CGretired

I was on a tour of Havana and as we were leaving a parking lot this 'Vette pulled in. Couldn't get off the bus to talk to the driver, but wanted to share this with you folks on the forum.

Bernie

Easy Rhino

Where's the Vette?

firstgear

I see a bunch of Ford Thunderbirds.....was the Vette supposed to be in the picture?

Railroadman

Methinks you posted the wrong pic.

But another shot of that short white dress would make up for it!

revupL78

what he said

CGretired

Sorry folks. I should have cropped the image. I thought it was the red car behind the girl in the short dress. All you can see is the rear end of the car. Sure looked like one from the side when it drove by. For all I know these old cars have been cobbled together for so long that the rear end may be from a T-bird.

Railroadman

Oh come on, cut the BS and tell the truth. You were so busy looking at the Chiquita in the white dress that you had no idea what kind of car was driving by! We understand perfectly!

wmf62

both are ford convertibles

Bill

emccomas

This issue has been looked at quite a bit. I seem to recall that the last count was 3 Corvettes identified, a black 54, a red 58, and a red 59.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...RTol6W2QQDEXMQ

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...KQpeaRzx9lhlmA

And current Cuban law prohibits the export of these cars, and other classic cars from the island without specific permission and lots of paperwork. They know what they have.

wmf62

yep, from the 'documentaries' I've seen, a lot of shells with tractor engines in them...



Bill

emccomas

Yep, the put diesels and tractor engines into lots of older cars.

This ain't a tractor engine...it looks bad *** to me. I think this is the red 58 Corvette.

RatDog

What's that little red car? At first glance, I thought it was a bug-eyed Sprite but it has a trunk and the taillights aren't right.

Steve

Jan25

The car in the picture looks way too narrow and the windshield too high, IMHO, to be a C1 Corvette. More like a british roadster of some kind.

At first I thought it might have been an Austin Healey 100 or 3000 (their two color paint scheme could have been mistaken for the C1 contrasted coves), but I'm no expert and the windshield still looks too high for those...

GUSTO14

The red car, up front, in the OP's picture, looks like a '57 Ford Fairlane. It's actually been filmed a few times.



Good luck... GUSTO

Easy Rhino

I think that those are not the OEM tail lights - the angle of them is off - the lens is not vertical to the ground as typical on most cars. I also think that are tipped inward a little. Actually I think that they are VW beetle tail light assemblies.

Maybe that car is a Cuban version of a kit car - hobbled together from whatever parts were available, and combined with some home made parts.

Jan25

I realize now the original discussion is about the big convertible in the front, not the small roadster parked in the back...

The car in front is way too large to be a two-seater, and between the white canvas top cover and the fins, I didn't think it looked anything like a 'Vette...

Ridgerunner 7.62

I Second that ! 😎

CGretired

OK you got me.

Frankie the Fink

Wow a long distance shot of some gal in a skirt and the crowd goes wild.

You guys need to get out more. Or maybe "in" more.

GTOguy

Two '57 Fairlanes and a a Bug Eye Austin Healey Sprite. Not a GM car in sight.