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Old Apr 24, 2026 | 10:58 AM
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Default 2026 Corvette of the Year, Restomods, all years. ENTER NOW

CorvetteForum invites the owners of restomods of any Corvette generation to enter their cars in the Restomod Corvette of the Year competition for 2026. If you have a vintage Corvette you have transformed with modern technology and components please enter to show off your Restomod Corvette.

This thread is for entering your Corvette, of Any Year, in the Restomod category.

Your Restomod Corvette can be of any year. You enter the competition by posting no more than three photos in this thread. Entries must be posted no later than noon EDT, May 14. Moderators then will pick ten of their favorites as finalists and set up a poll to allow you to vote on which of those finalists is the Restomod of the Year. Please note that when the poll is set for voting on the ten finalists, only the first picture in a Restomod entry will be included if you posted more than one picture in the Restomod competition.

The judging, of course, is subjective and will be heavily influenced by the quality of the photographs submitted for the entries.

The contest is open to site users across the globe. Site Moderators are not allowed to enter.

The reward in each of the categories is bragging rights and a designation under your user ID declaring your winning status.

In subsequent months, we’ll feature other generations for Corvette of the Year with the winner in each of those generations competing for Corvetteforum Corvette of the Year.

The fine print: One entry per member. This contest is open to site users over the age of 18 who own the car they enter. Entry photos must have been shot by the Corvette's owner. That is to avoid professionally made photos which might give the entrant an unfair advantage. If you want to enter a photo of you in or by your car, that's fine so long as the picture was not taken by a professional photographer. If you enter a car that previously has been a winner, it will not be eligible for competition. Entries will be disqualified when obviously entered in a wrong class, use too many photos, enter multiple categories or submit an entry after the posted deadline. Campaigning for your car or another person’s car around the site is now prohibited. Negative posts will be removed. Please Contact Administrators savewave or Vettebuyer6369 with questions.

ONE MORE POINT: This may seem elementary, but for ease for all concerned, please tell us what year your car is when submitting your photo. Thanks.
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Apr 29, 2026, 09:24 AM
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1965 Coupe 480hp LS3 crate motor, TKX 5 spd, Silver Pearl, Black. Driven a LOT.
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Restomod people, theres a lot of you in many Corvette Generations and some dont seem to know this competition is going on until too late. Tell your restomod brothers and sisters to enter!
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1965 Coupe 480hp LS3 crate motor, TKX 5 spd, Silver Pearl, Black. Driven a LOT.
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Old Apr 29, 2026 | 09:33 AM
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I'll give it a shot

1985 Z51 Corvette, swapped from automatic to a ZF6. Runs on EBL Flash II EFI. American Racing Headers with 3" x-pipe into LT1 mufflers, Dana 44 with 3.90 gears. ZFDoc short throw shifter, Spec super twin ceramic clutch, Rays 57CR 18x9.5 wheels +38 offset in gunblue II. 285/35R18 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+ tires, Ridetech single adjustable shocks, Superpro suspension bushings, rear lowering bolts, Van Steel rear toe rod assembly, C6 Z06 front and rear brakes, 88+ headlight assemblies, 86L+ steering wheel, Alpine ILX w670 headunit, Alpine 6.5 S series component speakers, Alpine 6x9 S-series rear speakers, Alpine PWE S8 compact subwoofer, Corvette Craft Truecolor digital dash White/Blue/Red color filter. Complete interior and exterior led light conversion with switch back front turn signals and United Pacific rear tail light assemblies, breadbox delete, 86L-96 window motor conversion, Spoilerking lip spoiler, Mild2Wild Targa brace powdercoated light blue metallic, Recently finished a top end swap on the stock L98. 1206 TPIS Miniram, AFR 195 Comp Port heads, Comp Cams 280XFI hydraulic roller cam, 1.6 Scorpion roller rockers. Measured out right at 10.0:1 compression using steel shim head gaskets. 340whp @5900rpm, 310tq @5400rpm. I found a bunch of tuning issues so I am optimistic it will make closer to 375hp the next time I hit the dyno.

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1966 with a 460HP LT1
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1964 Coupe wide body. A few fancy things, but mostly go fast goodies.
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Nicely done Factoid.
You have my vote
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