A Frosty ‘Vette

It’s Friday, let’s dive right in. This week, I wanted to share a Corvette that has been languishing in my files for far too long. It’s wild. It’s weird. And, best of all, I’ve never seen another picture of it.

Enter the “Snow Job.” High riding, lightweight, and clearly homebuilt, the metallic blue C1 has a lot going on. Based on a basic 2×3 frame and a gutted body, power comes from a heavily set back smallblock Chevy. Rather than injectors, the ’Vette sports a pair of four-barrels on an early tunnel ram. The front end consists of a chrome tube axle on a transverse leaf spring, all located by a pair of chrome hairpins.

In my decade of writing about hot rods and drag cars, I tend to gravitate towards the ones that look like full-size model kits. The Snow Job is a prime example. Everything—from the simplicity of the chassis and the mismatched rolling stock to the red Plexiglas windows and goofy name—could have made this car a best-seller in 1/25^th scale.

Using context clues, I would wager this machine was built in the Midwest in 1966-1967. It looks relatively fresh in this shot. The question is: do you think it stayed a drag car? Or did someone restore what’s left of it back to stock? Your guess is as good as mine.

—Joey Ukrop