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That's War Bonnet Yellow. I bought the car for the original owner and he had a couple of "mishaps" with it and it's been resprayed twice. The color on there now is supposed to be WBY but it's a tad too yellow. I'll go back to what it's suppose to be whenever that day comes.
I am not really a fan of colors rather a paint it black type cat, but something really stands out and draws me into really digging your car....wby...i need to find that in person at some show.
I am not really a fan of colors rather a paint it black type cat, but something really stands out and draws me into really digging your car....wby...i need to find that in person at some show.
It will be a little closer to a gold color. BTW WBY was the most popular color in '71.
I too am a black paint guy. My daily driver (not so much now that my oldest is driving and I get to drive the Vette ) is a black Cobalt SS and my wife drives a black '15 Explorer.
You know the irony here, if you posted any of those c2s over in the c2 section they would get the same negative type remarks this threads car got, with a lot of the posts saying you ruined a mid year....
Now, how about posting your c3....i want to see who you like enough to own.
As a person who had custom cars through the 80s, owning a custom comes with the territory of various opinions.
These cars are designed specifically to get maximum attention and reaction. A person who owns the car in the OP simply cannot complain about "negativity" when someone doesnt like his taste.
Its also true that when you post restomodded C2s in that section some people there say they ruined a midyear, while restomod fans love and defend them vociferously.
What's left out of that equasion is the exact same debate goes on as well over fully bone stock cars.
Both sides have every right to voice their opinions without having to defend themselves over claims of negativity or having to post something of theirs. Its OK not to like something, whether extremely radical or 100% stock. It's also OK to disagree.
It is odd that this seems to be the 4th thread very recently using this same car design as a poster child for bad taste, though. Has it been featured in a national event or something?
As a person who had custom cars through the 80s, owning a custom comes with the territory of various opinions.
These cars are designed specifically to get maximum attention and reaction. A person who owns the car in the OP simply cannot complain about "negativity" when someone doesnt like his taste.
Its also true that when you post restomodded C2s in that section some people there say they ruined a midyear, while restomod fans love and defend them vociferously.
What's left out of that equasion is the exact same debate goes on as well over fully bone stock cars.
Both sides have every right to voice their opinions without having to defend themselves over claims of negativity or having to post something of theirs. Its OK not to like something, whether extremely radical or 100% stock. It's also OK to disagree.
It is odd that this seems to be the 4th thread very recently using this same car design as a poster child for bad taste, though. Has it been featured in a national event or something?
Sorry, i wasnt asking for people to defend their right to be negative about a car, taste is subjective i dont like every custom out there, i know from number of replies people love this type thread, and i know all of us have the right to post our opinions even when they differ, heck i think a big sticky of all time tacky c3s would be great fun, it could be right next to all time coolest modded c3s a ying yang type idea,
Some cars would cross over make both lists.
when i asked to see peoples personal cars or cars they liked i admit it was to steer to a more positive vibe, which it actually in my opinion did,
I have no clue why the focus on the odd neo classic body kits lately, they never were very popular even in their day and fairy rare and obscure,
I recall a long while back it happened with wide bodies, one thread liked them the other not so much.
No fears of a thread liking the neo classic kits popping up though...
Just some small custom work like I wanted the side grills black. Not in these pictures but I painted the rear grills black and I'm going to blackout the front grills where the marker lights are.
All of the money I've spent since I bought it in 1999 has been on the drive-train and suspension. A new soft-top and carpet along with some minor interior trim that was missing. It had sidepipes and blacked out sidepipe covers but the pipes were shot and I decided to go back with undercar exhaust.
This is a few months after I got it:
And now:
One day when I do all the body work it needs (10 foot paint job ) I want to go with the Indy pace car spoiler on the front but keep the chrome bumper. Then I want to modify my stock hood to resemble the stinger hoods found on C2 big block cars and remove the luggage rack.
I love that color. I even love the NAME of the color. "War Bonnet Yellow" I wonder what are the origins of the name?
We had 2 corvette wagons, a "Motion round headlight clone" , C4 with the flat rear window, C2 with the duct tail and roll bar, C2 gasser show up at a fall car meet.
The 60's and 70's were strange times. The show cars were very strange, I would guess interesting in the day, no so much now.
You know rust just scares the hell out of me, it turns a sharp looking c3 into a parts car or worse really quickly,
I am too OCD to have any rust, but if i found a nice family truckster vette, the wagon back at a good deal might just get in trouble.
02-25-2017, 05:01 PM
) is a black Cobalt SS and my wife drives a black '15 Explorer.
) I want to go with the Indy pace car spoiler on the front but keep the chrome bumper. Then I want to modify my stock hood to resemble the stinger hoods found on C2 big block cars and remove the luggage rack.
