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Old 01-06-2015, 11:12 AM
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A Nomad or a Corvette or...??
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Old 01-06-2015, 11:16 AM
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That's actually a pretty significant achievement . . . that car doesn't have one angle from which it looks good. That ain't easy to do. Yikes.
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They have been doing it since the 60's..............
Yet I have never figured out if it looks good or bad, let alone why.
Guess if they like it, why not?
Certainly an attention-getter!

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Someone took a "FUGLY" stick to that one...
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Originally Posted by 66jack
Someone took a "FUGLY" stick to that one...
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Originally Posted by 86C4Z51
This is why:


Old 01-06-2015, 11:43 AM
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It's as bad as doing this I guess. I just can't imagine a wrap-around rear window on a '54, or taking a SawsAll to such a beautiful car.





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A Nomad or a Corvette or...??
I remember reading an article in a magazine that featured a C3 Corvette made into a station wagon, and when asked why, the young owner said he only had space and money for one car, that he loved Corvettes, and that his budding career as a rock band drummer meant he had to lug all his equipment to his weekend gigs.... thus he decided to build a Corvette wagon. That was back when an old Corvette was valued pretty much as just another used car.
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A Nomad or a Corvette or...??[/QUOTE]
Take away the Lambo doors and I really like..
It would be welcome in my garage!
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My first reaction was that the rear end looked like a balloon, but looking at the second pic, it's obvious that the balloon effect is due to the camera lens.

The link to the website chokes my browser, but I hope this is a complete repo and that a C1 was not sacrificed... Anyway, it's not a bad look IMHO.
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Originally Posted by GC2X4


A Nomad or a Corvette or...??
Take away the Lambo doors and I really like..
It would be welcome in my garage!
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Those are based on a C5 platform. That's an 02 or 03 coupe VIN #. I'm not a big fan of them but I would take that one as a grocery getter
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Originally Posted by capevettes
Those are based on a C5 platform. That's an 02 or 03 coupe VIN #.
Not one piece of that car is taken from a '54 or any C-1 !
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Originally Posted by Solid Axle Guy
This is why:


You are correct! that is exactly "WHY"
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That looks like an Advanced Auto Technologies (AAT) conversion with lambo doors added. They don't normally come with lambo doors.

http://www.aatcars.com/commem_wagon.html
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Yknow, I generally dont like customs and I like those C5 to early car "conversions" even less, but Ive always thought the 50's Corvette Nomad look was kinda interesting.

This wouldnt be nearly as bad if those horrifying doors werent on there. Thats the killer.

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Default The Owner of the Blue Corvette Nomad Shows his car...

off every summer at Hot August Nights at the Peppermill Casino. Nice guy and a nice car as well.
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its a hearse....
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Originally Posted by Solid Axle Guy
This is why:


I like this version. I would own/drive one of these in a heartbeat!

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