AZDoug

Was at a local show yesterday with the '72 and '61.

Guy, maybe 35-40 walks up, thumps his knuckles on the side of the '72 and says: "is this fiberglass?".

I ignore his knuckle thumping and say yes.

he says his buddies '65, which his buddy sold in 1986 for $150,000 was steel.

I and another guy both say simultaneously, they never made steel Corvettes; he gets almost belligerent, says his buddies was steel, and it ran on jet fuel, and walked off.

Doug

vettpapaw

I've had a vett since the early 70s and believe me I've heard all kinds of bullsh$t like that. It gets old after awhile.

warrenmj

Doesn't do any good to correct or argue with "Corvette experts" like that as they just show us how little we know about these cars!

hedgehead

A steel Corvette with a diesel engine, Hmmm, it probably was a VW Golf.

Bowtyeguy

I just say man I wish I had that car.

ricks327

and they walk among us.

ChattanoogaJSB

Knuckles on my car starts a whole new conversation I'd say...

VeroWing

Then he probably jumped in his Kia and went back to the bar!

vettpapaw

He would not like my answer

Railroadman

He's lucky you didn't thump your knuckles on his head and ask "Is this wood?"

I don't know what the big deal about steel body Corvettes is. Judging by how many people at various car shows have seen one, they probably were more common than we know!

61 Roadster

There's almost as many steel bodied Corvettes as there were $100 army jeeps sold in a crate to someone's cousin because he was a veteran

Westlotorn

At least the Jeep Story is real. My neighbor bought one for $50. in a crate all boxed up.
He had to assemble the entire Jeep from that box. Took the guy about 6 mos then he fired it up. I rode in it. I was only 13 at the time but I saw the crate arrive and watched the unpack and the slow assembly. $50 was the amount he told me he paid. No BS I saw it myself.
Steel body Corvette, somebody is on drugs.

65hihp

there was no steel bodied corvette, but there were alloy body corvettes.
This may be one source of the myth.
http://www.supercars.net/cars/360.html

or, maybe not...

jim lockwood

And probably have reproduced, too.

Frankie the Fink

All I'll say is do some research on the Jeep story and draw your own conclusions...I've heard so many permutations of that story over the years they would fill volumes.

I had a conversation with an expert last summer whose father returned from Vietnam and bought a '67 427ci split window but had to sell it to finish college.

Not worth arguing about...

61 Roadster

Back when I had a 1944 ****** MB, I used to hear many stories, but they were never proven.

http://olive-drab.com/od_mvg_jeeps_50dollars.php

It's a shame you can't go back and document your first-hand experience; I've heard someone was offering a reward for a bona fide "jeep in a crate" story.

fyreline

I don't let the dirtheads bother me . . . I actually enjoy sitting next to my '62 at car shows and listening to the bottom-feeders try to impress their girlfriends with how much they know . . . especially about Corvettes. I had one gentleman assure me that I was wrong in assuming all Corvettes were made by Chevrolet - he had one years ago that wasn't. Also, there are always a few who insist that GM actually produced the Waldorf Nomad Corvette station wagon, and there were a lot of them around if you knew where to look. And yes, the "steel-bodied Corvette" is a recurring theme among the great unwashed. Kind of fun to listen to, actually. Over my many, many years of Corvette ownership I've heard some beauties. No sense letting it bother you.

SI67

No diesel, but how 'bout a 2-rotor Wankel? That prototype, X-892, had a steel body by Pininfarina. Some of its styling cues were captured in the Monza, which debuted in 1975

RPA1948

Almost bought one in the early 70's. Aluminum body.

Complete C2 chassis rebodied in Italy.
327-365, Muncie 4spd, Vette independent rear suspension. Guy down the road in Pontiac Twp. Mi.

Should have bought it but then in the late 60's I passed up a L-88 Vette, and in 1970 a 289 Cobra because I needed a daily driver and couldn't have afforded the insurance. Ended up buying a 1966 Roadster that I sold just last year.

I've never heard of a steel bodied Corvette.

Richard

desertpilgrim

The guy was okay - he also thinks Professional wrestling is a "sport" and that Bernie Sanders will be President - the family fortune is riding on it.