DONE!!! Outa here tomorrow. 57 restomod
06-05-2012, 06:48 PM
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DONE!!! Outa here tomorrow. 57 restomod
Here is my original post. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-a...-go-again.html And another a few weeks later http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-a...-your-car.html And if you want to see the whole ugly thing go here www.photobucket.com/bobmericle
Brought back from the dead. Ls3, Tremec magnum 6 speed, Corvette Correction chassis, blah, blah, blah. I've spent the past 3 weeks trying to get cruise control.....got it!! 1016 hours, 3 1/2 months. From junk to a pretty nice car. This car had been cut in half, and had a 58 rear end, including the doors. I widened the rear fenders 1 1/2", added a new nose and fiberglass radiator support. It was butchered beyond belief. I'm glad to see it go. The guy that owns it is flying in tomorrow, and driving it back to Springfield MO.
Mike Coletta
Brought back from the dead. Ls3, Tremec magnum 6 speed, Corvette Correction chassis, blah, blah, blah. I've spent the past 3 weeks trying to get cruise control.....got it!! 1016 hours, 3 1/2 months. From junk to a pretty nice car. This car had been cut in half, and had a 58 rear end, including the doors. I widened the rear fenders 1 1/2", added a new nose and fiberglass radiator support. It was butchered beyond belief. I'm glad to see it go. The guy that owns it is flying in tomorrow, and driving it back to Springfield MO.
Mike Coletta
06-05-2012, 07:19 PM
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So Mike......to buy that car now would be what....a buck and a half?
When I win the lottery you'll be getting mine in!
When I win the lottery you'll be getting mine in!
06-05-2012, 07:25 PM
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Thank you Brett and Robie!!
That's probably about right. This guy paid WAY too much for the car to start with, but I'm so cheap that he will still be "right side up"!! LOL. This thing really was a POS!!
Mike Coletta
So Mike......to buy that car now would be what....a buck and a half
Mike Coletta
06-05-2012, 07:27 PM
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Amazing transformation - you should name it the "Phoenix". 
06-05-2012, 08:52 PM
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Mike,
Your talent is freakishly amazing. Outstanding job turning a pigs ear into a silk purse. I'd love to have that car in my garage, even more so knowing you are the one who built it.
Jeff
Your talent is freakishly amazing. Outstanding job turning a pigs ear into a silk purse. I'd love to have that car in my garage, even more so knowing you are the one who built it.
Jeff
06-05-2012, 09:36 PM
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You did magic again, I may need you to paint the other half of the prototype as they are thinking of fearuring ZR-1s at Amelia Island in 2015. I am letting you know so I can get in the que,
Tyler
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06-05-2012, 10:29 PM
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Mike,
Did you talk the guy out of heading to the Flordia Keys and back through the Smokey Mountains right after he picks it up before he works out the bugs?!!
Paul
BTW...Beautiful build!
Did you talk the guy out of heading to the Flordia Keys and back through the Smokey Mountains right after he picks it up before he works out the bugs?!!
Paul
BTW...Beautiful build!
06-06-2012, 12:23 AM
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Boy the proud owner is going to have a great drive home.
Mike all I can say is
You are performing automotive miracles on these old POS cars that you take on.
Mike all I can say is
You are performing automotive miracles on these old POS cars that you take on.
06-06-2012, 12:56 AM
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Hey Mike
I started a Before and After thread here
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/fact...fter-pics.html
Can I use your pics for the inaugural Before N After shots?
Regardless, AWESOME work!
I started a Before and After thread here
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/fact...fter-pics.html
Can I use your pics for the inaugural Before N After shots?
Regardless, AWESOME work!