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Old 02-04-2015, 04:29 PM
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Transforming a car or truck, no matter what its shape, into something better is what hot rodding is all about. On May 16th-18th of 2011 we attempted to take hot rodding to a whole new level with the 48 Hour Camaro build. Did we succeed? Hell Yeah we succeeded! That 67 Camaro has been on the road competing in events across the country ever since. The time has come to introduce the 48 Hour Corvette! On March 10th, we will once again attempt what many believe to be an impossible build. A typical eBay purchased 1972 Corvette will roll into the 48 Hour build center to be transformed into a fully equipped track monster. The build will take place over three sixteen-hour workdays. The entire build will be live streaming on YouTube with manufacturer specific question and answer sessions and interviews throughout. As the C3 is disassembled the parts that are not being reused will be available for purchase on eBay. How do we properly finish off a build of this nature? We take the car straight to the track after completion, that's how. Full details about the build will be updated daily leading up to the build at www.48hourcorvette.com






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I will be updating this thread as the build progresses
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Cool build. I'll be following it.
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This is gonna be good!
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Sounds fun! How many guys are involved the the actual build?
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Originally Posted by 76Rat
Sounds fun! How many guys are involved the the actual build?
There will be a handful of our Ridetech guys here working on it throughout the entire build, and then each of the sponsor companies will have a guy here during the install of their parts. We will also be live streaming on YouTube so manufacture specific questions can be answered.

http://www.ridetech.com/48hourcorvette/
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That sounds like a lot of fun! Will you give us a reminder when the big event is about to happen? I get busy and tend to forget such things, but I'd really like to catch this one.
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Originally Posted by Les
That sounds like a lot of fun! Will you give us a reminder when the big event is about to happen? I get busy and tend to forget such things, but I'd really like to catch this one.
Ill keep you up to date!
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Originally Posted by chase@ridetech
Ill keep you up to date!
Looking forward to it.
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Originally Posted by 76Rat
Sounds fun! How many guys are involved the the actual build?
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no kidding LOL

there is a fine line between being productive and people tripping over each other
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Originally Posted by chase@ridetech
Ill keep you up to date!
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Parts have started rolling in for the March 10th-12th www.48hourcorvette.com build. One of the coolest new parts to arrive is the Baer Brakes "Remaster" Master Cylinder. The compact fully machined billet body with screw on caps is just the right twist of sexiness and function that the 48 Hour Corvette needs. Specifically engineered to match Baer Brake systems here in USA. You can't beat that!
http://baer.com/Remaster.html


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For me the stock master cylinder looks way more sexy than this brick.
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Not to me - I like the Baer unit.
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I like the looks of the baer master cylinder but $300.oo - $350.00 is nuts. i am going with the Willwood.


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