It seems like people buying old Corvettes have divided into a few camps:
1. NCRS / Bloomington Gold type restoration
2. Hot Rod/Car Craft restoration - where it looks mostly right
3. Street Machine rebuild - very little stock
4. Grand Sports
And the Grand Sports all seem to say the same - replicating those rare Grand
Sports. But few do. Like this one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4504970473&rd=1&ss
pagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT
If he was replicating a Grand Sport, then why does it have a 388 stroker and
a C4 suspension and a bunch of other things that definitely are not
replicating the car?
And in effect, all he has done is built a custom Corvette, and wants
$75,000. And probably someone will buy it somewhere, even though no one
wants a custom Corvette of any other type.
Such as
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4502183065&ca
tegory=6168
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4503107656&ca
tegory=6168
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4502177261&ca
tegory=6168
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4503492374&ca
tegory=6168
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4504034027&ca
tegory=6168
Bob G. - 26 Nov 2004 16:36 GMT
>And in effect, all he has done is built a custom Corvette, and wants
>$75,000. And probably someone will buy it somewhere, even though no one
>wants a custom Corvette of any other type.
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Guess it boils down to what floats your boat....
Personally I prefer Corvettes that look basically correct
but never did get upset with mild flares etc...
BUT I would LOVE to have, say a,1962 that was set on a modern
suspension and had a LS1 under the hood...
Just my opinion...
Bob Griffiths
Diode - 29 Nov 2004 22:37 GMT
Tom in Missouri spoke thusly:
> It seems like people buying old Corvettes have divided into a few camps:
> 4. Grand Sports
Dunno, but there sure was a whole flock of them at Carlisle this year!
All lined up in two rows. Looked pretty cool...

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