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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 03:23 PM
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I don't know the story, but I would guess it would be good one, it's engine was 454 nicely done.

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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 03:37 PM
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that is a too 240 Z ish for me
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Interesting appearance!
Looks like it MIGHT be the back light from a Maserati Bora?
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 04:45 PM
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It's from a Chevy Monza.
The pics look like they are from a cell phone, pretty distorted. You have to see a good pic or a real one.

The kits came out 1 year before the bubble back (which pretty much killed it) and available in different forms for chrome or rubber bumper cars. The rubber bumper kits look a little better.
IMHO, both look better than the factory bubble back.
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 04:46 PM
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i like it
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 05:28 PM
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That's just evil.
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Originally Posted by Alan 71
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Interesting appearance!
Looks like it MIGHT be the back light from a Maserati Bora?
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That's certainly the look they seemed to be going for though


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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 05:40 PM
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Not for me, but I will say that whoever did the glass work has some serious talent.
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That's certainly the look they seemed to be going for though


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Yes, the Maserati Ghibli is just gorgeous.
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I think I even saw those kits with the monza tail lights
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Here is a little better view.
The kits came without the glass, so you had to source it new or salvaged.



Here's the Monza

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Looks like a Pinto on steroids....
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It was a kit offered by Ekler's and was usually part of the wide body Can Am conversion.
http://www.corvette-mag.com/issues/7...s/time-machine
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I like Eckler's fastback much better than the hatch. Does anyone know if this setup "borrowed" the glass from a production car, or was it provided with the kit? I've never found much info on the setup, even though it was used on the holy grail of upfitted c3's, the Baldwin Motion Phase III.

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