Gosh! I don't really know. I don't carry a magnet around with me to check out that particular issue when I go to car shows. 
Unique! But, it just looks like any other 60's/70's European sports car.
ever seen a steel bodied corvette?
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So as not to get too far off of what the OP asked I have never seen a steel body Corvette and I don't want to.
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I seem to recall reading about a steel Corvette at some point, but I have never seen any photos of it. Odd looking.
I will say, the body lines held up better then fiberglass does lol
Adam
I will say, the body lines held up better then fiberglass does lol
Adam
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Interestingly, Zora Arkus-Duntov, the first Corvette chief engineer, was a fan of the car and was once quoted as saying: “For the first time I now have a Corvette I can be proud to drive in Europe.”
Really?
Really?
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Well, there was a period in which GM was really "hot" on Pininfarina car designs. I think there were a couple of US cars that were styled by that design group. (One of the Cadillac body styles and a Buick body, I think.) But, the Italian "thing" never really sold well in the US.
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The author honestly does not know what he's writing about. The car in the article is not a Corvette. It's a styling exercise using Corvette parts. It is also not new and shows up in several of the Corvette history coffee table books.
While it might make for good reading, I would be wary of the author attributing the quote to Zora Arkus-Duntov.
While it might make for good reading, I would be wary of the author attributing the quote to Zora Arkus-Duntov.
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Actually, yes 
Saw that car when it was at Kevin McKay's shop in Valley Stream 
IIRC he was prepping it for sale at the auction mentioned in the article
Interesting, but not for me
Jim
Saw that car when it was at Kevin McKay's shop in Valley Stream IIRC he was prepping it for sale at the auction mentioned in the articleInteresting, but not for me
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my first thought upon seeing this:
"I never saw a purple cow.
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you anyhow I'd rather see than own one."
Gelett Burgess, 1895
"I never saw a purple cow.
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you anyhow I'd rather see than own one."
Gelett Burgess, 1895
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