Superformance and GM to Make Big Announcement at 2010 SEMA Show

[RodKnock]

A replica of a 1967 Corvette L88 Convertible. They only made 20.

I'll take two please.

[CBattaglia]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

A replica of a 1967 Corvette L88 Convertible. They only made 20.

I'll take two please.

Read the article on this 67 L88, Classic! Couldnt have scripted it any better for this discussion!

http://www.corvetteblogger.com/2010/...e-convertible/

[ACademic]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

A replica of a 1967 Corvette L88 Convertible. They only made 20.

I'll take two please.

Keep the L88's. I'll take a '69 ZL-1. Only TWO were made.

http://www.rogerscorvette.com/spots/feb98/spot.htm

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by ACademic

Keep the L88's. I'll take a '69 ZL-1. Only TWO were made.

http://www.rogerscorvette.com/spots/feb98/spot.htm

I wasn't aware that they made any Corvettes after 1967.

[ACademic]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

I wasn't aware that they made any Corvettes after 1967.

Good one. The mid-years have those classic lines, don't they?
I need to raid every seat cushion in CA so that I can scrape up enough change to buy the new ZR-1.

So GM and SPF either pump up the Grand Sport or it's the Vega. Volt...Vega...same difference.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

A replica of a 1967 Corvette L88 Convertible. They only made 20.

I'll take two please.

Originally Posted by ACademic

Keep the L88's. I'll take a '69 ZL-1. Only TWO were made.

http://www.rogerscorvette.com/spots/feb98/spot.htm

In either case, Id just buy a small block '67, '69 driver, and fix it up to an L88 / ZL1, and in the end, you'll still have a real vette, not a fakey, and for probably less money.

[RodKnock]

Most cheap Vettes have been beaten on and bent. And the ones that are very nice I wouldn't dare modify or cut up. Certainly not a SB '67. Further, have you checked on the prices of repro Vette parts? Holy smokes.

Also, I would hope that technology has come a long way, and it has, in terms of suspension, body, chassis, geometry, etc. that all the old heavy metal underneath would be long gone and replaced with new modern lighter stuff, say like, um, er, a Kirkham.

Personally, I'm not hung up on owning a fakey doo, although you will find my car is in the SAAC World Registry.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Most cheap Vettes have been beaten on and bent. And the ones that are very nice I wouldn't dare modify or cut up. Certainly not a SB '67. Further, have you checked on the prices of repro Vette parts? Holy smokes.

It's basically only an engine and hood swap. And if you do it to a base engine model, I don't think too many people will care. Maybe put in a radio delete, heater delete, transitorized ignition, but there is not much else I believe, unless you get fanatical about the springs, sway bar, or whatever else was different with the performance packages. I don't think there is anything to cut up. In fact, you may be better off to look for a clone that somebody already has done, as I have seen them myself.

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Also, I would hope that technology has come a long way, and it has, in terms of suspension, body, chassis, geometry, etc. that all the old heavy metal underneath would be long gone and replaced with new modern lighter stuff, say like, um, er, a Kirkham.

I believe it's also cheaper for them to make and sell you the "upgraded", lighter parts, and yet still charge you the same for the entire package, enhancing / maintaining their profit. Shelby is doing the same.

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Personally, I'm not hung up on owning a fakey doo, although you will find my car is in the SAAC World Registry.

That's good, because you never know who may want to make a copy of your car. I think that anybody who is not into cobra's, like the majority of car collectors, consider all of our cars fakey doos, and whether or not they're in the registry is a moot selling point.

[RestoCreations]

TI=Troubled Ignition.

The grand sports had a tubular frame as opposed to the boxed frame that the mid years came with from the factory.

Hood, flares, doors handles, windows, oil cooler, rear deck, lights, scoops, side vents, rear end, quarters, gas filler location, and nose were different on the body.
You would be better off just buying one of the kits for around 20-30grand rather than trying to convert a midyear corvette, even if it was a base model. When i initially saw the grand sport on the superformance website, it was advertised at close to a 100 grand. I hope that was for a complete car with drivetrain.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by Anthony

It's basically only an engine and hood swap. And if you do it to a base engine model, I don't think too many people will care. Maybe put in a radio delete, heater delete, transitorized ignition, but there is not much else I believe, unless you get fanatical about the springs, sway bar, or whatever else was different with the performance packages. I don't think there is anything to cut up. In fact, you may be better off to look for a clone that somebody already has done, as I have seen them myself.



I believe it's also cheaper for them to make and sell you the "upgraded", lighter parts, and yet still charge you the same for the entire package, enhancing / maintaining their profit. Shelby is doing the same.



That's good, because you never know who may want to make a copy of your car. I think that anybody who is not into cobra's, like the majority of car collectors, consider all of our cars fakey doos, and whether or not they're in the registry is a moot selling point.

The big one for me is the flared fenders. And generally the cars with flared fenders are junk to start with. I'd rather start with a new slate with no poor fiberglass repairs where I have to install a new front and rear clip. Nearly every Vette has been hit hard front and rear over the past 50 years.

If coil over suspensions, brakes, electronics, gauges and all the modern technology and geometry that's available today, be it cheaper or not. I hope SPF uses the latest and greatest. I'd rather start with Wilwood or Baer and go from there. I just don't want to have to restore the stock suspension and brakes of all that expensive original junk underneath an original midyear or even cut up a nice base Vette. Nice base model mid-year Vettes should not be cut up either.

Don't understand your last point. While I'm not in the market for a repro GS, I would rather buy a brand spanking new one from SPF than restore an entire bent original mid-year front to back. I've been there and done that with my 1966 Corvette Big Block Convertible and it's very expensive. I would want a brand new and having a fake GS doesn't bother me one bit.