4 wheel drive C5
Feb 21, 2014 | 05:11 PM
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4 wheel drive C5
Hey you C5 people! I saw a thread from a new member in the intro forum and thought you guys would like to see this. Pretty amazing piece of work by Moe Mills.
More Pictures Here.
Feb 21, 2014 | 05:20 PM
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I'm sure a LOT of work was involved, and no disrespect to the dude who built the thing, but WHY?? He put a Corvette body on a 4WD chassis....I think the wheels look like Toyota wheels at that....
Feb 21, 2014 | 05:28 PM
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And we thought 'our' non-lowered cars had a big fender gap !!
Feb 21, 2014 | 05:34 PM
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The transaxle came out of a Toyota. I don't know why. I guess he just likes building stuff and thought of it as a project that would be fun.
HERE is the thread where he talks about it.
Feb 21, 2014 | 05:52 PM
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I'd rock it. The stupid "Hi Jack" and "4 wheel drive" stickers bother me more than anything else.
Feb 21, 2014 | 05:57 PM
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At first I thought AWD corvette, that's pretty cool! Then I saw it was 4wd in the truest sense of the word...yuck. haha
Feb 21, 2014 | 06:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
C5Txfan
And we thought 'our' non-lowered cars had a big fender gap !!
I'm saving that picture in case anybody gives me grief about mine.
Feb 21, 2014 | 07:38 PM
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Cool. Reminds me of the 4x4 mode for the Viper Defender in the old TV show. LOL
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Feb 21, 2014 | 07:40 PM
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Only in New Mexico..... I saw a C3 in Ruidoso that was a bit higher cruisin in the snow.
Feb 21, 2014 | 07:45 PM
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If it was mine I would put fender skirts on both the front and rear to fill the gaps.
Couldn't hurt.
Feb 21, 2014 | 07:57 PM
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All kidding aside , after reading that he didn't ruin a perfectly good corvette it don't sound like a bad idea since the car was a flood vehicle and all that was used was the body. Since everything else was ruined from the flood waters at least he salvaged the rest and made something unique that he can have fun with in the winter. It is a shame though that that beautiful car was lost to a flood.
Feb 21, 2014 | 07:59 PM
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Here is a plow I saw this winter in So. Bend.
Folks do interesting things with their cars
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Feb 21, 2014 | 08:57 PM
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I'll give him credit for doing something different, but really not something I would do.
Feb 21, 2014 | 09:36 PM
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A for effort
Feb 21, 2014 | 10:47 PM
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I was excited when I read the title. I was hoping it was a legit AWD corvette.
Feb 22, 2014 | 02:54 AM
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Needs to be lowered on stock bolts. I'm betting it doesn't bottom out on speed bumps like some C5's
Feb 22, 2014 | 04:10 AM
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