)

Later, around 1990, I began to see the GTS style flares. First set I saw was at the SCCA solo nationals in 1990. Red car from California.

Looks like we've got nice examples of all four. Thanks everyone for posting!

Harry

PaulUptime

So would my flares be considered the "Eyebrow" style? They were on the car when I received it 11 years ago. They're only at the rear (pics above) and it is to accomodate the larger rear tires (235/70 at rear, 215/70 at front.)

66since71

Paul, that's what I'd call them... Lots of the fiberglass guys at the time offered relatively small panels to add them. Relatively easy to install compared to the others. I remember Ecklers offered them along with progressively bigger ZL-1 pieces as sort of a wide-wider-widest strategy.

Harry

PaulUptime

Thanks Harry,

I don't have any past owner contact available, and I've not seen that same flare shape offered (or even used) elsewhere. Figured it was done in the early '70's.

I debated removing them and returning the car to stock but there were just too many other things that would also need to be changed, and it's all part of this car's unique character now.

As I said, they are there to accomodate the larger tires. I kinda like the "hopped-up" look but IIRC there are some performance benefits too. We enjoy touring in our car, not racing and I do know it does that very well.

Other than the subjective (appearance) anyone know of actual benefits from the larger rear tires (acceleration, handling, traction?)

amtronic1

66 w/67 hood.

6T7L71CPE

Paul,
Yours are what I would consider mimicking C3 wheel wells with the wider edge.

Another "mild" ZL1 example.

midyear

my current 2 midyear project cars in as purchased condition...