Ok, so if you were listing this 1972 Corvette convertible for sale we’re guessing you would point out all of the same stuff that this seller does. The fact that it’s a real convertible, the fact that it had a small engine fire under the hood and that is why it was parked, etc. We think you may actually mention one other thing that this seller doesn’t. HOW ABOUT THE CREEPY WEIRD BODY KIT?! Seriously of all the stuff you are not going to mention about this car, the body kit is among them?! We have to thank Nick Triplett for the tip!
We do suppose it possible that the seller may not know that this is a car that has been altered in its look. That is possible. Once you start looking at the body, though. Wow. We were trying to figure out what it is even supposed to be. It does not look like a Greenwood kit although there are parts that remind us of a Greenwood kit. The rear quarter panels and tail end of the car are the two toughest elements of the “design”.
Were guessing that if you are a dedicated Corvette enthusiast and you really wanted to bring a 1972 Corvette convertible back to factor perfect, all of this stuff could be undone. 72s were good looking cars and while this one is a small block car, the right engine in there could make this a really fun ride. It’s just really wild to look at the back of this car and see what was done to an otherwise good looking pair of haunches.
It really cracks us up that no mention is made about the body kit. “Hey, if we don’t talk about it, maybe they won’t notice?”
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“Wrap your ass in fiberglass…drive a Corvette ” That was on a t-shirt someone gave me when I owned a ’62. Talk about a fiberglass ass…ooofa! 🙂
good lord,that’s hideous!—i’m thinking this ,um,styling exercise was done when night rider hit the airways—drugs may have played a factor,as well…
Slightly modified Ekler’s turbo Vette wide body kit very popular in the “custom” 1970’s world.
It’s swoopy in all the right places and plays-off the lines of the original design. In my opinion, the road race inspired design makes a cool 70’s throwback ride.
The taillight panel and lights are all wrong as is the mesh grill.
Where are the headlights?
Someone with skill (not me or the typical Craigslist junky) could fix this and do the lick & stick custom the justice its Custom Van brethren would be proud of.
Corvetts are just penile extensions anyway.Who ever put this together must have been making up for a major lack of man hood
How to F – up one of the best Corvette models ever.
It’s marginally less horrible than most other ’70s era customized Corvettes that used similar amounts of fiberglass.
drop dead. seriously. to the tea and crumpet crowd, it’s terrible (and this one is) but all the cool Corvettes of the 70s were customized by Greenwood, Duntov, Yenko, and many others.
nowadays they are customized by luminaries such as SuperBuickGuy and other forward thinkers.
Put the stock bumper/grill and taillights back on. You are good to go!
He’s right about it being a head turner but for the wrong reasons.
Stomach turner.
you complain that he’s not talking about the flares, but maybe in Wyoming, flare is just something they do….
Geez. None of you heard of the John Greenwood Corvettes raced in IMSA classes back in the mid-70’s? This is the body kit sold later to people lacking taste.
Put the stock bumper/grill and taillights back on. I think that you are good to go!