Honduros is one of my favorites but around here it seems to be very common. The first '62 I remember seeing was Honduros Maroon. I like unusual colors like Almond beige. But black or white would suit me too. And I love that silver car Enloe posted above.
noboD , I had a friend who had a M/P 59 corvette and he painted it frost beige, all the stainless was polished nice. That was a beautiful vette. Lippy
Jewel blue is a pretty neat '61 color, to me. Then again what do I know , I like body color coves on most C1's.
My '61 was Honduras Maroon, which I thot was a great color. It was very popular in my area at the time. I liked the Jewel Blue, too, but I think I've only seen 3 of them in person.
Although our g***er discussion may be in a lull I agree that jewel blue is a good color. I thought Baron was going to paint his 57 jewel blue and it should stand out even more than it does now, if that is possible. Other than black which is just a mental deal with me, I always appreciate the colors you seldom see. Go to a car show and it seems red is the popular color, with honduras maroon a strong runner up possibly. As much as I like most of the colors, I seem to really like some of the more rare colors. There is aztec copper on the 57 that really stands out. You rarely see cascade green on the 60 Vette which I like as well. Probably my favorite year for colors though is 58. They had charcoal which I really would like to do with silver coves and I also like the panama yellow with white coves and regal turquoise is a great color as well.
My '63 was a silver-blue, a color I haven't seen many of. The chrome Cragar S/S wheels help set it off nicely. I wish I had a color photo of that car. My '69 was the ultimate in mid-life crisis cars, red with red interior and a black vinyl top for the cold months...but I was 24 when I bought it. Now that I think about it, it had a slightly orange tint to it that showed up in the right light.
While I really like the unusual colors I can't say any original color looks bad on a Corvette. There used to be a six cylinder '55 in yellow with green interior that was shown at Hershey. Quite an unusual color combo on a very rare engine for '55. I thought it cool that they named all the mid year colors after race tracks. But they dropped the ball when they went to just plain blue or red, maybe around '77 when Corvettes went south, IMO.
Here's one I've seen that looks like it mite have a green dash, although I was thinking it had the green seats, too. Also, one of the Jewel Blue '61's I've seen.
Disclaimer, these might have come from Jim. We have posted so many I am having a hard time remembering what has been posted and where the pictures came from.
Jason, the images I have posted I lifted from someone else and they got them from someone else etc. All are pretty good as they bring back old memories and hopefully give others a window to times past. Many of us appreciate the efforts of guys posting the pics. I run across pics in my files but most often they have been posted. Thought about going back to old computer files and see if there are any there that may not have been posted but work and projects seem to get in the way, so I for one appreciate seeing these old pics, even if I have seen them before. So few guys even run these old Vettes down the track so fun to see guys that believed that is where they belong. That one picture above is **** Taylor's 57 versus Mazmanian before he cut the wheelwells.
Jason that article is one of my favorites and probably due to the high quality pictures. Although most of us hate what they did to the wheelwells I really like the rear tires. I run piecrusts on my cars on the street but would like a pair for the strip. Problem is that it is difficult to go big without hitting the dogleg (or being really close to the dog leg). I have the old Hurst recap piecrusts and they are pretty close to 28" in diameter. I am afraid of going any larger and being real close to the dogleg. I would not trust the Hurst recaps at speed to be honest. The Radirs, which are not recaps come in 7" wide but 26 1/2" tall or I believe 8" wide but 29" tall. I have thought of moving the axle back a bit to go bigger (for the look more than anything) and I would rather have 8" width than 7". May have to try the smaller ones. Is there anyone out there running the Radirs that are the 7.75 x 15 (26 1/2" and 7" wide) so I can see what they look like?
Corvette G***ers are a somewhat popular concept if 65 pages on the HAMB are any indication and except for an occasional post like Enloe’s above where he posted pictures of Ken Phillips Silver Streak II, we mainly pay tribute to the warriors of the 60s (and some 70s). In addition we have posted pictures of Bob Cook’s Crazy Grampas AA/G 57 and it goes without saying that he represents the brand quite well. The point being that there are some guys out there that are continuing to add to the history of the Corvette g***ers and I suppose it does not hurt to give them a well-deserved shout out on occasion. In the Corvette Hot Rod thread a picture was posted of Dustin Corn’s Lumpy 57 Corvette which has been making impressive runs at a number of different venues. I see where he was runner-up at the National Hot Rod Reunion this year with the 57 in the Geezer G***er final with an ill-timed redlight. As I pointed out in the Hot Rod thread, Dustin also fields a later model Corvette funny car in nostalgia events-so apparently he has an appreciation for Vette drag cars-an admirable trait IMO. Another racer that deserves some kudos is Alan Gaulden who recently won the SEG Darlington race in A/G. This is the same car that Quain Stott built a couple of years ago and that his brother Mitch drove in a couple of events last year-trying to sort it out. Alan apparently has figured out how to make this car compe***ive-kudos to Alan and Quain. Alan Gaulden I believe has driven pro mods so he is no stranger to driving a racecar although a four speed g***er may be a bit of a different animal, as Quain has pointed out on occasion. Ken Phillip’s 58 Vette has been very compe***ive all season and hopefully we will have two Vettes in the SEG vying for a championship in the not too distant future. Thankfully I now have a few top notch Corvette g***ers to cheer for in a number of different venues that help bring back memories of old.
Loudbang and Jason, not sure who that is.. I thought briefly when I first saw it that it may be Wildabeast but I don't think so. A number of guys opened the real wheel wells out of necessity, so that does not surprise me. Also compare how far Skip Hess opened Wildabeast's wheelwells-looks like he went a bit higher than this 62. Also the fuel injection emblem is in the stock location below the side flags in the cove and on Wildabeast it is on the fender like they did in 58-61. Also Wildabeast reversed the shackles and this car did not. Of course the wheels are different and it is blown but that is quite obvious and easy to change. The car does sport a rollbar so he was not running stock. I wondered if it was Mike Lenke's car which was a fuel black 62 without the lower rocker moldings but not sure if this car is black (don't believe so) and Lenke's car did not have a rollbar. Of course many of these differences could be explained and changed to suit the next owner but I have not solved this mystery for sure. I have wondered about the car but not enough to do any major sleuthing. Maybe I will have to put my thinking cap on and look through old photos, although work around the ranch is keeping me busy these days. Here is a lighter picture I cropped in case anyone wants to get maybe a better look. And here is Wildabeast. And here is the only picture I can find of Lenke's 62
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