Resto-mod Ugly
Mar 29, 2015 | 07:09 PM
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Resto-mod Ugly
Mar 29, 2015 | 07:21 PM
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Mar 29, 2015 | 07:22 PM
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Looks like Liberaces corvette to me.
Mar 29, 2015 | 09:28 PM
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2021 C1 of the Year Finalist - Modified
Mar 29, 2015 | 09:34 PM
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2018 C2 of Year Finalist
St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14-'15, '19
Oh my. I don't know what ot is about C3's that brings joy to customizers.
Mar 29, 2015 | 09:45 PM
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Looks like Liberaces corvette to me.
I was going to say it looks like a prop from a 70s pimp movie....
Mar 29, 2015 | 10:15 PM
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2020 Corvette of the Year Finalist (appearance mods)
C1 of Year Finalist (appearance mods) 2019
Technically, that's not a restomod. It's a full custom, and you're right......butt fug ugly one at that!
I remember seeing that car years ago. It, or one exactly like it, made the car show rounds.
Mar 29, 2015 | 10:41 PM
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I'm sorry to say there's a whole series of what ever you want to call that.
Google "Les Dunham" or "Dunham Coachworks".
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Mar 29, 2015 | 10:51 PM
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You mean someone built more ONE of those monstrosities? Hangin's too go for 'em!!!
Mar 29, 2015 | 11:17 PM
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In the last picture (gas lid) it has "Caballista". I have no idea what that is or means.
Rick
Mar 29, 2015 | 11:22 PM
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Not a Resto Mod. Maybe a Pimp O Mod.
Mar 29, 2015 | 11:27 PM
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I'm sorry to say there's a whole series of what ever you want to call that.
Google "Les Dunham" or "Dunham Coachworks".
Looks more like Lena Dunham.
Mar 30, 2015 | 12:29 AM
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Pimpmobile museum candidate
Mar 30, 2015 | 12:53 AM
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St. Jude Donor '05, '09, '15
Well I hate to say it, I like modified cars, BUT that is too far gone even for me! Apparently there are 49 more of them.
http://autoweek.com/article/car-news...baroque-fix-it
Tom
Mar 30, 2015 | 12:54 AM
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Now there's a car I'd be embarrassed to stand by...
Mar 30, 2015 | 01:10 AM
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Well I hate to say it, I like modified cars, BUT that is too far gone even for me! Apparently there are 49 more of them.
That's 50 too many!
Gary
Mar 30, 2015 | 10:39 AM
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The article said that Caballista is a Spanish word for “horse-man. Well I think this guy is a horses azz.
Mar 30, 2015 | 10:42 AM
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Somebody went to a lot of effort to turn that into a turd.
Mar 30, 2015 | 10:51 AM
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Now there's a car I'd be embarrassed to stand by...
My brand new Nikon shut down before I could take additional pictures. Apparently the camera couldn't take anymore pain!
Rick
Mar 30, 2015 | 11:06 AM
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My brand new Nikon shut down before I could take additional pictures. Apparently the camera couldn't take anymore pain!
Rick
I don't blame it!!
