73 chrome front bumper
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Just buy a 72 & be done with it?
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I hardly consider the ops picture a ruined car, 
I doubt the owner of the car thinks its ruined either,
When i got my 69 it had 73 front clip, it looked like a nice 73 i didnt consider it ruined by a long shot,
Neither did any of the countless people who complimented it,
I liked the 73 look almost left it that way,
Priya isnt ruining her 79 either,
For some of us chevy didnt make the perfect c3 so we are...
I doubt the owner of the car thinks its ruined either,
When i got my 69 it had 73 front clip, it looked like a nice 73 i didnt consider it ruined by a long shot,
Neither did any of the countless people who complimented it,
I liked the 73 look almost left it that way,
Priya isnt ruining her 79 either,
For some of us chevy didnt make the perfect c3 so we are...
Last edited by The13Bats; Mar 2, 2018 at 05:34 PM.
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I know people can do what they want...But I zoomed in on this photo and it is nothing that I would send out of my shop.
In my opinion...which I know does not mean jack squat... it is no where near completed. Because IF it is going to be done...challenge yourself and do not let the hurdles you will have to cross stop you and get it right.
I am not going to get into any of the safety impact part issues that may need to be removed... due to many people close one eye to that due to it now being 'custom'.... which I guess makes it all okay in their mind to do that...which is obviously their choice to do that. People forget that these cars are insured IF driven on the street....And I am sure than not one of them has gotten approval from their insurance company to remove impact system parts.
DUB
In my opinion...which I know does not mean jack squat... it is no where near completed. Because IF it is going to be done...challenge yourself and do not let the hurdles you will have to cross stop you and get it right.
I am not going to get into any of the safety impact part issues that may need to be removed... due to many people close one eye to that due to it now being 'custom'.... which I guess makes it all okay in their mind to do that...which is obviously their choice to do that. People forget that these cars are insured IF driven on the street....And I am sure than not one of them has gotten approval from their insurance company to remove impact system parts.
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Yes BUT... the impact stuff front and rear was so the car would survive a 5mph impact with NO damage. And it never worked-ON ANY CAR!! You hit any plastic bumper
car at 4 mph and you are on the hook for 1500 bucks. This is not designed to make the people in the middle any safer in a 30 on up mph crash. And since the frames are unchanged except for bumper mounts the 73-up cars are no safer than the 68-72 cars.
car at 4 mph and you are on the hook for 1500 bucks. This is not designed to make the people in the middle any safer in a 30 on up mph crash. And since the frames are unchanged except for bumper mounts the 73-up cars are no safer than the 68-72 cars.
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People do all kinds of things to c3s that are not stock and just might not float with insurance companies or even the next builders idea of safe and sound,
All kinds of aftermarket suspension modications and kits out there, there is none that i have seen documents on the safety testing of these modifications, or acceptance by insurance companies
borg steering box conversion comes to mind, install requires busting a piece of plastic to slightly reduce the column length, in turn tampering with the factory design collapsing column, oh dear, people who do it just say "it wont matter"
I wonder if insurance would frown on that one,
I bet an pepsi a shop could be liable if anyone was hurt if ANY modifications are done to ANY factory designed areas,
Especially a steering column designed for safety,
I find it hypocritical to harp and preach leave one area of safety the way the factory did it but tampering and modifying other areas is a okay...
All kinds of aftermarket suspension modications and kits out there, there is none that i have seen documents on the safety testing of these modifications, or acceptance by insurance companies
borg steering box conversion comes to mind, install requires busting a piece of plastic to slightly reduce the column length, in turn tampering with the factory design collapsing column, oh dear, people who do it just say "it wont matter"
I wonder if insurance would frown on that one,
I bet an pepsi a shop could be liable if anyone was hurt if ANY modifications are done to ANY factory designed areas,
Especially a steering column designed for safety,
I find it hypocritical to harp and preach leave one area of safety the way the factory did it but tampering and modifying other areas is a okay...
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I love the weird, cantankerous wiper door, i really do,
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In my case i see many perfect c3s , alans is perfect, not my cup o tea, vbs is perfect and i believe without hyperbole i wouldnt mod it
I love neils road race car and many, many others here i see as perfect, some i would love to own some no,
What is impossible is for me to build a 100% perfect to me for me c3,
Money, screwed up brain, lots of things prevent it.
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Jim,
In my case i see many perfect c3s , alans is perfect, not my cup o tea, vbs is perfect and i believe without hyperbole i wouldnt mod it
I love neils road race car and many, many others here i see as perfect, some i would love to own some no,
What is impossible is for me to build a 100% perfect to me for me c3,
Money, screwed up brain, lots of things prevent it.
In my case i see many perfect c3s , alans is perfect, not my cup o tea, vbs is perfect and i believe without hyperbole i wouldnt mod it
I love neils road race car and many, many others here i see as perfect, some i would love to own some no,
What is impossible is for me to build a 100% perfect to me for me c3,
Money, screwed up brain, lots of things prevent it.
I literally couldn’t buy one car that scratched every itch I had. So I kept buying them.
I owned a series of custom cars for years, and now I only go for stock cars. I bought chrome bumpers in the 70s, got completely sick of them, then bought a couple more in recent years after years away from them and remembering how much I liked them.
Other cars I HAD to have (including a couple C4s or new cars) that Id never buy again.
So, I dont think it’s your brain... it’s too many choices.
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I think what you are calling a “screwed up brain” is the same personality disorder that caused me to buy 17 different Corvettes in a reasonably short time span.
I literally couldn’t buy one car that scratched every itch I had. So I kept buying them.
I owned a series of custom cars for years, and now I only go for stock cars. I bought chrome bumpers in the 70s, got completely sick of them, then bought a couple more in recent years after years away from them and remembering how much I liked them.
Other cars I HAD to have (including a couple C4s or new cars) that Id never buy again.
So, I dont think it’s your brain... it’s too many choices.
I literally couldn’t buy one car that scratched every itch I had. So I kept buying them.
I owned a series of custom cars for years, and now I only go for stock cars. I bought chrome bumpers in the 70s, got completely sick of them, then bought a couple more in recent years after years away from them and remembering how much I liked them.
Other cars I HAD to have (including a couple C4s or new cars) that Id never buy again.
So, I dont think it’s your brain... it’s too many choices.
You hit that nail on the head,
Tina might argue im still screwed up but
my ussues as far as the corvettes go,
there are so many sweet c3s,
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So many Vettes. So little time... This thread. So, that is a 73 nose with chrome bumper? So an inch in front of headlights instead of the 3/8th the 68 to 72 have? Very few will notice that. I guess they fabbed a lip to go under the bumper. I have a 75 with banged up nose and a 71 nose in the yard. Still unsure if I am gonna convert the 75 nose or swap to the 71 complete. I am planning on using the 75 air tank and maybe impact bar if it'll fit and fabbing horseshoe and bumper brackets from there.
Last edited by derekderek; Mar 3, 2018 at 04:12 AM.
