By Hooniverse
It’s not often that fate smiles down on us with, say, an extra scoop of gravy in our KFC mashed potatoes, or a crosswalk free of Hoverounds while you’re barreling down a crowded street. Today is one of those fortuitous occasions, brimming full of hope and confidence!
Sometimes, fate drops a gift right into our laps, like a dollop of said gravy on your chinos. Well, today’s the day, friendo! Like Valtrex, it’s a brand new day! And this Corvette’s rolling chassis is full of potential, full of opportunity! What will you do with it? Jack it up on 33″ mudders and buy a plane ticket to Iceland? Mount a Jaguar XJS convertible body on top? Terrorize budding Lewis Hamiltons at your local go-kart track? Remember, in accordance with the Ebay Project Car Hell Mantra: the police can’t catch if they don’t know what the hell you’re driving. Go for it!
Corvette C5 Rolling Chassis – eBay Motors
[Image source: B-Freed]
Jeff Glucker
Buy a Factory five GTM kit and build it. Looks like most of the bits are there.
<img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2008/02/medium_Factory%20Five%20GTM.jpg" width="500/"> http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html
Now to find the Porsche transaxle.
The correct answer is a 9/8ths scale Caterham.
or a super-sized Ariel Atom
I'm very tempted to go with the obvious "strap a seat to some 2×4's and have at it", but I think in this case it has to be CORVAN!
Now, do you do Classic Chevy:
<img src="http://danosteel.com/images/VAN/17.jpg" width=500>
Chevy-from-the-future:
<img src="http://www.carbodykits.com/images/D/1990-1993-Chevrolet-Lumina-3DR-Razzi-LUMINA-APV-SILHOUETTE-KIT-1990-93.jpg" width=500>
Or "WTF is that Spacetoaster!!"
<img src="http://awesnob.com/delica/delica.jpg" width=500>
Ooh, the dustbuster is inspired.
If ya' got it, roll it!
<img src="http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/030810_1.jpg"width="500"/>
yep.
Sell it on Ebay for 6 grand.
Feds and Skaycog already touched on the idea of driving it as it is, and there's no way there's $5500 worth of saleable parts to make it LeMonsy fresh.
Still, the C5 has a 104.5" wheelbase. GM's A-body has a 104.5" wheelbase. Even in the Great Rusty North, there are still a few Centuries and Cutlass Cieras running around (not enough people sprung for the Tru-Coat).
Perfect application for the back seat driver no less!
My God.
Maroon-over-maroon Ciera wagon.
It must be done.
Alternatively, the Volvo 240's is 104.3 inches, and we know how well one of those fits over a Miata.
I feel like you just found Unicorn tears on ebay.
So many possibilities…
So…
Have we had any luck with a substitute meme for "dragoning?"
Cause I think that may be my answer.
"Goin' Bare Chassis?"
Shorten it and put a '62 C2 body on it.
Tuck all those parts under this :
<img src="http://image.hotrod.com/f/angliav8/11890757+w450+h338+cr0+re1+ar1/1953-ford-anglia-1953-ford-anglia-sbc-v8.jpg">
Source: hotrod.com
It's going to take a bit of shortening, and we'll have to do something about those wheel arches…
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Austin_A35_van.jpg/800px-Austin_A35_van.jpg" width=500>
104.5 inch wheelbase means that the wheel wells of a Jeep Willys Wagon body would fit perfectly. Would need different wheels though, obviously.
<img src="http://www.oldwoodies.com/img/truck/willyswagon.jpg">
Coincidentally, I have a '59 Willys wagon (not a woody tho) in need of a new frame. I was gonna drop it on a K5, but this looks much more fun.
Build the world's fastest Beverly Hillbillies truck.
<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4J2Ps5ZimvA/TcNINnVewmI/AAAAAAAAAZs/Xc53If2d4BQ/s1600/IMG_0985.JPG" width=500>
Do any of the other two come with radiation included, cause the highlighted one is lacking and I don't want to feel cheated. Nothing better as a center piece for conversation than a little round metal cylinder with Cyrillic lettering after all. It's a great ice breaker too!
Hmm, the other picture on eBay gave me a great idea. http://www.fpartssalvage.com/images/IMG_2261.JPG See the volvo in the background? I know that one is FWD, but you get the idea. Talk about a nice V8 Volvo !
I'm not sure that matching the wheelbase as mentioned (Cutlass Ciera, Willys Wagon) is all that important. Shortening the center tube is probably one of the less challenging tasks any full-out custom project would require.
A miniature fiberglass roadmaster body to screw with people.
Oh ya baby.
<img src="http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i65/lilwillie_wi/BMW/100_5060.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">
2002?
Yup, '76. Sitting, waiting for me to attack again.
Aha…
<img src="http://hooniverse.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/306-700×466.jpg" />
Kart seat.
<img src="http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00leBEuiZWhacC/Racing-Go-Kart-Seat-SW-P021-.jpg">
Well, a Civic body is out, that's been done before: http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=200436…
Guess what else has a 104 inch wheelbase?
<img src=http://1993-volvo.auto-one.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/1993-volvo-240-1.jpg">
<img src="http://1993-volvo.auto-one.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/1993-volvo-240-1.jpg%22">
%&*$ Hoonnibbles!
<img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2008/12/Project-Volvo-245.jpg">
NSX?
Well, that was 100% funnier before the pic showed up. LeSigh.
thats rad! man! just bolt on a small frame for 2 seats, windshield & gas tank and viola! done
In the late '50s, a couple dozen examples of the Chevy-engined Bocar were made in Colorado. They were said to be some of the most fierce sports cars of their time. Now image a replica Bocar made on this Corvette chassis. Let's go fake-Cobra hunting.
<img src="http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww274/ratfink12/59_Bocar_XP-5_DV-07-AI-03.jpg" width=600>
Buy it and sell everything but the LS1, then put it in my car. Unfortunately I am still at step one of the plan.
1. Get $6000
2. Buy LS1
3. Renegade Hybrids
The first thing that came to mind was the GAZ 24 Volga wagon! It's easily one of the prettiest cars ever to come out of the Soviet Union and all it needs is a better powertrain to make it perfect.
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Volga_Estate_Anvers.jpg/250px-Volga_Estate_Anvers.jpg">
Flip the rear end over, move the steering to the back, and proceed to set every rear engine/front wheel drive performance record.
Baddest…Manx…ever.
Find a way to shorten the wheelbase by 6.5" and power a Porsche 928.
http://www.streetshopinc.com/c5andc6for53-82.html
Here you go.