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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 09:50 PM
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1974 corvette- anyone ever see the front body panels without headlight cutouts? racing only
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Old Dec 8, 2012 | 12:43 AM
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new ride. Here is the front panel in questionhttp://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...ma/74vette.jpg
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Hi i,
It looks to me like there's more going on in the front of that car than just filled headlight doors.
Notice the increased distance from the front of the hood to the front of the 'bumper cover' (or where the bumper cover would be if it had one).
I wonder what's under there?
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Old Dec 8, 2012 | 09:19 AM
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I agree with Alan: someone has done a lot of custom work on your front fiberglass. Looks like reasonably skilled work to boot.

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That might be the camera.
Can you look at my ad here look at the rear as wellhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Sting...exp=true#v4-39

Pretty sure for weight reduction.
Car has a radical idle, look at additional cooling fin

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Old Dec 8, 2012 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by illenema
1974 corvette- anyone ever see the front body panels without headlight cutouts? racing only
what gives you the idea it was done for racing? more like the car was crashed and someone didn`t want to pay for factory headlights and a bumper...
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Old Dec 8, 2012 | 03:48 PM
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Maybe your right, lets call it a restoration of sorts

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what gives you the idea it was done for racing? more like the car was crashed and someone didn`t want to pay for factory headlights and a bumper...
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...nema/belts.jpg
Anything else?

Oh wait http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...a/engine-1.jpg
500 miles on a fresh build.

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So has anyone seen these panels?
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Illenema.. Is this your car you are trying to sell here? I'm confused with you putting up the Ebay link. Did you buy this car?
The car looks well done but unfortunately would never be street legal.
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Illenema.. Is this your car you are trying to sell here? I'm confused with you putting up the Ebay link. Did you buy this car?
The car looks well done but unfortunately would never be street legal.
Yes I own the car and is street driven and plated, Its registered as a street rod which requires no inspection or smog in the state of Nevada.
It was a track car in Illinois that was driven on the street as well. legally who knows. Has A freshly rebuilt 454, with 500 miles-. I am going to add a roots type blower after confirming Cam and compression.
If you read my post all I was asking if anyone has seen the body panels anyware. The closest I can come is like eklers ect for about 1200$ for the front. My camera skewed the photo, so added some photos from the original post. It is a very nice BB vette.

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