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Re: Wide Body............................................anybody????

Posted: 6/29/14 7:17pm Message 11 of 27
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Procketus, could you get the specs on those wheels your Club President has on his Daytona? I presently have 17 inch Torque Thrust II's on my Daytona but am thinking or going bigger. The brand new tires I have on it have begun to dry rot since it was sitting under a tarp for 10 plus years. So if I need new tires, it's a good time to look for different wheels. Thx...


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Re: Wide Body............................................anybody????

Posted: 8/9/14 7:06pm Message 12 of 27
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Vette(s): 72 targa blue coupe, 74 brown small block coupe,85 yellow std. Coupe, 89 blue coupe
There is a 1976 wide body DAYTONA conversion here in Ontario. It's on kijiji.ca in a town called Hawkesbury. The car was built in the tacky eighties and has some crazy spoilers and such on it. He's looking for 34k...for a LONG time. I also have a set of the pontoon flares, never installed, from the 70's that I'm going to be making molds from.


Re: Wide Body............................................anybody????

Posted: 9/29/14 4:25pm Message 13 of 27
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Yeah, you definitely have to be careful with the paint job, striping and other mods that take the look of the body from race car to gaudy. Regardless what you do, though... it still says 80's. Mine is getting closer to getting on the road, but if I ever walk out to the garage and look at the car and it reminds me of too many nights at the Disco, you'll see it on Ebay.... Smile



Re: Wide Body............................................anybody????

Posted: 9/29/14 5:53pm Message 14 of 27
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Scottsdale, AZ - USA
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Vette(s): 1981 Corvette Two-Tone Claret color, 4 spd, C7 Vert
Not a wide body but my buddy Sheldon has a interesting story of his ownership of a Greenwood wagon.


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Re: Wide Body............................................anybody????

Posted: 11/18/14 8:29pm Message 15 of 27
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New guy here in North GA. I would be interested to know if those 2 in Atlanta behind the shop are available. I am looking at getting a wide body 78-82 Corvette at some point. It will be my first Corvette I hope. Missed one on Craigslist Atlanta last month.


Re: Wide Body............................................anybody????

Posted: 11/19/14 9:05am Message 16 of 27
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Grapevine, TX - USA
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Vette(s): 1972 LT-1 convertible with factory air. 2017 Black Rose Grand Sport convertible.
Adams' Apple said: DavefromArizona is the resident wagon Guru. He did have two of them at one time...not sure how many he has now, but I'm sure he still has "Cherry Love".



We also used to have a member with an old Greenwood works car. Can't for the life of me remember his name, tho. The car was on display at the NCM for a while.

Man that thing is butt ugly.  The '67 scoop and the over sized '64 side gills need to go.




   

Re: Wide Body............................................anybody????

Posted: 11/19/14 6:44pm Message 17 of 27
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Vette(s): 1975 Stingray Nomad Wagon, with Daytona front, custom hood scoop, dual side vents; 420HP 350; Doug Nash 5 speed; 1980 rear end W/4:11 gears; Cherry Red metallic paint.
     Everybody has different feelings about my Cherry Love, but as I always say, you build your the way you like it, this is the way i like mine.  BTW, they are not oversized side gills, what is on the fenders are a kit that is/was sold in most aftermarket catalogs, just called side vents.  See how many places carried them, must have been a bit of a market, i know i didnt buy the only ones.
   Funny you should mention the hood, getting that 67 scoop on the there was the hardest part of the job, it took the guy, a professional fiberglass man, more than 40 hours to cut and mold it on, and i have never had anybody who has seen it in person think it looks bad.   The usual word used is "mean".  You may have missed that it has louvers down the top of it?
    The majority of the people who knock Cherry Love are the local vette club purists, who think that the only good vette is a totally original one.  Since mine is just a daily 75  done up, i don't see where it mattered what was done to the body.  If it were rare or low milage or collectable, i could see knocking it.
    I do hope, Gary, that your Vette makes you as happy as Cherry Love does me



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Re: Wide Body............................................anybody????

Posted: 11/19/14 9:49pm Message 18 of 27
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Vette(s): 1972 LT-1 convertible with factory air. 2017 Black Rose Grand Sport convertible.
Sorry, I didn't catch where that was your car.  If you like it, great.  Beer


   

Re: Wide Body............................................anybody????

Posted: 11/21/14 9:01pm Message 19 of 27
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Vette(s): 1981 Red Interior White exterior
Greenwood wide-body up for auction at the Barrett Jackson sale in Phoenix this January.





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Re: Wide Body............................................anybody????

Posted: 11/22/14 12:04pm Message 20 of 27
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Vette(s): 1974 Corvette Convertible 454-4 speed Red / Tan leather / Tan top Frame-on restored driver. SOLD ON DECEMBER 20, 2014 to KCMotorCo.
There is a 1973 Corvette Widebody for sale on Ebay right now....ends in three days.....item # 301401408054........it is located in Indiana and his buy-it-now is $ 15,900......if you hurry you can look at it on Ebay.


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