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Old Apr 19, 2015 | 09:12 PM
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WTF did they do to this poor C3??




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Old Apr 19, 2015 | 09:49 PM
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Looks like a Mako front end.
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Old Apr 19, 2015 | 09:53 PM
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I'm sure that the person who made these mods thought they were a good idea at the time. Now that it is time to sell the car, I'm betting that they are finding out that it was not such a good idea after all.
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Old Apr 19, 2015 | 09:59 PM
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Looks like he really wanted a Camaro convertible so he just grafted a Camaro front section on it. What goes on in the mind of someone like that ? What a shame ! Hopefully someone will rescue it and take it back to something respectable again.
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Old Apr 19, 2015 | 10:19 PM
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Where is the . ? The ad is suppose to say $100.00 right?
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Old Apr 19, 2015 | 11:32 PM
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The nose is a part that was actually sold to make a c3 look like a 70 Camaro I have seen several, I don't think it was ever a good idea...I wouldn't want it anymore so than I would want a straight axle c3...the rest of the car looks flared and cool...I believe a custom rear spoiler too..the car has a seam on the fender it might tilt and have a hood...perhaps the seller should tell us a bit more about it....

If I could buy that car for 100 I would buy a truck load at that price and retire...sure 10K is too high but 100...

No, it doesn't look like a mako front clip...This is a mako front end looks nothing like that cars Camaro nose...



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Old Apr 19, 2015 | 11:38 PM
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The nose is a part that was actually sold to make a c3 look like a 70 Camaro I have seen several, I don't think it was ever a good idea...I wouldn't want it anymore so than I would want a straight axle c3...the rest of the car looks flared and cool...I believe a custom rear spoiler too..the car has a seam on the fender it might tilt and have a hood...perhaps the seller should tell us a bit more about it....

If I could buy that car for 100 I would buy a truck load at that price and retire...sure 10K is too high but 100...

No, it doesn't look like a mako front clip...This is a mako front end looks nothing like that cars Camaro nose...



Love the Maco Shark nose!
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 01:01 AM
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These mods were very popular in the '80s...
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Originally Posted by The13Bats
No, it doesn't look like a mako front clip...
I couldn't see the grille and head lights in the first picture.
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
Love the Maco Shark nose!


they are a like or dislike type part, Silva sold a zillion but Motion made them famous,


I cant wait to get my car home and stick the front mako clip on it,
If all goes right I will have one to use and one to sell and will sell the rear mako clip my car is a convertible...
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 06:54 PM
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[QUOTE=GrandSportC3;1589453886]WTF did they do to this poor C3??


They made it their own.
Customized/modified to suit their taste at the time..worked for them.
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Old Apr 21, 2015 | 10:35 AM
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The flares and hood look very cool!
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I can handle flares and hood mods but that nose gives new meaning to the word FUGLY.
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Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
WTF did they do to this poor C3??




http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4959880685.html
Looks like a street size vacuum cleaner with lights.
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Old Apr 21, 2015 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by HOOAH
Looks like a street size vacuum cleaner with lights.
I like the rear with the flares but the nose is one of the ugliest things I have ever seen.

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Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
I like the rear with the flares but the nose is ine of the ugliest things I have ever seen.
The camaro nose wasnt a popular mod, seems it was one of brunos or perhaps skorpions items, but I see this car as fixing the nose and having a sweet road race looking convertible....
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Old Apr 21, 2015 | 07:52 PM
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Looks like a tapir to me. Hideous.

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