"Rat Rod Corvette"
Dec 6, 2010 | 07:01 AM
Intermediate
Joined: Aug 2010
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Dec 6, 2010 | 07:48 AM
Racer
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 314
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St. Jude Donor '11
Back in '85 I found a mid-year done like that with A model front and pick up rear. WAY before rat rods, the guy had wrecked his car, and just bolted the sheet metal on it to drive. When I found it, it had been sitting for about 10 years, and the guys dad told me I could have it for $300. (Still Vette frame and drive train, interior) I went for the money, and 2 hrs later, on my way back, I passed it on a trailer. What's the odds of two people finding the same car, the same day, in the back woods of Ohio? Sheeesh....
Dec 6, 2010 | 10:07 AM
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,255
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From: Coralville Iowa
The grafted front end is probably worth more than the whole car.
Dec 6, 2010 | 10:09 AM
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: www.Z16.org North/West Pennsylvania
Dec 6, 2010 | 10:21 AM
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,565
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From: Sparta Mo.
I love that front end!
........I just wish it wasn't bolted to a 'Vette.
Dec 6, 2010 | 10:36 AM
Melting Slicks
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From: PA
Dec 6, 2010 | 10:55 AM
Instructor
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Saskatoon SK
I was looking at the bucket seats and went into a trance
Dec 6, 2010 | 11:25 AM
Burning Brakes
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I just going to take a guess that he isn't a member here
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Dec 6, 2010 | 12:14 PM
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,528
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From: PA
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Texas Stinger
I just going to take a guess that he isn't a member here
Can a member be thrown out for bad taste?
Dec 6, 2010 | 03:57 PM
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 3,264
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From: Vero Beach FL
Rat Rod or Rod Rat that thing is ugly
(of course that's just my opion)
Dec 6, 2010 | 08:14 PM
Pro
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 608
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From: Mississauga/Oakville Ontario
Beautiful for sure
Dec 6, 2010 | 08:21 PM
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 1999
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From: San Diego CA
Probably is a member, since the ad has been pulled ROFL
Dec 6, 2010 | 10:28 PM
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 6,795
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From: So. Cal.
2025 C7 of the Year Finalist- Unmodified
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Dec 6, 2010 | 10:43 PM
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 216
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From: columbia south carolina
Quote:
Originally Posted by
CorvetteMike2004
WTFH was that poor cars owner thinking? or not thinking. battlestar galactica corvette
Edit: of course, it's here in South Carolina..........why is it people have to continue to make out state a laughingstock?
Dec 6, 2010 | 10:44 PM
Racer
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 259
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From: Missouri City Texas
Quote:
Originally Posted by
CorvetteMike2004
Thankfully not mine
If this is the car from the ad it should be called the "Bat Rod Corvette". It needs a few more ducts, you know, to add some lightness.
Dec 7, 2010 | 12:31 AM
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 850
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From: Providence RI
I think maybe it needs some wood-spoke wheels to go with its running-boards...
Dec 7, 2010 | 07:47 AM
Melting Slicks
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From: "ɹǝpunuʍop", Adelaide, South Australia
it's gone now
it even made the australian corvette forum down here
Dec 7, 2010 | 03:30 PM
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: PA
I just found it on ebay. Do a search for 77 corvette. It's had THREE bids
Dec 7, 2010 | 10:05 PM
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 6,795
Likes: 2,708
From: So. Cal.
2025 C7 of the Year Finalist- Unmodified
2024 C7 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
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Dec 8, 2010 | 06:35 AM
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 850
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From: Providence RI
Quote:
Originally Posted by
CorvetteMike2004
Wow. Just, wow.
Amazingly, the worst part is not the body, but the fact that it seems to be sitting on a front-wheel drive Toronado chassis.
(of course that's just my opion)
