New pro mod body styles are always exciting and Andy McCoy has made a habit of releasing some of the coolest over the last few years. His Chevelle body is bad ass and stands as one of our favorites but this 1979 Corvette pro mod body that he just unveiled yesterday may supplant that in a hurry. From the point at the nose to the kicked up fenders, this thing looks pissed in black. We cannot wait until someone paints one of these bad boys and debuts it. The best paint scheme on a C3 is the factory style black with the silver rocker panels so we’ll be waiting for that to happen! Our favorite part of this body are the recessed taillights. That is an awesome detail that we thoroughly enjoy.
Old pro mod bodies from the 1990s were cool for their own reasons. Some of them looked pretty close (first generation Camaros) and some of them were just too whacked out to even describe (Scotty Cannon’s Lumina). Today’s bodies have become far more “realistic” as compared to those of yesteryear. Aerodynamics have become more of a concern in the class as the cars are working and going every harder, especially in outlaw trim. As an “eyeball aero” look, this 1979 Corvette looks pretty slick to us.
So, what do you think? Is this one going to be a winner? How do you wan to see one painted?
Pro Mod morphs into Funnycar…………
Horrible.. and whoever thought that fish eye camera work was a good idea with that already exadurated body design was severely mistaken..
I don’t mind it, but, I do agree pro mod is becoming like the early funny cars just more exagerated. Not all bad. On a side note, Brian, why do you use the large video player format that does not fit in my browsers where everyone else uses the format that fits. I don’t get it. Thanks Sid
Hard to disagree with any of the above comments. The front end view is awkward looking to say the least. Hopefully the blower and nitrous version even out the front end. I think that year vette was built over in Australia and if I remember correctly it looked “normal”.
Will reserve final comments until it’s on the track…
Back end looks hideous
Front end is pretty cool. I think it is the window on the door that is wrong looking. If the top of the door (bottom of the window) angled down towards the nose of the car, I think it would look meaner.
Once the rear gets a wing, it will look right.
I think it\’s pretty cool;- Probably-, because our photographer needs to back-the-heck off and use a normal lens instead of however many trips around it fawning with his wide-angle, so we can actually see what it will look like out there on the starting line. I\’m willing to bet it looks better in person than in this presentation. If this is the new funny-car, I\’m all for it.
Yeah…it will be interesting to see it on the starting line. Based on the side angle in the video, the front end does not look as long as the dead on front shots.
I love it. I think its bad a$$.
looks pretty slick, nothing a screw blower won’t fix
ok, I realize this is an ‘exaggerated interpretation’
of a C3 vette. that being said…
I have a 78 and a 79…theres WAY too much stretch
from the rear of the door to the rear fender. look at a real
68-82 C3 vette, theres like 2 inches from the door to the fender.
this thing has a foot and a half between the door and the
rear fender, the roof is too ‘chopped’, and the rear glass/deck angle
is all wrong… just my $0.02, but since I currently own 2 of the real deal
and previously owned 3 more, I got a fairly good idea of what they
are supposed to look like.