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Old Oct 22, 2020 | 11:19 AM
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Old Oct 22, 2020 | 11:40 AM
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I dont think so myself. I would love a station wagon with a surf rack on it and an Inglese style fuel injection or a big 871 sticking out of the hood. Then finish it off with a nice candy apple red with some metal flake......

But there has been some very poorly done customs that even the 70s fans would frown at
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Old Oct 22, 2020 | 11:51 AM
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The Chevrolet bow tie is reversed. probably looks right from the inside out.
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I'd rock that! 4 hours later all the ugly would be GONE!

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Ha! You know the back of that thing is lined with blue **** carpeting!
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Old Oct 22, 2020 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Rescue Rogers
I dont think so myself. I would love a station wagon with a surf rack on it and an Inglese style fuel injection or a big 871 sticking out of the hood. Then finish it off with a nice candy apple red with some metal flake......

But there has been some very poorly done customs that even the 70s fans would frown at
X2, I think it's rad!
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Old Oct 22, 2020 | 04:53 PM
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A corvette you could enjoy at tthe drive-in....lol
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I like it, cool old school stuff, would be a blast to drive
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.....looks like a truck cap was glued on ????????????????/
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....great for hauling your cane poles.....
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....great for hauling your cane poles.....
Or 2 by 4s.
Take your Vette to Menards today!
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I kinda like it as a project.
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Ild prefer bigger rear side windows but it could be made to be really fun
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Not for me...I like 'em the way they came off the line. To each his own.
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My news feed this morning had a story on the auction for that vette with 20+ other photos -

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I kinda dig the sportwagons. They have an interesting story for sure. Imagine what it cost to do this back in the day, and convert that to today's money... $$$
looks like it was loved in it's prime. I'm always amazed at how some cars are put to pasture to just rot away after having so much money dumped into them at some point. Who knows, maybe we'll see this one brought back to life with a new vibe. Looks like it sold on eBay for $10k





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I`m not opposed to wagons, but if you`re going to modify a C3 roofline, do it right...


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The C3 with a split window is awesome! I've often wondered if anyone had tried to separate the aft window on a bubble back but that looks like a 63' was grafted straight on.
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Originally Posted by Sir Keith
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Not my cup of tea (actually, I think it's butt ugly) ....but whatever floats your boat, I guess.

There should be a law against doing something like this to a Corvette.




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