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That’s the first Corvette that I sort of like, I will build a pink car one day, but I’m weird like that.

 

It's interesting how the hood scoop Barris did for it resembles the later 1965 big-block hood.
Also, I love the Audrain, but I wish they would get some era correct American's on it and not the modern D-spokes!

 

I’d drive it

 

Not to be "that guy", but is it Astroid or Asteroid?

 

I like the front and the rear wheel openings, but not the mismatch.
Also, is that really a 63? Did they take out the split window?

 

When you see the colour photos it really makes the car especially the interior.

 

If Barris did the car when it was new, I wonder how he got a one piece rear window? Plexiglass? Or by the time he got to that stage, were the 64s out, and he could get one and the moldings from GM? Love the car, but didn’t know they made magnesium d-spokes.

 

I believe this car had strait spoke magnesium torque thrusts on it originally, like these in picture #2 They did make magnesium “D” spokes, though as well; as in pictures #1 and#3 :

 

I'd be more interested in the electric Porsche.

 

I'll take the engine and Americans!

 

That wild color is so reminiscent of the many custom finishes of that time. I remember fondly getting excited over the flake and candy colors.
Am I the only one who heard a sharp clackey sound during acceleration?
I prefer the track torque thrust wheels. Spokes…even European spokes never excited me. Cool car!!

 

10 years ago or so, I came across a mention in an article that one of the inspirations car manufacturers used to pick the palette of paint color offerings for new automobiles was the latest colors of ladies' lingerie.
So...... I guess if that has been good enough for The Big Three, I don't see why it wouldn't also have worked to inspire little ol' Barris's color choice(s).

 

I remember seeing it on the car show circuit back then, it was a great color, and for a kid, the pipes coming out of the fenders made it totally bitchin.
The one-piece rear glass was an "improvement" back then. It was only when collectors later realized that it was a one-year-only that it became the holy grail.
My growing up neighbor had his '57 Chevy 150 painted in a Pink Champagne metallic back then. It looked great but would have been more fitting if it was customized a little instead of bone stock. And yeah, he took some guff for driving a pink car.

 

There's nothing wrong with a pink car ( been there done that )
Just please don't ask me to wear a pink shirt.
Like most Barris mods they are all in good taste.
As ever Thank You Ryan, for this dream vision

 

I’m wondering if your neighbors 57 was a stock color. My brother in the mid 60’s had a 57 that was painted that Champaign color. He later found out it is an actual Chevy color but very few 57’s had that color. I’d imagine the pink turned a lot of people off.

 

How about a picture of the pink Porsche?