Very cool old 70's-style custom 1957
05-15-2010, 02:12 PM
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Very cool old 70's-style custom 1957
Has anyone else been admiring this car on Ebay? I love seeing time capsule show cars from an era when not every classic Corvette had to be restored to it's original condition. I think this is very tastefully done, especially by 1979 standards. I wouldn't drive on chromed leaf springs myself, though....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT
05-15-2010, 02:18 PM
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Wow, that's a striking car, very pretty color combo. More chrome than I prefer, but with the hood closed all of that is hidden from view and the car looks just spectacular.
05-15-2010, 02:22 PM
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Very cool! I'll bet he/she owns a plating shop.
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05-15-2010, 02:25 PM
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It's a stunner. Love the colors and while I'm not a huge fan of chrome, it is cool that the vast majority of it is not apparent at a glance of the exterior. Must have taken a ton of prep to get the bottom of the floor and the fender wells smoothed out for the cream color paint.
05-15-2010, 04:11 PM
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Gorgeous! Can you imagine how much all the chrome work would cost today.It's high quality chrome too.
Is that Ferrari red? I love the interior color. Reminds me of the "Buckskin" Vettes had in the late 70s. That color should have been available on the C2s.
Is that Ferrari red? I love the interior color. Reminds me of the "Buckskin" Vettes had in the late 70s. That color should have been available on the C2s.
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05-15-2010, 11:55 PM
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It is classic looking!!!! I'm sure they kept a chrome shop busy. Dennis
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05-16-2010, 09:47 AM
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Many customs do not stand the test of time. This one does. Very well done and detailed.
05-16-2010, 10:24 AM
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This is very close to the lines of my 56---------------------a LOT of people don't like it. Oh well-----
I bought the car in 73 (NCRS wasn't formed until 74) and at that time there was not an aggresive , national effort to return these old cars to their original confguration. My personal goal, long before I bought the 56, was to have a VERY NICE hotrod in 56-57 Corvette skin. So, that's how I built it. Part of that design included LOTS and LOTS of chrome, but also the guts of a serious hotrod. As fate would have it, I also worked in a chrome shop during college, so I did all of the chrome work on the 56-------------for free (plus my time in the evenings after the chrome shop was closed). Even though I chromed lots of parts on the 56, a few parts have now been replaced with correctly finished parts. Although, all the BIG parts are still chrome (front cross member/suspension, rear end/suspension, steering column, all pieces of the soft top frame, etc, etc.
The only problem is maintaining it over the years. Trying to regularly clean and polish that much chrome is a monumental B!%#H, especially when the car if frequently driven.
Some examples.
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I bought the car in 73 (NCRS wasn't formed until 74) and at that time there was not an aggresive , national effort to return these old cars to their original confguration. My personal goal, long before I bought the 56, was to have a VERY NICE hotrod in 56-57 Corvette skin. So, that's how I built it. Part of that design included LOTS and LOTS of chrome, but also the guts of a serious hotrod. As fate would have it, I also worked in a chrome shop during college, so I did all of the chrome work on the 56-------------for free (plus my time in the evenings after the chrome shop was closed). Even though I chromed lots of parts on the 56, a few parts have now been replaced with correctly finished parts. Although, all the BIG parts are still chrome (front cross member/suspension, rear end/suspension, steering column, all pieces of the soft top frame, etc, etc.
The only problem is maintaining it over the years. Trying to regularly clean and polish that much chrome is a monumental B!%#H, especially when the car if frequently driven.
Some examples.
Tom Parsons
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05-16-2010, 10:56 AM
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Tom, never knew you had the chrome going on. Looks good! Dennis
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05-16-2010, 06:02 PM
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I don't have a problem with people making their cars better-finished than factory. Look at the Grand National Roadster Show Deuces and A's (as if many of those ever get driven).
'70s custom led me to expect solid Centerline wheels, not wires!
'70s custom led me to expect solid Centerline wheels, not wires!
05-16-2010, 06:56 PM
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love all the chrome on both cars. a friend of mine bought a 270hp '57 in the early eighties and it had all the original underhood stuff chromed. looked cool. he restored the car. looks the same as all the rest now.
