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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 04:28 PM
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hello,

to transform front and back of a corvette of 76 into model 70

is this possible?

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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 05:15 PM
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With money anything is possible.......It would be a better idea to find a project 70 and rebuild it little by little and when your done you'll have a Corvette thats worth something.

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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 05:30 PM
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If you have lots of time and money and don't particularly care that your creation will be an oddball with relatively low resale, then go for it. It'll be easier in the end to restore a '70.
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 05:33 PM
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There has been talk on here about a bolt on nose and tail that does that.
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 05:57 PM
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my project is over 5 years

and the 70 are very expensive!!!!!


I am in Belgium and here the vette 1970 are very expensive!!!!!!!!

can you help me to find a 1970 pas expensive to rebuild?
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it just a matter of fiberglass and some metal work... if you do it yourself it's possible... but to pay someone to do it, its not worth it
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Originally Posted by onaqwst
it just a matter of fiberglass and some metal work... if you do it yourself it's possible... but to pay someone to do it, its not worth it
Was it you that talked about making these and selling them ?
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nope.... i was thinking about making speaker pods a while back though.....
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Originally Posted by earthquake68


If you have lots of time and money and don't particularly care that your creation will be an oddball with relatively low resale, then go for it. It'll be easier in the end to restore a '70.

Keep what you have in it's intended form. It'll be worth more in the long run.

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my project is over 5 years

and the 70 are very expensive!!!!!


I am in Belgium and here the vette 1970 are very expensive!!!!!!!!

can you help me to find a 1970 pas expensive to rebuild?
Go to the "for sale" section.
Might find one there or someone who can help locate one.
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Frames changed when the rubber bumpers came in. Swapping to chrome would not be a bolt-on project and likely to be very expensive.

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