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Old Feb 18, 2020 | 04:38 PM
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Maybe you have seen this already. From Hot Rod magazine online

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/1968...81CDBE647286ED
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Old Feb 18, 2020 | 05:18 PM
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What Makes This Rare Barn Find 1968 Corvette Vintage Race Car Cool

  • Original and Unmolested from 1977
  • Original 1970s style paint and wheel flares
  • Has the real L88 big-block dry-sump engine from the 1970s
  • Still has the original Muncie 4-speed transmission
  • Came with the original SCCA log book and paperwork
  • Raced at Riverside Raceway in the 1970s
  • Bought from the original owner, Mark Smith, who bought it new in 1968
  • Set up by legendary racer Dick Guldstrand
  • Still wearing the original CA plates last tagged in 1973!
  • Mechanically gone through and back on the road after 20+ year
Nice
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Old Feb 18, 2020 | 07:21 PM
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I love it! I love the flares!
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Old Feb 18, 2020 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by corgasm
Maybe you have seen this already. From Hot Rod magazine online
Nope..Thanks for sharing. Very Cool Indeed.
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Old Feb 18, 2020 | 08:04 PM
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Love it! Those are the type cars I used for inspiration in building mine


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Old Feb 18, 2020 | 10:55 PM
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I didn't know that there was a 425hp 68
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Old Feb 19, 2020 | 06:16 AM
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There wasn't. But they had to write a number that was less than the displacement...
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That car belongs in a museum somewhere, what a great find!!
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Love it! Those are the type cars I used for inspiration in building mine


The Bridge, very cool place. Play there every year. Love the car too!😀😀😀
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So where is that bridge/track?
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