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Just saw a "2009 split window" on Barrett Jackson. Looked very convincing to me. Bid up to $100k and not sold. Couldn't find a picture on their website. Anyone else see it?"
Just saw a "2009 split window" on Barrett Jackson. Looked very convincing to me. Bid up to $100k and not sold. Couldn't find a picture on their website. Anyone else see it?"
Yes, just watched it on BJ. Had a friend at the auction that text me some pics of it earlier. As much as I like '63 SWCs I did not like the stretch look on a C6 chassis with the sloped windshield and functional hatch.
Someone probably knows what Hendrick paid for it and I'm sure it was way more than $100K which is why it didn't sell...at least while on the block.
Last edited by magredrod; Apr 18, 2015 at 10:28 PM.
Don’t know who made the one you’re referring to but a company named Classic Reflection Coachworks has a display each year at Hot August Nights. They put C1 and C2 style bodies on a C5 or C6 chassis.
They’re not my cup of tea either but apparently there is a market out there. Out of curiosity I talked to one of their salesmen a few years ago. At that time, they were charging 60-70K for the conversion if you supplied the donor car (C5 or C6). So, a $100K for a ’99 may be a bit high.
I have to list myself along with so many others in the "I don't get it" column. If you want a 1963 Corvette, invest the time and money in a real 1963 Corvette. Buy a decent one, or restore one. If you want a C6, buy a C6. None of these "recreations" look very much like a real SWC. They look like cartoon cars to me.
Yes, I do admire and respect the craftsmanship and construction quality of the best of these. I just don't understand why anyone would want one. The fact that there are so many of them around seems to say that there is in fact a small, specialized market for these cars. Their performance at auctions also tends to indicate just how small and specialized that market is. I don't see anyone ever making any money on one.
Oh, well. There's no accounting for taste . . . or the lack of it.
Karl's Kustom did this Hendrick's car. Ship them a C 6 and they re boby into a 63 SWC or a 67 roadster. I think the modern windsheild that gives it the tip off that catches the eye and gives it the different look from a C 2!!
It is an acquired taste. It was very popular at the auction so I think C-2 people may not like them but the general car people seemed to really like it based on what I saw at this auction.
Yes we do them here. They are awesome pieces, to tell you the truth.
The proportions are different, but put one next to the other and they follow the lines to a T. They really sell well and its a much better car to have than getting a C2 and transplanting a LS into it. You still have all your comfort, ride and above ANYTHING, the SAFETY.
Saw one up close this summer. Eye catching at first; the more I looked the more "contrived" it seemed. No chrome around the rear windows..the split doesn't extend to the roof and the rear quarter panel top edges are too pronounced.
Original 63s are not unsafe; of course they don't have all the modern safety features of the other cars I drive.
Every time Ive seen one, they just look like another kit car to me. To someone who owns mid years, the differences jump off the page. I never cared for all the C1 conversion kits either. I think RJ1 hit the nail on the head when he said "It is an acquired taste. It was very popular at the auction so I think C-2 people may not like them but the general car people seemed to really like it based on what I saw at this auction. "
I cannot imagine people who own or drive the real cars liking them, but people who are more "general" in their taste might think its an acceptable facsimile.
Saw one up close this summer. Eye catching at first; the more I looked the more "contrived" it seemed. No chrome around the rear windows..the split doesn't extend to the roof and the rear quarter panel top edges are too pronounced.
The lack of chrome around the rear windows is a major miss. To each his or her own, I suppose.
If they could capture the original Sting Ray interior look, then I'd give it higher marks. It was the DASH that hooked me, forty-eight years ago, from a picture in the full-line Chevy brochure that was in the glove compartment of the used '66 Biscayne wagon my dad had just brought home.
Just saw a "2009 split window" on Barrett Jackson. Looked very convincing to me. Bid up to $100k and not sold. Couldn't find a picture on their website. Anyone else see it?"
I saw the builder for those cars at Barrett-Jackson a couple years ago. You could order one for $75K.
I've seen a few too many in person and they are "awkward".
"2009 split window"
