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[Rruuff Day]

Even smoother....

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Sweet!

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Suede and scallops...sounds like a seafood dinner!!

 

[BDK]

Suede and scallops...sounds like a seafood dinner!!

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Do you think this is one of the cars that influenced the flat colors on cars?

 

[Black 03 Z06]

You never know BDK. There is a fellow in the Toronto area that goes on some of the cruises that has his C5 done like that, not sure if it is a wrap or paint. It looks tough in a good way.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Lets head over to Stan's for a coffee and maybe a donut or two...

 

[Cariboocreek]

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graham

Lol. Jim Beam straight out of the bottle. Today that picture would be three guys wearing tight pants, sporting a man bun, drinking a white wine spritzer......

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Scale model Monday...This guy has some skills

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Scale "W" motor...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Tail Light Tuesday with one Corvette thrown in...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Fuel Injection Stacks. Seem to recall, and of course could be wrong, but they used long injector stacks on automatic cars short stacks on manuals. Sign Corvette Fun Field, must be in the back of Rruuff Day's place.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

What is old is new again...Like to know more about this one

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Off to do some shopping...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Low buck custom...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Switching to a corporate brother just for Day Light Savings Time...Did not know Pontiac was the "Pace" car for the 58 Indy 500

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Top down cruising...it will happen soon guys

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Reminds me of that old joke "couldn't fix your brakes so I made your horn louder"...a few 58's in this group of misery...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Did you know that General Motors had a division that created tricky and interesting stuff, it was known as the CTIS Division and later went on to develop interesting things such as the Corvair, Pontiac Aztec, Chevrolet Citation, Pontiac Fierro and others. It is rumoured they provided assistance to Ford on the Pinto design but that is unsubstantiated.

CTIS's only known involvement in the Corvette brand was their suggestion to mount the "wet" lead acid battery in the engine compartment right above the very expensive and sadly obsolete electronics which as we know run the entire car.

In the 50's they worked on hiding gas fillers and here is just a few of them.

55 Chevrolet

56 Chevrolet

57 Chevrolet

And of course the 58 Chevrolet

A few other General Motors hidden gems.

So there you go a short history of the GM CTIS Division.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Waiting for its bones to be picked...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Clean looking ride...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Just waiting for a new home...