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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 12:28 AM
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Is this car legit or is omebody wishing it to be more than it is? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...536600435&rd=1
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 12:30 AM
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looks like I lost my "s"
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 12:39 AM
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Never trust an item on ebay with that many different font colors in the sales pitch.
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 12:41 AM
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Certainly not the Corvette factory!. Guess all those aftermarket body parts were made in some factory somewhere, so I guess that makes it "factory" in some eyes. I'm suprised it has gotten bid as high as it has.
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 04:11 AM
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i doubt it but if you go to this post and look at 84rzv500r pictures you can see taht he has almost the same body and might know what or where this body is from http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1048532
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 05:16 AM
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read the q and a section, it's funny.
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 02:13 PM
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Man, I can't believe somebody actually wants that. . . . and over $10K.
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 02:38 PM
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It doesn't suit my tastes, but it's nicely done and appears to be in excellent condition.
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 11:12 PM
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That's not even a good aftermarket mako kit..blech..

http://www.makoshark2.com/
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 11:20 PM
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Cross between a testarossa bolt on kit and what ever bubba can think up with a Kragen auto parts fiberglass kit in a box.
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 11:11 AM
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My vote is that it is a modified corvette with an aftermarket kit.
One of only 200 made. Extremely rare, but only $10,000?
And so rare that it has 98,000 miles? Seems like if it was a "prototype" it would not be a daily driver.

It looks like one of the Can Am kits that people used to get the wide body, and 6 taillight treatment. Didnt someone post one of these on a flat bed trailer about 1 month ago?

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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 04:57 PM
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It is an Ecklers Can-Am Kit. One of the guys on the forum sent me the detail a while back.

From talking to those who did this sort of thing in the 70's the trick was to find a crashed vette cheap and put aftermarket body work on it.

My car was originally a blue drop top !!. 10K seems steep to me as I paid 4K for a running driving car with a good solid frame and bird cage. The brakes, tranny, and differential were in good condition and the body was good.

I knew I was gonna gut it and start over to build a hotrod. I would like to have had the greenwood/factory race body work but it is unlikely you can get that for 4K and have a running car. They show up as race cars from time to time but are more than 10K.

I have yet to see any two of these cars with the exact same body configuration.



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