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Old 05-02-2016, 09:11 PM
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chevrolet-Co...m=111985477082

WOW! There's a reason it's a one of a kind.
Old 05-02-2016, 09:26 PM
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"You'll never see another one like it"...probably for the better.
Every time a thread like this opens I look at it and tend to shake my head with the feeling that I've just seen it all. Seems as though the creative abilities of some just keep on coming out of the woodwork. Lots of effort there!
Old 05-02-2016, 09:40 PM
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That roach has been on eBay before. They've been trying to sell it for quite some time, and I think they'll be trying to sell it, for many years to come!
Old 05-02-2016, 09:51 PM
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Yeah, but I bet the T-handle makes that automatic transmission shift like a dream.
Old 05-02-2016, 09:57 PM
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When you said skorpion I thought that quad turbo radical show vette of the 70's...it was sweet.

but this thing, aw geez....I normally defend customs and man o man I feel like I am shooting a man in wheel chair to start trashing this thing but...cue Will Smith voice and say "Damn".

To me That thing looks like a loaf of french bread or perhaps a shoe box with wheels but I cant find any angle that isnt bad, perhaps it's really stunning in person....
Old 05-02-2016, 10:14 PM
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My mamma always said " If you can't say anything good , don't say anything at all " .
Old 05-02-2016, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by The13Bats
When you said skorpion I thought that quad turbo radical show vette of the 70's...it was sweet.

but this thing, aw geez....I normally defend customs and man o man I feel like I am shooting a man in wheel chair to start trashing this thing but...cue Will Smith voice and say "Damn".

To me That thing looks like a loaf of french bread or perhaps a shoe box with wheels but I cant find any angle that isnt bad, perhaps it's really stunning in person....
Great post Bats! Even the sellers ebay user name is kinda funny.

If anyone actually buys this thing they can say they bought it from
"UsedcarCharlie". Hilarious.
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Old 05-02-2016, 10:33 PM
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The sad part is someone dumped a lot of cash into that car at one point in its life.
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Originally Posted by bj1k
My mamma always said " If you can't say anything good , don't say anything at all " .
I said it might look great in person...

Originally Posted by Iceaxe
The sad part is someone dumped a lot of cash into that car at one point in its life.
I do feel badly about what I said the thing looks fairly well made not hack jobbed and likely someone dream car, yes you know big old stack of toad pelts was dumped on it....
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I've built 2 replicas many years back so I can appreciate the time and (for lack of a bette word) the thought that went into that.......but still I'm amazed and baffled at how they took a sleek / long looking C3 and made it look soooooo "squashed". I guess someone thought it looked good.
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Originally Posted by bj1k
My mamma always said " If you can't say anything good , don't say anything at all " .
My momma never said that, specifically, so here goes....

Looks to me like "Lightning McQueen" had a night of drunken debauchery with a slutty testarossa, and this is their devil-spawn child.










Originally Posted by Iceaxe
The sad part is someone dumped a lot of cash into that car at one point in its life.
Amen.....a TON of work, time, and money. Wow. Gotta give it to whoever created it. They had a vision and they saw it through.

Too bad there's a reserve on it. I'd snap it up for the engine, part the rest, and send that body to the crusher. I wonder if they'll include the loose piece of steel tubing laying on the cowl?
Old 05-03-2016, 07:24 AM
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:agree:

Nailed it!

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Old 05-03-2016, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by gbvette62
...That roach has been on eBay before. They've been trying to sell it for quite some time...
Looks like all that Hendrick Motor Sports name dropping doesn't help market the car.
Old 05-03-2016, 11:08 AM
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I just contacted the guy and asked him where I can get one of those custom air intakes.
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A few people bought the Pontiac Aztec so perhaps this car will sell also....
Old 05-03-2016, 11:24 AM
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and I raise you one OMG.

http://tallahassee.craigslist.org/cto/5565058144.html

And a WTF?

http://daytona.craigslist.org/cto/5547439017.html
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Old 05-03-2016, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by lurch59
A few people bought the Pontiac Aztec so perhaps this car will sell also....
The Aztec had some useful features (like camping and tons of room) that appealed to a certain demographic. You'd have to be a negative attention seeking masochist to actually be seen in this Corvette. Imagine showing up at a C3 meet with something like this. It would be worth having a couple of Go Pro's on either side, to record the facial expressions of the faithful.

By far, along with the C3, that had a truck grill and cattle horns, this has to be one of the fugliest C3's, I've ever seen. If it's preserved, it's only as an outstanding testament to bad taste. I wouldn't be caught dead, driving this thing in public. Hard to even call it a Corvette.

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Old 05-03-2016, 11:53 AM
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Well at least you don't have to worry about converting the flip-up headlights to electric.
Old 05-04-2016, 09:53 AM
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Hi,
Here's some work from the Hendrick shop.
Difficult to believe the same person, ("gut"), was involved in these 2 cars in ANY way!
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Old 05-04-2016, 10:15 AM
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Oh my goodness. Wow . . . . just, wow.


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