Archive for 'Classic Car' Category


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Corvette 789

10 April 2007

If you watch the custom cars on display at the auto shows you’ve already seen the Corvette 789. Doesn’t look like a Corvette, does it? Built on a C6 Corvette chassis, the carbon fiber body panels give you the best of three worlds, the grille and headlights of a 57 Chevy, a side view reminiscent [...]

Mercedes 190 Body for BMW Z3

4 February 2007

Duesen Bayern, a Japanese company, is offering a complete rebody for BMW Z3 roadsters. The finished car is called the Duesen Bayern Mystar and turns the BMW into a convincing Mercedes 190 roadster, all of the performance and modern engineering of the BMW with all of the classic panache of the Mercedes 190. After digging [...]

Five Million Dollar Cobra Super Snake

20 January 2007

The highest priced car ever sold by Barrett Jackson just crossed the block. Carroll Shelby’s own original twin supercharged Super Snake AC Cobra sold for $5 million. I have said before the many Cobra replicas, some very poorly designed and constructed, were beginning to cheapen the Cobra image. The originals were superb cars in their [...]

Bolt In Full Frames for Early Muscle Cars

12 December 2006

Complete bolt in frames built to race specifications and set up with off the shelf racing components are now available for late 60s muscle cars and early pickups. These are the answer to getting high level handling and performance from your early muscle car.
Let’s face it, the early Camaros and Mustangs, Chevelles and Novas were [...]

62 Corvette Body Style for C5 Corvette - The CRC

29 November 2006

The 1962 Corvette had a classic body style, a favorite of many Corvette enthusiasts, but the tremendous advances in suspension and drivetrain make the modern Corvette so superior to the early models, there simply isn’t any comparison. If a great driving experience is what you’re after, the new Vettes are the clear winner.
But what if [...]

All Steel Reproduction Auto Bodies

16 November 2006

All steel reproduction auto bodies are becoming available for the most coveted muscle cars and pony cars of the late ’60s. Plus, earlier classics like the 57 Chevy Bel Air are being produced as complete all steel bodies, body on chassis or even as a complete car.
Many really popular older cars can be built or [...]


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