Uncommon Corvette

That is one sexy corvette. I'm not digging the hubcaps though.

 

Nice ..Story and good lookn kustom

 

Remember when SWB's and Corvettes were the same price

I should have brought a lot of SWB's

 

I love these corvettes and believe they had an awesome car out of the box and would have just kept it stock if it were mine. I say this in no disrespect to the obvious amount of mods and bodywork done to the above car. I guess "uncommon" is right. Thanks for the read boss.

 

Always loved Custom vettes. There defiantly weren't enough of them then,and unfortunately the prices on them now make it almost impossible to do :-/

 

it's a bit weird talking to my uncles about how these cars considering how prized they are nowadays. when they began working on cars they were just used cars and they were everywhere. their bodyman told me a story about customizing one someone bought to him. it was a lemans edition if i remember his story correctly but the serial number was all 0's and then 4.

 

That is kick ass.

I'm so sick of the typical stock vettes and their typical owners...

 

49 Buick tail lights can't beat the originals.

 

I wonder how many customizers even knew how to work fiberglass back then? If you only did metal and lead, Polyester and fiberglass would be a
challenge.

One of my favorite Corvettes is Bob K's Corvette custom.

 

personally i'm rather liking the whole rear end/tail light treatment,each to their own i guess

 

Corvette's are cool custom or stock. I think everybody digs them even if they won't admit it!

 

de-scalloped and new wheels.
I think this makes a better euro-sport look.

 

Seems like very Vette you see is overly restored or highly modified sothat thay are not much more than garage candy. Wouldn't it be cool to have a solid axle vette garage find with the mechnicals rebuilt and drive the snot out of it.

 

I really like a well done early 'Vette or T bird. Unfortunately more often than not (like a lot of their full sized family members) change was just done for the sake of change. Not the case with the example pictured.

With these cars less is more, mods done to accentuate the existing lines and style really go a long way in making a great mild custom.

Too bad they are getting way out of the realm of affordable raw material.

GV

 

Restraint and clean work on this one. Nice.

 

"Customized" and "Corvette" are not usually words I like to see together, but I actually like that one.

I really like the moon discs alone, that's a nice competition look.

I'm not sure I really consider the two-seat Thunderbirds "sports cars" in factory trim, but they certainly are cool when modified to be such.



-Dave

 

I have pics saved from this exact car. I've always liked the scallops on this car, from all angles too.

 

I have (or had) a magazine I bought in High School (70's). It wasn't one of the major mags, but it had a big write-up on the history of custom Corvettes. There were a lot of photos. There were more early examples than one might think. I'll look for it.

 

I take that back. THIS is the vette with scallops I've admired in the past.

 

Thanks Tyler:

Here is a pic from GG Indy




BB

 

Got a 58 at home scored it from a body shop that the owner dropped it off to do the full body and paint work on it he paid 50% up front car was finished and owner never picked it up sat in storage for the owner for 11 years with a cover over it picked it up for the remaining 50% of the original bill put in a rebuilt 327 and 4 speed and am currently driving the shit out of it! Total investment $9000

 

lucky bastard

 

here's some more.

 

Vetts are great, I love 'em. Especially 58's. But I think that as "factory hot rods" and predesesors to muscle cars, they were the begining of the end of the golden age of true hot rods. That is owner built, street driven, light weight, performence cars.

 

I really dig the early vette's. I've owned a few but like a lot of neat cars they stayed for awhile and went on thier way. The two I miss the most , and my favorites were the '57 w/327 4 spd and the '67 Coupe w/435hp 427 4spd. I might be tempted to trade a couple of '32's to get them back. JUST KIDDING!!!

Frank

 

I really like the use of Buick headlights & taillights, it is what Buick could of offered as their sports car, just add a Nailhead.

I like the styling on that one but it has lost its identity with the customising, it looks like an After market sports car.

Now this one looks like a Custom Vette. & my favourite, I would love to see a Vette customised like this but with the Wardolf Corvair fastback roof.


And some good, bad and down right ugly vettes.

 

Great thread.

Will someone with a better photo package on their computer than I have please post these photos in this thread:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=207482&showall=1

I'll delete this post afterwards.

Thanks, JH

 

Wouldn't it be cool to have a solid axle vette garage find with the mechnicals rebuilt and drive the snot out of it.[/quote]


thats pretty much what i've got. i found a 60 vette that had been painted in the 80's and never re-assembled. i rebuilt the mechanicals, put in a new interior kit, installed the family heirloom 60's vintage ET wheels. the paint is 20-25 years old and it looks it. checked, cracked,chipped. it would never fit in with the "corvette people" but it sure does one hell of a burnout and it chirps the tires in every gear!!

 

I've loved those since I was kid growing up in Downey. My uncle cam over with his new 63 1/2 split window he was a cop in Downey (which meant no tickets in Downey). We got on the highway and I was pinned to the seat we were flying with my Dad trying to keep up in his Mustang. Now here I am today still obsessed with cars.

Love that one in JimmyB's post. If its pre 65 and Kustom it on topic here FitySix. Then theres all the exceptions 65 Rivis some of these corvetes any other car thats bad ass. Also almost every post on here has some ass offended and talking shit. Just take it with a grain of salt.