Mysterious C3 - Biloxi, MS, New Years Eve

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Just got in from the local Grocery and snapped a few of this C3 in the parking lot.

I assume all of you guys know exactly what I have found. .. (so tell me about the body kit!)


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(sorry for the poor quality - I took these with my Palm Pilot)

 

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couple more (vintage looking aren't they?)

 

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Have an interior shot somewhere ......

 

[Stallion]

I'm not sure at all but my first and instinctive guess would be Greenwood. But I wouldn't put money on that.

 

[Rain]

Yes, I was guessing Greenwood - found they did make a Widebody kit.
Is this a 82 CE?
Very mint!

Someone else suggested the Old Ecklers "Turbo" body kit.

 

[jdp6000]

Definitely....notice the hatch opens>>>>>>>

 

[bill81vette]

its an '82CE nose emblem on the front of it! I've seen the body style in the past & thought it was ugly(JMHO)!!!!


bill

 

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interior shot:

 

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LT4coupe informed me:
Theres a Vette on E-bay with a similar kit (from Ecklers).

Item # 4515724202

He claims its a Daytona kit

 

[paintdaddy]

I used to have a John Travolta corvette model just like that when I was a kid,cool car

 

[Erik S. Klein]

That's the Ecklers kit for sure. I remember it from their catalogs from way back when.

It might even be the actual catalog car from the colors, etc.

Maybe they should call it Ucklers?

 

[Nitronick]

The original "Back To The Future" design, before they got the Delorean?
;squint::gap

 

[C3RVETTE]

Daytona kit! Yuck!:eyerole

 

[Stallion]

It wouldn't be the first Corvette I've owned but if I'm looking for something interesting on a later-C3 and I already have 5 - 10 Corvettes then I guess I wouldn't mind it.

 

[C3RVETTE]

Then check THIS out! http://www.crcoachworks.com/2-BuildingCRC/CRC-1inspiration.html

 

[I_R_DA_ONE]

There is one thing about this 82 vette, it is realy differant......the CRC 62 Vette that you talk about is a thing of beauty....

Mike

 

[Tom Bryant]

Then check THIS out! http://www.crcoachworks.com/2-BuildingCRC/CRC-1inspiration.html

That got my heart pumping. Now how am I supposed to go home and go to sleep?

 

[craig32]

I'm not wild about it either, but I understand the philosophy behind it. When I was a kid, (25 - 30 years ago) a guy from the area had a C3 he modified - repeatedly. His dad owned a body shop and he was a body man as well. First came the fender flares. Then more. Then a bold blue and yellow metallic flame job. I mean Reagan telling Gorby to 'tear down the wall' bold. I actually liked that version. Then more flares and a Burgundy repaint. Then came the Can-Am kit and white paint. Too much. The thing was it was HIS car. There was no mistaking it when you saw it. He eventually sold it - out of the area. Not that we like looking at them so much, but people love building the stuff. Fiberglass lends itself to modifications easily, not to mention the availibility of products. On a related note, the guy I was talking about is one of the few hot rodders with a Vette from this area in that era that didn't die in a car crash. Happy New Year.

Craig

 

[GerryLP]

I am not one to dramatically change a corvette in that fashion; however, on the other hand, that's exactly what Callaway did, and I would buy a Callaway vette if I had the money.

I do enjoy the fact that the spirit of creativity is alive and well.

GerryLP:cool