Hot Rods 54 Corvette Gasser Barn-find(kinda)

WOW! My 54 is featured in the latest issue of Traditional Rod and Kulture Magazine. 6 page spread. It sure looks better in pictures than in person. I guess that's the magic of Photography. Anyway, I'm very honored.

 

We need a picture or two of your Vette junkyard......
Hopefully, you get a bunch of people with stories
about when they saw your car years ago... maybe
some more pix, too!

 

I opened that mag up and saw your Vette. Hey, I Know that guy (well, not really)!! Congrats, it definitely belongs there, Carp.

 

Congratulations! It looks great! Joe

 

That`s great.Keep up the good work.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

I thought the same thing, haha. Super neat car, congrats

 

The second owner that I'm aware of came by and left me the original bill of sale from 1967 when he bought the Corvette from Rick. The top receipt shows the actual sale price of $525 and the second bill of sale shows $50, that one was to show to the DMV. Armed with this new information I went to the newspaper archives and found the Saturday Dec 3 1967 paper and located the add for the car. Kinda cool, I thought .

 

That is very cool, your lucky to have been able to have found some more history on it.

 

For those of you that wonder what my car would look like "Beautified" , here's a twin that just sold at a Mecum auction that is damn near a dead ringer to mine. It's gorgeous but I think I'll leave mine how it is.

 

In my youth I took a 53 pulled the engine and trans and installed a 389 Pontiac with a B & M hydromatic and went drag racing

 

And in 1967 that was at least 16 weeks pay.

 

I got to drive one of those at Mecum Monterey once. It was surprisingly wide.

 

Hot Rod Magazine did a feature on the car for their Roadkill page. It didn't make the printed edition but was on the internet.

 

What a great read! I just found it and read it all. Great car. Do your rear tires rub the body? I just got my 59' on the road and with the deep dish rims it had on it the tires rub when I hit a good bump. I just ordered some narrower rear Cragars but I would like to keep the old originals that were on it but I don't want to crack the body either.

 

Can someone post a link please? Or does one need to be a subscriber?

 

Love the mooneyes peaking through the scoop.

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It would be a crime to restore that car, perfect as is. I love a restored Vette but also love the hot rod Vettes just as much or more. Same with Mopars, some need to be restored to the nth degree some just need to be hot rods. Enjoy.

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I lengthened the bump stops so the tires can't hit.

 

Tease.

 

Great story, love the history, awesome vette! Good call on installing the red rear window and keeping the hood scoop. I love that last shot from Hot Rod of you cruising. Perfect stance!

 

Shot this the other night. Thought it looked cool.

 

Looks like an entry for the Friday Art Show, Great shot!

 

I've begun to notice a strange phenomenon. I had the 54 at a large car show this last weekend(989 cars). The car seems very popular with most of the male spectators and even a limited number of the female persuasion. But a few times now, it has almost brought some women to , well , for lack of a better term, what appears to be a near orgasm! Really! Saturday, I watched this middle aged(50ish) woman approach my car and she was literally out of breath and trying to fan herself. She was muttering" Oh my, Oh my goodness!, Oh, Oh, Oh my goodness." From my chair I inquired "Are you going to be alright?'. She said:"It's just so BEAUTIFUL!" Taken aback, I tried to correct her "No, I think you're using the wrong word. It's not beautiful. It may be cool, or bitchen, or maybe badass. But it's not beautiful." She replied" Oh but it is! Just look at the styling, it's beautiful!". Like I said before, this wasn't the first time a female has had this reaction, although it is very rare. I'll be the first to admit that I don't know a lot about women, but from my limited experience the "mature" ones don't typically like ratty cars. Some of the younger ones, maybe. But not the older ones. And especially not to this degree! God bless em, but I'll never figure them out.