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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 09:28 PM
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i recently bought a bunch of vette parts from a junk yard. ONe thing that came in the lot was very peculiar "custom" nose for a midyear. Ive been told it was made by a guy name john silva and he later went on to design the prototype for the c3s. This nose is a hand layed job, I was wondering if anyone knew anything about John Silva or if this nose is really anything special?
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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 09:34 PM
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Come visit us over at www.makoshark2.com

We have a forum there... dedicated to the Silva-created Maco.

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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 09:39 PM
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is my mid year nose worth anything??
I alos have a C3 nose and rear window lovers that i am told are john Silvas,
OTher than beenig neat are they worth anything??
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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 09:52 PM
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Hard to say... for some reason Silva never gained the attention that Rosen did from his work... Silva is the creator of the Motion Maco.

I know a "neighbor" of yours that might be interested in them... I'm forwarding your info to him (from your profile).
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harry macdonald already contacted me..
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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 09:58 PM
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Ah...

OK, I'll send it to someone else (who is here on this board also)... he has a friend that is collecting some of the Silva stuff... has 1 Silva & 1 Motion Maco.
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