Holiday Poll
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St. Jude Donor '11, '16-'17
Re: Holiday Poll (hunt4cleanair)
I think you're missing a category. Mine is mostly stock in appearance, but mildly modified for much better driveability. I like the stock look, but they need to be able to run and drive better than they did from the factory. :cheers:
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Re: Holiday Poll (hunt4cleanair)
Uh, just read below......
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From: Marlborough MA
Re: Holiday Poll (hunt4cleanair)
Modified
I'm a 27 year-old mech eng who for one reason or another never had a chance to mess around w/ cars. I fell in love w/ the C3 body style (minus the chrome please... :D ) I've never even owned a car w/ more than 4 cylinders. So my 75 is my first sports car and my first journey into the realm of engines/suspensions/interior/body work. For me I wanted a sports car that matched my designs and desires, not what the factory delivered. The fact that the car is a little older than I am is because of the body style and that its easier emissions-wise to modify an engine from a car from this time or earlier. Besides... I rescued this car from a pasture. I'm one of the few crazy enough to want to go through the effort to make it into a hotrod. I don't feel bad at all mod'ing it as I wish. Take a fairly original car and I would not be so quick to change it...
I'm a 27 year-old mech eng who for one reason or another never had a chance to mess around w/ cars. I fell in love w/ the C3 body style (minus the chrome please... :D ) I've never even owned a car w/ more than 4 cylinders. So my 75 is my first sports car and my first journey into the realm of engines/suspensions/interior/body work. For me I wanted a sports car that matched my designs and desires, not what the factory delivered. The fact that the car is a little older than I am is because of the body style and that its easier emissions-wise to modify an engine from a car from this time or earlier. Besides... I rescued this car from a pasture. I'm one of the few crazy enough to want to go through the effort to make it into a hotrod. I don't feel bad at all mod'ing it as I wish. Take a fairly original car and I would not be so quick to change it...
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Re: Holiday Poll (hunt4cleanair)
Number 2 for me. In 1999 I took over my Mom's 73 with 240K miles on it. (see sig)
I am just about done with a frame-on restoration / rebuild. I'm trying to keep it mostly stock and the way it was when she bought it from the dealer in 1973 (the dealer put the aftermarket wheels on it).
Also, this is how the family and I remember the car that has been part of our lives for just short of 30 years. :cheers: :cheers:
I am just about done with a frame-on restoration / rebuild. I'm trying to keep it mostly stock and the way it was when she bought it from the dealer in 1973 (the dealer put the aftermarket wheels on it).
Also, this is how the family and I remember the car that has been part of our lives for just short of 30 years. :cheers: :cheers:
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From: Toronto
Re: Holiday Poll (redwingvette)
Modified, To many things had been changed when I bought it to worry about bring it back to orginal anyway. There isn't much reason to have a toy if I couldn't play with it.
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Re: Holiday Poll (hunt4cleanair)
I suffer the MAJOR TIM ALLEN syndrome......I can never have enough power or mods. If not my C-3 then it would be a full blown lawn mower.
The C-3 is the perfect platform to make changes....it's free of electronics...I ripped mine out.....and it has "THE LOOK"...and those of you out there with the C-3's know what I'm talking about.....Not many cars can go down the road and have young teenage girls yelling "I really like your car"......When it's modified and rumbling down the boulevard.....it attracts many comments and reactions...flash bulbs popping everywhere....I've never seen any other car create this type of response from the public....Some times I cruise through Waikiki just to get the tourist stirred up....Gets em every time...If she wasn't modified, I'd just be another car in traffic...... :seeya Cappy
The C-3 is the perfect platform to make changes....it's free of electronics...I ripped mine out.....and it has "THE LOOK"...and those of you out there with the C-3's know what I'm talking about.....Not many cars can go down the road and have young teenage girls yelling "I really like your car"......When it's modified and rumbling down the boulevard.....it attracts many comments and reactions...flash bulbs popping everywhere....I've never seen any other car create this type of response from the public....Some times I cruise through Waikiki just to get the tourist stirred up....Gets em every time...If she wasn't modified, I'd just be another car in traffic...... :seeya Cappy
Melting Slicks
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From: Boulder Creek California
Re: Holiday Poll (gb4622)
I saw my choices, I thought, well it's stock of course then... well there's the wider tires in the rear...the dual exhaust...and the new radio, CD changer, front and rear speakers (possible sub), top end rebuild, suspension upgrades, and color change in and out I have planned... so modified it is!
#matching engine though, and I am proud of its originality and completeness. Like usual, I guess I'm a mutt, modistock, stockified..whatever.
-Chris
#matching engine though, and I am proud of its originality and completeness. Like usual, I guess I'm a mutt, modistock, stockified..whatever.
-Chris
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From: Myrtle Beach SC
Re: Holiday Poll (hunt4cleanair)
I'm impressed this thread still has legs and many of mod enthusiasts comments have been quite entertaining. I must admit while I've got a 78 original 32k car...I've also got a vision of the early C3 70-72 shark car I wish to build and drive...because as others have said in different words...It'll be a showpiece!
It's gonna be a 70-72 LT1 convertible, millennium yellow paint with essentially black interior but I'll install red seats, red door panels, side exhaust with redlines and RPO P02 wheel covers. Of course, I don't expect this to be a numbers matching but rather a project car uniquely tailored to my eye. Essentially, it will be a sister (older) to my C5 that is configured similiarly but about thirty years earlier! That way...I'll have matching C5 and C3 generations.
I share that because while I have one worthy of originality...I still fantasize of one that when driven, makes a bold statement and you're right...the C3 body makes that statement with convictiion.
It's gonna be a 70-72 LT1 convertible, millennium yellow paint with essentially black interior but I'll install red seats, red door panels, side exhaust with redlines and RPO P02 wheel covers. Of course, I don't expect this to be a numbers matching but rather a project car uniquely tailored to my eye. Essentially, it will be a sister (older) to my C5 that is configured similiarly but about thirty years earlier! That way...I'll have matching C5 and C3 generations.
I share that because while I have one worthy of originality...I still fantasize of one that when driven, makes a bold statement and you're right...the C3 body makes that statement with convictiion.
Drifting
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From: Phoenix Arizona
Re: Holiday Poll (hunt4cleanair)
Modified.
Suspension/motor/trans all modified but I want to keep a "stock" '74 look with the original two-piece style bumper, 15" Ralley wheels, stock steering wheel, etc. The hood is an L88 replica but I think it makes the car look better than the stock hood....
The car started out as an L48 mouse with a 4 speed. It was a common Corvette, not a 435/427 or a 400/427 with tri power, etc, etc.
Bob :cheers:
Suspension/motor/trans all modified but I want to keep a "stock" '74 look with the original two-piece style bumper, 15" Ralley wheels, stock steering wheel, etc. The hood is an L88 replica but I think it makes the car look better than the stock hood....
The car started out as an L48 mouse with a 4 speed. It was a common Corvette, not a 435/427 or a 400/427 with tri power, etc, etc.
Bob :cheers:
Melting Slicks
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Re: Holiday Poll (RMVette)
Definitely modified. The 327 simply wasn't strong enough to haul around 3220 lbs at high altitude. It looked far faster than it ran. In fact it sounded awesome, sort of like a Ferarri.
Originally, I was going to build a 434 small block to have it appear stockish. Until I saw how expensive they are to build. Then it was going to be a 406, and I even went as far as obtaining a 406, disassembling it, and sending it to the machinist. In the meantime I stuck a cheaply rebuilt 355, which was a huge improvement over the 327. But still not enough.
Then I pulled out all the stops and quit fooling around. I built a 427 big block, which basically took a life all its own. Now, originality is merely in outside appearance (except for the Hooker sidepipes)...and until you lift the hood. And then it's totally modified.
So I guess modified is my choice. Tastefully modified. Not with huge wings and Corvette Summer scoops...Tasteful restofication is my choice.
Originally, I was going to build a 434 small block to have it appear stockish. Until I saw how expensive they are to build. Then it was going to be a 406, and I even went as far as obtaining a 406, disassembling it, and sending it to the machinist. In the meantime I stuck a cheaply rebuilt 355, which was a huge improvement over the 327. But still not enough.
Then I pulled out all the stops and quit fooling around. I built a 427 big block, which basically took a life all its own. Now, originality is merely in outside appearance (except for the Hooker sidepipes)...and until you lift the hood. And then it's totally modified.
So I guess modified is my choice. Tastefully modified. Not with huge wings and Corvette Summer scoops...Tasteful restofication is my choice.
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From: Myrtle Beach SC
Re: Holiday Poll (hunt4cleanair)
Looks like the Holiday Poll is wrapping up with 103 casting a vote while we had 525 lookers. Lots of great comments and shows many of you gave great thought to an approach to maintain, preserve and enjoy your C3 Corvette.
The breakdown is this:
Modified - 53 percent
Stock - 37 Percent
Original - 9 percent
Undecided - no one here in undecisive
The breakdown is this:
Modified - 53 percent
Stock - 37 Percent
Original - 9 percent
Undecided - no one here in undecisive