wabco40

A few Vettes from this mornings Custom Cars and Cofffee, Perth Western Australia.
A good morning with a good variety of cars. Weather was a bit overcast but fortunately it didn't rain.










Not sure which one is the owner but I don't think it's the bloke in the front!!!

CraigH

Looks like a good event Brad.

Your blackened sidepipes look very nice and subtle.

Can’t see from the photo but are your sill panels still polished ?

wabco40

Thanks Craig,

Yes, I left the rocker mouldings as clear coated aluminium. The headers and pipes are black ceramic and heat shields are black chrome.

CraigH

Out of interst how’s much lower than the frame do the sidepipes sit.

I have considered sidepipes but getting the quickjack under the Vette from the side may be difficult given how low car is.

Now it slides under the frame with minimal clearance.

Metalhead140

Your car is looking stunning!

Is that an HDT Director in the background?

AllC34Me

Beautiful Corvette Brad. I have Australia on my bucket list for 2019 and looking forward to visiting.

sug

Looks like a great day with some nice cars .Your car is looking awesome .Love that blue with the chrome wheels .Thanks for sharing.

derekderek

just curious. what is the mustard volored car next to the C2 in first pic?

wabco40

It's a Holden (Australian GM) HQ Monaro coupe, they also came out as a 4 door. 1971 to 74, early years where optioned with a 350 Chev. In the later models the Chev engine was drop in favour of the Holden 253 and 308 v8.
I had a 71 HQ Monaro, 350 with Muncie 4 speed. I sold it in 1983, what a mistake!!!

wabco40

I'm not sure. I think it might be!!!

wabco40

Good question Craig. I'm guessing a few inches. I will have a look in the morning and let you know.

c3_dk

Hi there down under.

Great looking cars, and it looks like you have good weather also.

Regards from up north :- )

bazza77

Hey Brad !

cars looking good

looks like you parked next to a genuine GTHO as well , that was a true barn find !

3JsVette

I love the look of your car! Very tasteful mods.

wabco40

Thanks Bazza. Yeah that was a nice Falcon.

Are you home this week?

Larry Myers

I was surprised at the number of Vettes with left hand drive.

It was my understanding all Oz vehicles were required to be right hand drive.

Is there an exception?

BTW wabco, Your Vette is very very well done.

Sabre34

Your car looks great. The wheels and stance are perfect and I love the color.

wabco40

Thanks Larry.

It depends which state in Australia. Here in Western Australia the vehicle needs to be more then 15 years old to remain LHD. Also if they are built after 1 January 1970 they also need to be ADR (Australian design rules) compliant for the specific year. For my car built in December 70 it required double catching door latches, safety glass and collapsible steering column. Fortunately it had these already.

Alan 71

Hi w,
Your car looks terrific!
Does it get a lot of attention? I'd think it would because it really stands out.
Some very interesting looking cars in those photos!
Some of them remind me of couple of the cars in Mad Max.
Thanks for taking the time to post them.
Regards,
Alan

bazza77

That 15 year rule might still be current but with the prices of conversion , why would anyone buy an old car to do that .

C6 and C7 , Camaro,Mopar and the big truck /utes you guys love are being done (mainly on the east coast ) , a lot of those are imported to tow the big caravan type or big horse floats with the 5th well set up. Last I checked the C6 conversion was 35 thousand AUS and I have heard the C7 was 50 thousand AUS+. there's a few around , but with a price of around 230K+ AUS. (on the road after taxes and import duties !)only certain people do it.