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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 05:00 PM
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Hey all, I acquired this corvette from my father. I think that it is an Eckler vette, but need some help with identifying what I actually have. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it.

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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 05:13 PM
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I think it's a '74 or '75.......
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 05:14 PM
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It is actually a 1976. I just need to know more about the car itself. I know that Ecklers sold kits, but also sold whole cars. I have yet to find any that look like the one that I have...
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 05:56 PM
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greenwood wide body kit with a turbo hood, lots of fiberglass was done to that. Welcome to the C3 world and the forum!

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The build sheet is hidden away on top of the gas tank. Some lucky owners have found it still there.
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May have been done at Ecklers - -or more commonly at any Vette shop with "Greenwood Kit" parts. There was also a station wagon version of that kit that was interesting.

Many times, cars that had been seriously damaged were rebuilt using the aftermarket parts - -in the 70's, there really wasn't the kind of tracking that we have today to denote cars that had been totaled or wrecked.

Not that yours was necessarily wrecked- just that it was modified with aftermarket fiberglass parts as noted earlier.

Cool car - -welcome to the forum!

Check out this one on the auction site: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Wild-...item19d2817339

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