Superformance and GM to Make Big Announcement at 2010 SEMA Show

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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.