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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 06:20 PM
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$15 k - missed it.

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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 01:38 PM
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Had I the money and opportunity I'd buy that and drop something interesting on it... '56 Nomad or a 30's Panel Wagon, perhaps.

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I wonder how hard it would be to drop a C4 shell on that rolling setup.
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Originally Posted by Impala Balko
I wonder how hard it would be to drop a C4 shell on that rolling setup.
i dont think it would be that easy considering the C4 uses a conventional tranmission and that has a rear mounted transaxle, and IIRC the C4 has a shorter wheelbase. If you want an LSx get a C5 or a C6. For not much more than 15k you could get a C5.
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why dont you just get a c5?
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Originally Posted by Impala Balko
I wonder how hard it would be to drop a C4 shell on that rolling setup.
in addition to what deiaggie said, the C4 is a wacky semi-monocoque unibody... it won't adapt well.
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You think you could adapt that motor to the C4 drive train or could you mount the tranny that is on that on to the motor and slap it inbetween the frame rails of the C4
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Originally Posted by Impala Balko
You think you could adapt that motor to the C4 drive train or could you mount the tranny that is on that on to the motor and slap it inbetween the frame rails of the C4
Mid-engine configuration?
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