Since owning an early Corvette is a pipe dream, much less the possibility of a custom one, I decided to build my own in 1/25 scale. Taking inspiration from a Steve Sanford illustration, I grafted a 63 front clip on a 62. I used styrene rod to blend the 63 body reveal into the 62 coves. I really dig it. Now to figure out a killer custom paint scheme...
The Corvettes were nicely styled cars to begin with. I think some of them look nice, but a lot of them are horrors.
here are some updates on that car in post 313. pretty sure I saw this car in Fremont Ca. in the early 80's. with fat tires and up high in the front, no hood and a tunnel ram. painted orange... no pics. glad some restorer didn't get ahold of it and ruin it
these are 2 different cars. the red one is a 53, (no side coves) and the other car is a 57 but they were both customized with similar grilles
I noticed the decklid was different, but did not notice the sides. must be a tribute. tail lights are the same. this was in an article with the real car showing vintage as well as current roached out pics plus the red one with no notes
both historic cars done back in the day The Buster Dobbs 53 Corvette https://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=10979 The Bob Moreira 57 corvette https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Bob_Moreira's_1957_Chevrolet
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