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Old Feb 12, 2023 | 06:26 PM
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Greetings,
I just picked up another rare Corvette. Changed it to match my real 2014. First photo is before and remaining photos are after my changes. What do you think?

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The real thing.
Old Feb 12, 2023 | 06:32 PM
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Cool 😎
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Old Feb 12, 2023 | 07:33 PM
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Love it!
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Old Feb 12, 2023 | 07:43 PM
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Nice job making a mini-me for your car.
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Old Feb 12, 2023 | 07:45 PM
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Your garage floor looks great.
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Old Feb 12, 2023 | 10:27 PM
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Where is the black and white following it? very nice!
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Old Feb 12, 2023 | 11:00 PM
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Cool, have to have them both together in the pic lol
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Old Feb 13, 2023 | 01:24 AM
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Were all mine that size I could fit MANY more in my shop!
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Man I would have lost my crap if I had this as a kid.
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please tell me where you found this! would be perfect for my son and his 1st birthday is coming up soon!
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Well done; from a nearby neighbor!
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Thank you all for the compliments. I have a lot of time in this little project. I have a 1966 vert restomod in the same color scheme as this and the 2014. I plan to add this between the cars. Photos below.

Shokwav, this was a used Hot Wheels C7 that I picked up at a friend’s hose. You can see in the first original post photo it was blue at that time. I disassembled it, painted the pieces, reassembled it, made the tail lights , covered the interior floor and rear reflectors all out of labeling stock, put on pin stripes to form the tail light frames, then installed C7 script and emblems. Sorry, to say but these aren’t sold on the market. I applaud you for thinking about getting one for your 1 year old son. You are a very good dad.

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Originally Posted by rwade
Thank you all for the compliments. I have a lot of time in this little project. I have a 1966 vert restomod in the same color scheme as this and the 2014. I plan to add this between the cars. Photos below.

Shokwav, this was a used Hot Wheels C7 that I picked up at a friend’s hose. You can see in the first original post photo it was blue at that time. I disassembled it, painted the pieces, reassembled it, made the tail lights , covered the interior floor and rear reflectors all out of labeling stock, put on pin stripes to form the tail light frames, then installed C7 script and emblems. Sorry, to say but these aren’t sold on the market. I applaud you for thinking about getting one for your 1 year old son. You are a very good dad.

Thank you anyway! I’ll keep an eye on eBay in case one ever turns up for sale. I should have been stockpiling items like this a few years before he was born lol
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