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Roy
   
Member since Dec-31-05
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12. "RE: WAY BIG NEWS!!!"
Jan-04-06, 02:31 PM (EDT) |
Hello everybody! greetings from Norway
Its good to see that you like the car
I will try, with my rusty english, and on behalf of my father to give you some information about the "Wild colors" you call it.
Its built from a 1969 mod By Einar Valsjo who still owns it
427 engine L-88 Aut. transmission
The paint has over 20 layers of "clear paint" over it.
The idea for Einar was to get as close as possible to the GM consept car. After seeing a picture of it in "Hot rod magazine" in 1965 "I tink" He was sold.
All he had was a few pictures and a small scale model car of the maco
People thougt he was crazy, when he started to cut the body of a perfectly good corvette.
In 1976 the first version of the car apeard. He wasn't satisfied for very long time, so he rebuilt it a few years later. Now adding the homemade sidepipes like one of the consepts had, Hidden headlights, new frontgrill, and air intake on the hood. Made in the same style as the sidepipes.
1983 The disaster.... The car vent up in flames in a fire in his own garage.I will continue later Roy
Norwegian Viking
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ShawkRider
Member since Mar-24-03
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14. "RE: WAY BIG NEWS!!!"
Jan-04-06, 04:44 PM (EDT) |
Yes please do, many of use are very interested in
replicating the modifications your father made to
this beautifull Vette.Examples: Hood Scoop Grills, Side Pipes, Front Blinker
Motorized Flaps and Flip up Head Lights just to name a few. I personaly has always wondered about the Front Blinker
Motorized Flaps that hide the Binkers & flip Up Head Lights.
The bumper looks dead on. Any info you can shead on some of these topics for me and the
boys here would be greatly appreciated. Photo/Diagrams would
be most awsume. Thanks for joining up Roy 
This is such a fine ride it's hard to tell where the questions
begin and when the curiosity would end. Andy, they might also be interested in the Shark & Emblems,
just to finnish it off ya know.  McBrain
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andy76
Member since Mar-28-05
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16. "RE: WAY BIG NEWS!!!"
Jan-04-06, 06:47 PM (EDT) |
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Roy..Greetings and welcome...This is a dynamite forum..a great place to talk abut the corvettes..You'll LOVE it!!! What an awesome looking car..All I can say is 'WOW'!!! I love PICTURES..any more that you have, please post them!!!!!!! By the way, take a look on the homepage of this forum. Their are 2 threads ..one called 'Custom Shark Emblems" and another called "Pics are in of the shark emblems".
If you get a chance, read these threads and messages. We have a replica that we are getting made of the original Mako Shark "shark" emblem. Not sure if you would be interested in a pair for this car...Boy, it might set the car off real well....Let us know if you are......We can send u the details... Keep POSTING!!! Andy
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