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Posted: 8/3/2015 7:32:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2015 7:33:05 PM EDT
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Wouldn't mine seeing a little more side wall on the tires and a little less flair on the fenders but yeah I'd drive it.
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Posted: 8/3/2015 7:33:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2015 7:34:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2015 7:42:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2015 7:55:01 PM EDT
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Pics from work.
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Posted: 8/3/2015 7:59:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:02:51 PM EDT
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Second red vette pic....is that cobra Halibrands on a corvette? I alway like the gran sport look, but I wouldn't kick the OP's posting out of my garage!
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:04:40 PM EDT
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Pffft, you don't even stance, bro... Took this on lunch break a few weeks ago, saw it again today 
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/devtucker/IMG_20150605_132224_662.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That car is LITERALLY my definition of 'stancenation.' Pffft, you don't even stance, bro... Took this on lunch break a few weeks ago, saw it again today
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/devtucker/IMG_20150605_132224_662.jpg other than looks are the angle tire sets supposed to do anything? |
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:06:13 PM EDT
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is that stock?
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:09:48 PM EDT
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IMO - a car like that should be unmolested.
YMMV |
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:12:31 PM EDT
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Point of order: vette is not a muscle car But they aren't exactly sports cars either. They seem to be riding the fine line of muscle/sports cars. A Miata is a sports car. The latest 700 bhp Chrysler is a muscle car. The Corvette is a Grand Tour. |
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:12:46 PM EDT
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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh_8zMVlNVM
/DRIVE on YouTube did a segment on this bad red machine a while back. The flares are there to cover up the massive tires-315-30-18. SERIOUSLY! At 2:15, what are the flashing-blinking lights just below the tree line? |
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:14:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:15:41 PM EDT
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Wait hold on someone is enjoying driving their car and modifying it to their preference? Surely he is mad! But my nostalgia!!!
Drive your car. You can't take it with you.
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:21:42 PM EDT
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I absolutely hate the modern low-pro wheels/tires on muscle cars. Here's a rear pic of that thing: http://earth66.com/img/Brian-Hobaughs-1965-Corvette-Stingray-C2.jpg ETA: pallet cleanser needed!!!! http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/021511_2.jpg ahh much better. I can almost deal with the wheels that don’t fit, but he deserves to be beat with a stick for that spoiler.
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:22:29 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:27:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:27:31 PM EDT
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Agreed. |
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:30:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:34:33 PM EDT
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IMO - a car like that should be unmolested. YMMV When said vehicle has been modified from the get go, I think it's ok. |
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:37:53 PM EDT
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Jeez guys, this car has been in his family for years - and it's always been a competition car. He's just carrying on the family tradition. Go to any good size car show in the country and you can see all the restored, garage-queen mid-year Vettes you want. This guy is enjoying his another way - on the track instead of the show field. This stuff is much, much more than just fashion by the way. There's a huge movement in the muscle/classic car hobby that embraces big-time suspension and driveline mods, and then running them hard on the autocross course and road course. I've been in the muscle car parts business for more than 20 years, and I have to say I prefer seeing the cars getting driven hard and enjoyed versus sitting in a huge parking lot somewhere being looked at. Here's a '77 Trans Am we built at work to beat on at the track. It's got an all-aluminum Butler Performance 500-inch Pontiac, a Tremec 5 speed, and Detroit Speed suspension front and rear. It's a fucking handful but all kinds of fun. <a href="http://s406.photobucket.com/user/dkm455/media/SCBuild1200_zps44a2cdc6.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp146/dkm455/SCBuild1200_zps44a2cdc6.jpg</a> <a href="http://s406.photobucket.com/user/dkm455/media/_MG_3179_zpsgly6eggw.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp146/dkm455/_MG_3179_zpsgly6eggw.jpg</a> If I can ever talk the old lady into letting me buy another expensive toy, it's gotta be one of those. 
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:39:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryShould have quit while you were ahead... or behind... or whatever. Love the Vette, that thing, not so much. |
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:41:23 PM EDT
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Pffft, you don't even stance, bro... Took this on lunch break a few weeks ago, saw it again today
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/devtucker/IMG_20150605_132224_662.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That car is LITERALLY my definition of 'stancenation.' Pffft, you don't even stance, bro... Took this on lunch break a few weeks ago, saw it again today
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/devtucker/IMG_20150605_132224_662.jpg Stance LOL... What. A. Fucking. Shitbox. I could tell you who drives a piece of shit $2400 car with $3000 in wheels and suspension lowering in my AO but I am sure I will catch a few days off for COC violations. Once a child grows up and gets a real job they stop driving shit like this. For a reason. |
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:42:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:46:14 PM EDT
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After reading about the car I will give it credit as a legitimate racer.
The story makes the car. |
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:46:14 PM EDT
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I read the title and was going to say, that's not how it's done! And then post a picture of Brian Hobaughs vette.
But....you nailed it.
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Posted: 8/3/2015 8:48:51 PM EDT
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Needs more sleeper Nova.
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Posted: 8/3/2015 9:10:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That thing is butt ugly and those wheels look retarded. I don't get it what was the point? To screw up a classic? You could put ten foot wide tires on that thing and its still gonna handle like a brick unless you seriously modify the suspension at which point you shouldve just got a c5+ to begin with. This car is a FULL BLOWN race car. It's been auto crossed mostly full time since the early 80's. It IS seriously modified. |
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Posted: 8/3/2015 9:11:01 PM EDT
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I like this one better... http://image.popularhotrodding.com/f/features/1203phr_1963_chevy_corvette/35124650/1203phr-13-z%2B1963-chevy-corvette%2B.jpg Much better! AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Posted: 8/3/2015 9:20:16 PM EDT
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This car is a FULL BLOWN race car. It's been auto crossed mostly full time since the early 80's. It IS seriously modified. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That thing is butt ugly and those wheels look retarded. I don't get it what was the point? To screw up a classic? You could put ten foot wide tires on that thing and its still gonna handle like a brick unless you seriously modify the suspension at which point you shouldve just got a c5+ to begin with. This car is a FULL BLOWN race car. It's been auto crossed mostly full time since the early 80's. It IS seriously modified. I believe it's won the optima shootouts a handful of times, and it cleans up every local auto cross event that it goes too. If that's not working, well, I don't know what is considered working. Dan should stick to hunting. |
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Posted: 8/3/2015 9:20:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2015 9:23:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryBest Corvette of the thread. Roadkill!!!! |
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Posted: 8/3/2015 9:26:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2015 9:34:04 PM EDT
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This was the Good Guys car of the year 2 or 3 years ago. I looked this car over for an hour, amazing details and modifications!
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Posted: 8/4/2015 8:06:10 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/4/2015 8:15:21 AM EDT
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<a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/user/HardShell/media/RWB%20-%20Cars/3ofRicksVettes_zps0f6b8b58.png.html" target="_blank">http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/HardShell/RWB%20-%20Cars/3ofRicksVettes_zps0f6b8b58.png</a> (Not mine, FTR, although I've driven them and would gladly take any of them off his (Dad's best buddy from college) hands. He's always had several 'Vettes in the garage, since I was a kid, though the roster changes over the years.) That looks like my dad's 67 Corvette. |
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Posted: 8/4/2015 10:15:42 AM EDT
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That looks like my dad's 67 Corvette. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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<a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/user/HardShell/media/RWB%20-%20Cars/3ofRicksVettes_zps0f6b8b58.png.html" target="_blank">http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/HardShell/RWB%20-%20Cars/3ofRicksVettes_zps0f6b8b58.png</a> (Not mine, FTR, although I've driven them and would gladly take any of them off his (Dad's best buddy from college) hands. He's always had several 'Vettes in the garage, since I was a kid, though the roster changes over the years.) That looks like my dad's 67 Corvette. Does he live in Fairhope, AL? 
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Posted: 8/4/2015 7:58:44 PM EDT
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Really enjoying laughing my ass off at the purists that never drive their cars. Function is more than a fad, it is eternal because someone is always going to want to be faster. The car is as many here would call an AR, a tool. Yes, it looks cool but ultimately all of it's modifications serve a purpose. That to me is what makes a great car, this is a driver's car. You wouldn't understand that if your idea of a car scene is sitting around in parking lots, in lawn chairs, with stuffed animals on your dash.
ETA: One of my favorites. |
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Posted: 8/4/2015 8:01:13 PM EDT
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Whoever did the flaring on the rear should be beat with a tire iron. Not my cup-o-tea either but you never know what the owner started with. That thing could have been a crumpled up pile of steel and fiberglass when he got it. At least the fucker is on the road.
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Posted: 8/4/2015 8:02:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/4/2015 8:08:10 PM EDT
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I absolutely hate the modern low-pro wheels/tires on muscle cars. Here's a rear pic of that thing: http://earth66.com/img/Brian-Hobaughs-1965-Corvette-Stingray-C2.jpg ETA: pallet cleanser needed!!!! http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/021511_2.jpg ahh much better. No lube for you then. Here's a stick. |
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Posted: 8/4/2015 8:17:34 PM EDT
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love it except for the flaired rear They should have kept the mid body line intact and not had the stupid step in right at the back of the rear flair, more like the way they did the front. |
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Posted: 8/4/2015 8:17:39 PM EDT
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This is how the automotive world will look back on this trend. http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n311/hotrodcar/img163-1.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c72/jackchevelle/billing%2010/035.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c72/jackchevelle/35th%20NASC%20nats/113.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/7095539781_24c803ff56_c.jpg 
 The trend of classic cars that perform better in a straight line and in corners as good as or better than modern sports cars? Yeah that will never catch on |
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Posted: 8/4/2015 8:21:51 PM EDT
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Stock or C2 Grand Sport.
Anything else needs a VTEC sticker and a bolt on wing. 
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Posted: 8/4/2015 9:13:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat 'vette in the OP would wipe the floor with that entire retarded crew. 
They couldn't even beat a street trim A6 wagon with a road course optimized 1st gen Mustang. 
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Posted: 8/4/2015 9:20:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI like this vid of the car on a road course much better. Yeah, fools who are panning the rear spoiler and big wheels, this is what that shit is actually for.
No, your bone stock classic C2 does not look better than this, it looks different.
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