Originally Posted by Jughead

I think I could use a scoop like that. Photoshop Guys!

Oh and definetly stay stock.

Originally Posted by Star79

Haha, I've seen your car, and I actually like it. I dunno why, but most of the C2's that I like are modded beyond recognition (lowered, tubbed, flared, gaudy blowers), and most of the C3s 4s 5s and 6s I like look nearly stock (from the outside anyway...)

Originally Posted by carl a

modified to please the owner, i like looking for the ncrs 73 vettes when i got to places like bloomington or chevy vette fest to compare them to my car,,,i saw a silver 73 at vette fest a year or so back and had to get my wife to show her,,, in my opinion the car looked boring,,dull silverpaint that looked like fence paint,,saggin rear,fake spoked hubcaps,,,didnt even compare to my car,,, i guess its all in what you want,, i knew i would never regain the money i spent,,,but i wanted a car that i wanted not what everyone else had,,and i wanted it to have hp and not 190,and i didnt want a rusty frame,,i like the bottom of the car as clean as the rest,,,, and i guess the most important,, i built it to keep it ,then do another,,just have to move first,,no more room!----------------------------------------

Originally Posted by Glenn"Mr.Blue"Smith

Beautiful underside! Keep up the work and keep checking the papers for a new home!

Originally Posted by Ladobe

On a true 100% stock survivor, I'd call it good as is to preserve the heritage. But I also have no problem with mods either, and a lot of folks on this site have shown very good taste and imagination on their mods to suit their individual wants and needs. There are a lot of very nice rides here, both stock and modified..... and a few WTHIT?

That said, I am facing the same dilema in a way right now on the newest ride that was just delivered 2 weeks ago. It is stock, all matching numbers, has all the factory bells and whistles, was been garaged and very well taken care of its entire life, not raced and is in almost perfect condition. I also have pretty much the complete paper trail on it. But it was painted as soon as it was bought new in 1973, and also had the seats done custom cloth in it at the same time. Somewhere along the line it got these wheels, a sterio system and the A/C upgraded, but otherwise it is all original. Some argue the custom paint/interior since done when brand new is original - I accept the paint as period correct paint for the waining Psychodelic Era, but I don't accept that it can be called original.

So my dilema is how far do I go with mods on it, or do I take it back to original? Mods if not would include Cragar S/S wheels and probably Goodyear W/L tires, but do I go further? Have thought about a repaint even though the 33 year old Pearl Opalescent paint and graphics on it is near perfect. Its an L48, so I have toyed with dropping a bigger engine in it too (don't need the extra power, its just nice knowing its there). But it rides like a dream, is very solid and mechanically strong as is. BTW, will just be a weekend cruiser, not for racing.

Sure is hell buying a C3 with very little to tinker with. Feel I am missing some of the fun I had with my first 5 in my younger days - all 58's and 59's (and all modified). No, I don't have any of them now.

Ladobe

Originally Posted by carl a

------ the problem is work situation,,,im in the trades and have been for 26 yrs----until last year i worked every day,,,once your layed off ,,,in my local you sit for 1 yr,,,, i cant risk loosing everything on the work situation,,,,now when i was layed off i could pay my small mortage on unemployment... i think ill wait 11 more years till i retire,,then move and start my new car,,,,ill have all day to do it!

Originally Posted by ForensicVette

I prefer stock, or appearing to be stock. There are some mods that I don't mind, but mostly stock.

Originally Posted by vette70

My opinion is each to his own. One of the things that I have loved about this hobby is that it gives all of us a chance to do what we want. Whether it be seaching the old barns and wrecking yards to find the exact part to complete a classic restoration or bring you aging Vette up to modern technology.

I personally love the style of the Corvette, but also am aware of the fact that today we can put in our car technology that makes them faster and safer than thirty or forty years ago.

We all smile when we get a compliment about either the fact that we incorperated a new part to the car that improved it's ablilities and safety, just as much as we admire someone who spent the time and energy to complete a perfect reproduction of the orignial car. It's our love for the process that makes us do it.

Both avenues have the same result, the smile that we have when we are alone in our garage and look at the work we have accomplished.

What we don't need in the hobby is the snobbery that some have because some choose a different path to the hobby.

In the end all that matters is that feeling we each get personally
when we turn that key and hear that one and only sound and a
Corvette start up, stock or modified it's music to the ear.

Originally Posted by rhuntrvette

WHEN I BOUGHT MY 71 IT DID'NT HAVE THE ORIGINAL SMALL BLOCK IN IT SO I PULLED IT AND PUT IN A BIG BLOCK.I WANTED MY CAR TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS SO I ADDED AFTERMARKET WHEELS A BIG BLOCK HOOD AND A BALDWIN MOTION PAINT SCHEME.