Does anybody else wish Rod Saboury would quit chopping up classic Corvettes
06-27-2002, 01:12 PM
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Re: Does anybody else wish Rod Saboury would quit chopping up classic Corvettes (73-454)
73-454,
Are you crying out for help? If life is this bad for you, do something about it.
Get some professional help for God's sake.
Are you crying out for help? If life is this bad for you, do something about it.
Get some professional help for God's sake.
06-27-2002, 02:00 PM
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Re: Does anybody else wish Rod Saboury would quit chopping up classic Corvettes (69 N.O.X. RATT)
For those of you who do not know Rod Saboury is a pioneer in the Fastest Street car racing. In the eary 90's he took a real 53 Vette #283 out of only 300 made, and chopped it up into a prostreet car. He raced it for several years. His latest Chop Job is on a 63 split window coupe that he tubbed and turned inot a street cruiser.
I like Corvette race cars, and have no problem with guys chopping them up into drag cars etc, but not a 53 or 63 SWC. There are plenty of vettes that would make a cool race car without destroying one so important to Corvette history. Saboury has plenty of money to have the body fabbed up or buy one of the aftermarket bodies for racing.
I was wondering what others might think about this.
I like Corvette race cars, and have no problem with guys chopping them up into drag cars etc, but not a 53 or 63 SWC. There are plenty of vettes that would make a cool race car without destroying one so important to Corvette history. Saboury has plenty of money to have the body fabbed up or buy one of the aftermarket bodies for racing.
I was wondering what others might think about this.
That's what Camaro's are for.
06-27-2002, 02:03 PM
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Re: Does anybody else wish Rod Saboury would quit chopping up classic Corvettes (73-454)
I am all for it, Like to see more of the Rotten Vettes off the road, they are very unsafe, if one wants to convert to a race car or a couch Why Not! :cheers:
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06-27-2002, 02:49 PM
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Re: Does anybody else wish Rod Saboury would quit chopping up classic Corvettes (69 N.O.X. RATT)
Couldn't care less what anyone wants to do to a car that he or she owns, Corvette or otherwise. A Corvette isn't some Holy Cultural Icon that demands or deserves idol worship from misty-eyed and fanatical devotees. They're Chevys--nothing more or less than that.
06-27-2002, 04:11 PM
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Re: Does anybody else wish Rod Saboury would quit chopping up classic Corvettes (73-454)
I am all for it, Like to see more of the Old Non Matching # Vettes off the road, they are very unsafe, if one wants to convert to a race car or a couch Why Not! :cheers:
06-28-2002, 12:12 AM
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Re: Does anybody else wish Rod Saboury would quit chopping up classic Corvettes (Intimidator454)
Sorry, but I guess I guess I'm a pure capitalist. I dont want to tell him what to do with cars he buys any more than I want him (or anyone else) telling me what to do with mine. I tend towards as much performance as possible from a mostly stock looking setup, but that's just my cup of tea. Even if it's all stock, I dont want someone meddling in my purchase because they think they have a stake in it also, due to some sort of history.
06-28-2002, 03:35 PM
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Re: Does anybody else wish Rod Saboury would quit chopping up classic Corvettes (warhovs)
I have to agree. My car, I do what I like with it. Your car, you do what you like with it. I just wish I had one of those rare ones to have a choice with! :lol:
06-28-2002, 03:54 PM
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Re: Does anybody else wish Rod Saboury would quit chopping up classic Corvettes (69 N.O.X. RATT)
It's like the old saying.... "Anyone can restore a car, it's take a real man to chop one up" :lol:
06-28-2002, 04:53 PM
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Re: Does anybody else wish Rod Saboury would quit chopping up classic Corvettes (69 N.O.X. RATT)
I'm kinda torn on this one......it IS his rightful property, and he can do with it what he will. I'm a performance kinda guy myself.
On the other hand, cutting up a 1953 with a valid VIN in this day and age is a little merciless, IMHO.
The '63 SWC's, while stunningly beautiful, are NOT a rare car, and mostly lack the historical significance of the '53.
My 2c.
:yesnod: :chevy :chevy :yesnod:
On the other hand, cutting up a 1953 with a valid VIN in this day and age is a little merciless, IMHO.
The '63 SWC's, while stunningly beautiful, are NOT a rare car, and mostly lack the historical significance of the '53.
My 2c.
:yesnod: :chevy :chevy :yesnod:
07-06-2013, 12:55 AM
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Chuck, I do not know Rod personally but July 2002 issue of Fastest Street Car magizine had an extensive interview with Rod where he stated on page 56.
" That was a real 53, it was number 283 off the assembly line. I had the original title and everything to it."
The article then goes on to say that he bought the bare body from somebody else after it had been hit.
In the same article it quotes him regarding the 63 SWC "Of course it's a real car with no aftrmarket parts on the body what so ever" He tubbed it and put a 427 LS1 with a Richmond 5 speed. Very neat car I agree, but did it have to be a SWC, especially a real one?
I know Saboury is a great racer and a master mechanic, but couldn't he choose different models of Corvettes to race or pro street. Even if the 53 was a car that had been bought from somebody else that raced it, I think subjecting that 1 in 300 body to 200 mph drag racing is a bit selfish, same as choping up a 63 SWC.
" That was a real 53, it was number 283 off the assembly line. I had the original title and everything to it."
The article then goes on to say that he bought the bare body from somebody else after it had been hit.
In the same article it quotes him regarding the 63 SWC "Of course it's a real car with no aftrmarket parts on the body what so ever" He tubbed it and put a 427 LS1 with a Richmond 5 speed. Very neat car I agree, but did it have to be a SWC, especially a real one?
I know Saboury is a great racer and a master mechanic, but couldn't he choose different models of Corvettes to race or pro street. Even if the 53 was a car that had been bought from somebody else that raced it, I think subjecting that 1 in 300 body to 200 mph drag racing is a bit selfish, same as choping up a 63 SWC.
07-06-2013, 02:53 AM
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07-06-2013, 08:08 AM
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Hi,
An 11 year old thread resurrection!!!! WOW!
In the sixes.
Regards,
Alan
An 11 year old thread resurrection!!!! WOW!
In the sixes.
Regards,
Alan
07-06-2013, 08:13 AM
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Rod is a first class guy. he is a first class builder. Anything he does to his cars is fine with me. i would pay a lot more for one of his cars than for an original one.
07-06-2013, 08:37 AM
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Remember the Tool Time episode where Tim was operating a big crane with an I-beam and clumsily dropped it on his beautiful 1955 Nomad wagon? I came out of my chair when I saw it the first time. Turns out he had a fiberglass replica made as the target of his ineptness.
Jim
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07-06-2013, 08:57 AM
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Rod Saboury had a new creation at the Street Rod Nationals East in York Pa. If I remember correctly another pro-street '63 with a ZR1 engine complete including the see through hood. It's black and a dark maroon color (sorry no pics). His car, his money, and his choise whether we approve or not. Either way a 1st class finished product.
07-06-2013, 11:58 AM
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11 year old thread? Lets start a new one if we want to continue...
