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Old 11-30-2016, 04:25 PM
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interesting, subbed for updates!
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there are endless possibilities for a Corvette rolling Chassis !!
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looks like you'll be driving from the back seat
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Didn't the white Ferrari in "Miami Vice" (tv show) have a C4 chassis?
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Interesting project with that C5 chassis.
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Originally Posted by o2bnkc
Didn't the white Ferrari in "Miami Vice" (tv show) have a C4 chassis?
That would be the black Ferrari Daytona replica if memory serves me right. The white Testarossa was the real deal. Possibly replicas were used for stunts but they wouldn't be based on a C4 as that would have been much too obvious.
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looks like you'll be driving from the back seat
The front seat on the Vette. Note relative positions of the steering wheel. It will be as far back as the E9 factory race car. The car will look like this when done but a whole lot faster.


As far back as in the E9 factory race car.
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It will still rattle like a Corvette thou.....
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It will still rattle like a Corvette thou.....
maybe your does, mine not at all !!
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Originally Posted by Pounder
maybe your does, mine not at all !!
The only rattles I hear are door on the mustangs when I blow by them.
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Nice!

I hope to do this some day soon with either my car or a donor chassis for a '63 Impala. Corpala was cool, but I have slightly different plans.
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The only rattles I hear are door on the mustangs when I blow by them.
they're not close enough for me to hear their doors rattling !!!
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Nice!

I hope to do this some day soon with either my car or a donor chassis for a '63 Impala. Corpala was cool, but I have slightly different plans.
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they're not close enough for me to hear their doors rattling !!!
I try to play fair and give them a head start.
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Originally Posted by o2bnkc
Didn't the white Ferrari in "Miami Vice" (tv show) have a C4 chassis?
Pretty sure the black Daytona was a on a C3 chassis.
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Originally Posted by Pounder
maybe your does, mine not at all !!
My C4 rattled....my C5 rattles...and I expect that my soon-to-be-purchased C7 will rattle.....and all the VWs and Audis I have owned are solid like a bank vault....

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Originally Posted by ersatz928
My C4 rattled....my C5 rattles...and I expect that my soon-to-be-purchased C7 will rattle.....and all the VWs and Audis I have owned are solid like a bank vault....
the C 7 I drove was about as quiet a car I have driven, you must have very bad roads ??
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Originally Posted by Pounder
the C 7 I drove was about as quiet a car I have driven, you must have very bad roads ??
They are all pretty quiet when new....wait till you have 15,000 miles on them...
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