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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 11:52 AM
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love that style rear panel arrangement.

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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 12:55 PM
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That's a whole lotta rubber on the road !
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wonder how often those side pipes hit the road....
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Man, that's a beast!!! Doesn't look like it will make too many tight corners...

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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 03:30 PM
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Air shocks.
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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 04:40 PM
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Quite BLACK!!!!!!!
TRIPNOZZI MUSCLE CARS is now closed.
Is that what happens when you build a car on which the hood opens to the side?
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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 04:46 PM
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too cartoonish.... we had a thread about car a year or so ago.

Not a fan IMO.
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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 05:36 PM
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My guess is that it would have to be bagged and pictured in the lowered position. Any links to the original thread? I'd like to read more about it.

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Nice to look at, but don't think I would want to drive it....OK, maybe once.......
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It appears to have had some great workmanship, but I'll pass on this one..

IMHO, Sometimes combing certain elements and stylings doesnt produce the greatest of results, even though the stylings them selves are stellar when they stand alone, and in the right application.
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It was featured in Hot Rod awhile back (11/2009). Here you go.
http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl...olet_corvette/
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Originally Posted by KenSny
wonder how often those side pipes hit the road....
My exact thoughts...I'd be nervous to drive it in Louisiana with our terrible roads
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I dig the interior.
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