Classic Reflection Coachworks makes modern Corvettes classic again
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People love older classic cars because of their excellent craftsmanship and timeless styling. Others prefer modern cars for their greatly enhanced safety, engineering and reliability. What about having their cake and eating it too with the benefits of both the old and new? Sounds great, but there are a few people out there who can afford to manage it. For those who can, Classic Reflection Coachworks (CRC) is there to build what its customers desire. In this particular case, we're looking at Corvettes, America's only classic sportscar. By classic, we mean that it's been built since the early '50s and has gone through six easily identifiable generations. One of those classic generations can be replicated on a much newer C5 chassis by CRC, and we've got lots of photos of the resulting transformation. Along the way, the original fiberglass body is replaced with a new carbon fiber shell, which was designed to look similar to a 1962 Vette. The cars you see in these photos belong to Keith Loyd from Scottsdale, Arizona. The black car will be auctioned off in a primetime spot at the upcoming Barret-Jackson auction, so if you belong to that rarefied group who will be bidding there, keep your eyes peeled for that.
[Source: Classic Reflection Coachworks via MotionParts]
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John Smith 3:49PM (1/03/2008)
What?!!!
Awwww hell no!
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John Smith 3:52PM (1/03/2008)
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/classic-reflection-corvettes/556133/full/
This is too much....
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/classic-reflection-corvettes/556132/full/
Oh boy...
Where do people get venture capital to do nonsense like this?
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MemphisNET 4:01PM (1/03/2008)
So what's the cost on these badboys. They're sharp (I prefer styling over wind-tunnel styling) and still have respectable performance.
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Alex 4:06PM (1/03/2008)
that just doesn't look right... at all.
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jte 4:13PM (1/03/2008)
The proportions are all wrong. Too wide. Headlights are too small.
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Lucas 4:14PM (1/03/2008)
Lame, lame, lame... uber lame.
When will we run out of old guys to market this crap to?
Lucas.
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RussC 4:17PM (1/03/2008)
I think they are pretty cool.
They have a great website showcasing the build process on these cars too... some high tech went into the design.
http://www.crcoachworks.com/
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Darren 4:18PM (1/03/2008)
It's the windshield that screws it up. Other than that, it looks kind of nice.
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Jon 9:38AM (1/04/2008)
I'm you on this one. The windshield totally screws up the proportions. Make it look like the classic 'vette and make the it safer. You can still have all the carbon fiber goodness, just make it right.
skibaru 4:30PM (1/03/2008)
fugly.
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Aki 4:50PM (1/03/2008)
It doesn't work, because they're using the OEM-sized headlights and grill on a much bigger (and IMO less shapely) car.
Plus, nothing worse than to stare at the faux-classic interior, and to sit in the car and still see the same 90s wall of plastic, ugh.
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Pat Albrecht 4:53PM (1/03/2008)
Looks like an overpriced extension of the idea that spawned those shoebox/cougar abominations.
Those engine covers are the cheesiest looking things I've seen in a while.
Windshield was already mentioned, but I'd just like to add that it could use some chrome side mirrors? Those jellybean mirrors really screw up the look (not as much as the windshield, though).
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Mi key 7:18PM (1/03/2008)
To John Smith - No truer words have been said.
I've seen these cars at shows and thankfully never on the road, but this things have awful proportions.
They should just get original classic body and match it up with current engine and some mechanicals, and then they'd have a winner.
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gary 8:03PM (1/03/2008)
fantastic because a classic 62 Vette doesn't look like the usual blah universal car designs of today...
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SPG 8:10PM (1/03/2008)
I frikken love conversions like these.
It might not be the most tasteful way to celebrate classic auto design in the opinion of some but I must say I love it.
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mikeb 8:36PM (1/03/2008)
Looks good. Nice and DIFFERENT. I think a 62' Vette probably has a smaller grill. But this probably contribute to performance.
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Darren 10:03PM (1/03/2008)
How is this news? I read about this conversion in a car rag at least a decade ago. I saw my first one on the street at least five years ago and there are at least a few of these sitting in garages here in Portland OR. Old news!
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Kaveh 11:13PM (1/03/2008)
I saw a white and red one at a scottsdale arizona autoshow last weekend, got a good photo of it.
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topman 7:23AM (1/04/2008)
too mushy and brokeback-ish for me...
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calebe 7:51AM (1/04/2008)
check these guys out
http://www.streetrodsonly.com/index.html
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