Beauty
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Wicked paint……
The epitome of a Corvette Roadster. The thread title says it all.
For sure. That one is gorgeous.
Sweet
1954 Restomod Corvette “Transitions” Will Appear At SEMA 2018
It takes big cojones to cut up a C1 Corvette.Corvettes can be fickle cars to customize. One misstep and you’ve got a clown car on your hands. We’ve all seen molested Corvettes and the final blow is no one wants a badly customized fiberglass sports car. All too often, the next step is 20 years of outdoor storage and ultimately, the junkyard.
Not so with the Corvette you see here. It take’s Harley Earl’s vision and brings it into crystal clear focus.
Over the last year we’ve seen this mysterious maroon 1954 Corvette and waxed euphorically at it’s coolness. For folks that haven’t seen this car, you’re in luck. It will make an appearance at Barrett-Jackson’s booth at SEMA 2018 and then will cross the auction block for sale with no reserve at B-J in Scottsdale, 2019. The 1954 Corvette you see here is coming to the 2019 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction at no reserve. It’s called “Transitions” and was created to make the leap from what the future looked like back in the ʼ50s to the future we’re living in now. The artist behind this modern masterpiece is car-building guru Larry Griffey of Hot Rod Restorations in Knoxville, Tennessee. His build was inspired by those same early two-seat dream cars from GM’s legendary travelling Motorama shows.
Starting with a special, double-tube chassis engineered by Jamison Custom Corvette, it was given a complete C4 suspension package with custom-made front and rear anti-sway bars, making this 1954 model a much more precise handling machine than any stock Corvette could hope to be.
Every square inch of this car’s body has been reshaped or remolded. It’s new shell is wider, with a tapered drop that was crafted into the design. A cowl-induction hood was handcrafted to provide clearance for the engine. The rear wheel wells have been removed and re-imagined.
For motivation, the ‘Vette runs a LS1 5.7-liter motor with massaged heads, beefed up camshaft and an Edelbrock Supercharger. All this twists an GM 4L60E transmission, although the builders made it easy to swap in a manual if the new owner so desires. Dig the Lokar shifter that looks like an old Muncie manual. This ’54 also sports some serious rotating hardware with Billet Specialties wheels and Baer brakes.
“Transitions” debuted at the Detroit Autorama in 2017 and was chosen as a Ridler Great Eight contender and since then, has gone on to multiple awards and car show appearances.
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At Sebring in 1957 .
That’s what I thought but hard to tell from the angle of the photo, not that I would know at a glance to be honest. Too lazy to search , lol. But , what is the story on the other 8 circles ? This car has obviously had the Phyllis Diller treatment…..
