rubber bumper on a C2
04-15-2017, 06:32 PM
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rubber bumper on a C2
found this on the web today ,they said in 1965 gm was looking into rubber bumpers on the newer corvettes,this pic is a split window!!!
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04-15-2017, 07:22 PM
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That looks something like a Firebird front end of the "90"s. I guess the lights would pop up. 
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04-15-2017, 07:29 PM
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Looks like the 70s, 80s, 90s?? something Fire Bird lost the enduro bumper and Knight Rider turn signals.
Only a daily driver unless the square Fog Lights from the S-10 in the grille openings are adjusted for sunny weather.
I think it looks fairly good and even kinda like it, but think there are too many things that are obviously from the 70 - 80s era Pontiac Trans AM.
Might be Bert Reynolds' 63, 64, 74, 84, CorvFbirdS10 split coup. Show me the validation on this one.
Only a daily driver unless the square Fog Lights from the S-10 in the grille openings are adjusted for sunny weather.
I think it looks fairly good and even kinda like it, but think there are too many things that are obviously from the 70 - 80s era Pontiac Trans AM.
Might be Bert Reynolds' 63, 64, 74, 84, CorvFbirdS10 split coup. Show me the validation on this one.
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04-15-2017, 07:44 PM
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Man, I'm sure glad they didn't ruin our C2's with that rubber front end - It's painful to look at as well! 
Looks like a Photoshop job to me...........
Looks like a Photoshop job to me...........
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04-15-2017, 07:55 PM
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That just doesn't strike me as mid-60s GM styling studio work. I would guess it was a later customizing effort. But I could be wrong.
04-15-2017, 08:03 PM
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looks photoshop to me also. 
04-15-2017, 08:35 PM
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cool find.....looks like a well done custom to me. 
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The hood has no cookie sheets. Dennis
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04-15-2017, 10:50 PM
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04-16-2017, 08:42 AM
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04-16-2017, 08:59 AM
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Surprised no one has photoshopped a hatch back for the midyear design. ( saw the lift off coupe style conversion ) Corvette engineers could have saved the trunk adding easy storage space for groceries. I can see the ads, big block or solid lifter small block, 4 speed , side pipe , positraction, convertible for dad. A mild 300 hp automatic ps, pw , ac, hatch back coupe for mom. No four door trucks or mini vans in this family.
04-16-2017, 11:50 AM
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So what happens when that rubber bumper flexes back under impact into the fiberglass body.....?
Seems kinda pointless to me. I think the rigid steel bumpers were a better choice!
Seems kinda pointless to me. I think the rigid steel bumpers were a better choice!
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04-16-2017, 12:02 PM
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Exactly! Ever seen the cracks that result from even a minor tap that a steel bumper would have survived with no damage? Some things aren't necessarily a good idea just because they are new and different. 
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