GrandSportC3

I got this Vette this march (2001) and it was in pretty rough shape!
It took 5 months to get to the current condition!

Here are some before and after pictures of the car!












Olivier


[Modified by GrandSportC3, 11:05 PM 8/26/2001]

Smokehouse69

That is one fine looking custom C-3, you spent some serious $$$ on that thing and it looks great!

Welcome to the forum!!! There are a bunch of wild men here (women too)

trw

Grandsport

You've been one busy boy since March.

Looks great.

Terry

A C

What kind of guages are those? I think they look pretty cool. Nice car. :cheers:

AC

GrandSportC3

>>That is one fine looking custom C-3, you spent some serious $$$ on that thing and it looks great!

I sold my 95 Corvette Convertible in January. I got the 68 for a good price! So I had quite some money left from the 95 and I decided to use it to fix up my new project. I know that if I would want to sell this Vette I wouldn't even get a fraction of what I invested. There is a lot of money in places where you can't even see...... However - I am not planning to sell this Vette. I had a 69 Convertible before that was in similar condition like this one. I only sold the 69 because it had a automatic transmission. I prefer stick shift. I am planning for next year to put a Richmond 6-speed transmission and a Speed-o-motive 383 Stroker Enging (540 hp) into my 68! The car still has the original M-21 tranny in it!

>>Welcome to the forum!!!

Thanks!

>>There are a bunch of wild men here (women too)

GrandSportC3

>>What kind of guages are those? I think they look pretty cool.

Those are Autometer Phantom Gauges. They are top of the line quality and cheaper than the original gauges.
However - they require some modifications to the speedo and tach bezels.

>>Nice car.

Thanks

Olivier

SteveG75

:eek:

Olivier,

WOW. That is one awesome job. Very impressive. You are a serious inspiration.

Double Aught

That is a very nice custom job you finished. I like the white stripes and somehow, the rear spoiler works with your car. Great job.

8T1-7T9 BIONIC VETTE

I love this Vette.....That's how I wanted my nose to look smooth all the way down to the bumpers.....nice light set-up.....One of the best Custom jobs I've seen in a long time......Now you got me thinking.....where's my check book :cool:

8T1-7T9 BIONIC VETTE

Nice flip up front end,......where can I get one of those kits?

2nspire

Looks GREAT WoW

GrandSportC3

>>Nice flip up front end,......where can I get one of those kits?

That was not a kit!!! Someone moulded the hood and the tops of the headlights into the body. The spoiler has also been custom built for this car too! All the work on this car has been done in the mid 70's.

The only "tilt front" kit I know of is the "DAYTONA" tilt front. Ecklers sells those. They don't have it in their catalog but you will find it on their webpage. However - the "tilt front" that Ecklers sells is quite different from mine!

Olivier

GrandSportC3

>>That is a very nice custom job you finished. I like the white stripes and somehow, the rear spoiler works with your car. Great job.

I always liked the looks of the Dodge Viper blue/white paint job. So I decided to paint my Vette in the same colors. The color is "Viper Blue" with white stripes! The stripes look very good on the one piece tilt front because there are no hood lines!

Olivier

shamby

That is one slick looking car. How did you set up your headlights?

Jarmo

That's one fine looking vette , congratulations.

BB68Vett

Looks great. Wish I had the $$$ to fix up my '68. I love the custom look, very tasteful.

xfactor974

I bought those same Autometer gauges. GrandsportC3 could you walk me through how you mounted them?

78Vette-SA

Congrat's on a great job!!! :cheers:

L. Jackmin

Very, very nice. Another one saved from the brink.

Good luck,

LMJ

Monkeywrench

Holy cripes!! That's beautiful. I never thought I'd like a big spolier on a vette but that one looks nice. Great work!!!

5 months!!:eek: Were you working 24/7? Wow!

Sean


[Modified by sdotson, 8:48 AM 8/27/2001]