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Old 10-03-2015, 07:58 PM
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Seen this on the highway today, what is your opinion?
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Old 10-03-2015, 08:02 PM
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Seen this on the highway today, what is your opinion?
Its a Corvette with the aftermarket split back window kit....looks like some additional body stuff, but not sure
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Old 10-03-2015, 08:09 PM
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Avelate Corvette - very expensive kit offered several years ago.








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They made only 27 of them and I know why.
http://www.corvetteonline.com/news/t...-split-window/
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Old 10-03-2015, 09:13 PM
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Have seen several at major shows. Not exactly a breathtaking design.
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Old 10-03-2015, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by JR-01
They made only 27 of them and I know why.
http://www.corvetteonline.com/news/t...-split-window/
That and they are .....fruggly looking IMHO
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Have seen several at major shows. Not exactly a breathtaking design.
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Old 10-03-2015, 11:31 PM
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wow, im all for original and different body kits but this ones just way off

Looks like a a mix of a Hyundai Tiburon and a celica , only uglier.

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Old 10-03-2015, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 1Willy1
wow, im all for original and different body kits but this ones just way off

Looks like a a mix of a Hyundai Tiburon and a celica , only uglier.

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I immediately thought of a tiburon as well...
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Old 10-04-2015, 10:27 AM
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I immediately thought of a tiburon as well...
.....and me.

I'm all for design experimentation, but as Dirty Harry said, a man's gotta know his limitations.
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I'm all for people doing their own thing.............but the phrase "butt ugly" keeps coming to mind.
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That's just fugly - very fugly. Front, side, and back - all over fugly.
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it looks disgusting
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Originally Posted by JR-01
They made only 27 of them and I know why.
http://www.corvetteonline.com/news/t...-split-window/
Yep...
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I can't believe someone actually owns one of those things and drives it out in public during the daytime. Why do people try to make a C5 look worse? it is great just the way it was designed.
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DAAAYYummm. Th'only thing I like about that "Avelate" is the car it's parked next to. 27!? They found 26 suckers after showing them their prototype?? Amazin'... I had to look up the Hyundai Tiburon to see what ya'll were comparing it with; I think the Tiburon looks a helluva lot better.

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Man! How ugly!
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Originally Posted by JR-01
They made only 27 of them and I know why.
http://www.corvetteonline.com/news/t...-split-window/
They should have stopped at 26.
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They should have stopped at 26.
How can people put so much time, energy and money into such a horrible product? Did their friends lie to them and tell them how cool it was? There should have been an intervention before they started production.
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