dreamer wrote: I just got in an 85 C4. I don't really love the body but the suspension and TPI are rad.If it works out you shouldnt be able to tell what it is when i'm finished.It was gonna' be a donor for the shark but it may be too good to strip.2is always better than 1.Maybe an 85 makomad? dreamer.

DREAMER: If you wanna get an idea of the dips with CSC headlights look at Davids car, and I don't want to offend but the angel of the lights don't match the angle of the dips so it doesn't look like one or the other belong on the same car,so in the case of Davids car it might just look better without the dips, which brings me to this question, DAVID: if you want to get closer to the real GM MAKO are you going to redo your headlights???

I have talked about doing different headlights on mine something like the GM Manta ray lights, I would match the rear angle of the light bucket to the front angle of the dips, then use the newer 2X4" quad lights these are the smallest factory headlamp there is, I would put a very lightly smoked cover over that to not mess up the peaked smooth flowing nose lines, I have been doing alot of this type thing in my computer photo shop I get to see what things look like without breaking a sweat.

DREAMER: I don't know about understanding the dips, The GM MAKO DID have vents there, not dips mind you but that's only because they had grills over them,they were meant to let the hot air out of the radiator, however I have a picture of the GM show car and the radiator is more to the stock location so the vents didn't work on the show car. after reading all the Silva info Harry sent me I believe the man to be a design guru so he had something in mind, personally I like them, the makos without them seem to be missing something to me, but hey, my taste is always different to the flock.
Cheers, T.

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djunod wrote: That would be interesting! I'd drive to see that :)

dreamer I'll be stripping my hood next weekend and maybe decide then.The dips don't seem to flow as smoothly as the other body lines.If they were slanted into the srounding hood smoothly,kinda' like an ogee into the front of the scoop.Maybee we should raise the spoiler.I cant help it!Every time I see something I would improve.Dammit' I probably need to leave it pretty much alone and screw up something else.I wish I had the room/money/time,to design and build a whole new one.I got some info. on large molds,have any of you pulled a mold as large as the hood?All the stuff I've done is small.The co. I used to get supplies from closed years ago,so thats another thing.

djunod wrote: That would be interesting! I'd drive to see that :)

dreamer I like the 4 headlight deal.

Tyla wrote: Since getting this hopped up c4 86 as a daily driver it shows just how dated the c3 really is.....I knew a guy who had c4 suspenion under a street rod and it drove / handled almost as well as a c4 with it's normal body.I love the c3 body the c4 is too "firebird" for me, dont get me wrong it's sweet …

in days of better health I have worked with a dude who built a whole c4 'vert body to use on a veedub pan,
my health wont allow me to make a mold bigenough to make a crash helmet for a fruit fly right now...
Cheers, T.

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dreamer wrote: I just talked to the guy I got the car from.I bought it with a built 400sb but I really wanted the big block that was in it.I'm not sure if it was originally in the car,I realize I know very little about motion,mako's,and corvettes in general.I need to find out what years they made the 427,and how m …

I know this thread is a few years old, but I humbly admit to knowing more about the CS movie cars than probably anyone else on the planet. If anyone has a question about the cars, feel free to ask. I am also the first person to ever create a screen-accurate replica. Since molds were required to make the light-weight one-piece body panels, I have sold about 5 sets to carefully chosen people. By the end of 2007 or 2008 there should be a few high-quality replicas running around, and a couple of those are bound to get some media or internet attention. If you care to follow the process of my paint, click on the web site of the shop that is doing the finishing work: http://www.performancerestorations.com/csinprocesspics.html or check back at my web site address for a site that is in development which will have tons of never-been-seen-before content. That site is http://www.corvettesummer.net.

In case you are curious, I was able to track down the only known remaining mold in the world, which was for the hood scoop section only. I acquired it and had shipped to me from Australia. It was created from the original "primary" movie car in 1983 after that car was nearly destroyed in a transport accident.

djunod wrote: In 1969 there where 2 Corvettes with the aluminum 427 from the factory. The engine was also available over the counter and as a dealer install.

The engine is available once again new, recast from the original mold, with mods. 200 where made available complete as the RAMJET ZL1. I wanted to buy o …

Welcome, looking forward to seeing what you're up to. /:\

Tyla wrote: I read somewhere the first ZL-1 all aluminum 427 was "lost" at GM and has never been accounted for....the GM mako got a ZL-1 and bill mitchell was know to drive it on the street...Imagine being in 1965 and having that pull up beside you...the iron block aluminum headed L-88 was more commen for a rar …

I remember talking to you a couple of years ago .I tried to find the old thread but it may have been an email.I couldn't believe how accurate the cars were.Welcome back and hang around for awhile.

rockcrusher67 wrote: I fooled around and put an L-88 cam in the engine in my coupe.It wont idle below 2000. AWFUL tempermental especially with tri power too. If i get serious about driving it I will go back to a 400 hp cam. i have a 67 w/400hp 427 and it is as sweet as can be on the street.But of course i do love old tr …

Thanks guys. I appreciate that. I wasn't sure if this thread was still "alive", since the last entry was a few years ago.

All I can say is that I have a much greater respect for anyone who starts a serious street rod project, and does their best to hang in there. I am approaching my 6th year now, and if I wasn't so close to being done I probably would have considered throwing in the towel.

If you checked out the Performance Restoration web site, those are some of the most current pics. Body work is done; car is prepped and ready for paint. I am going down there this week to insert lenses and discuss final paint strategy. I'm looking forward to getting some paint on this thing after all this effort.

Once the car is done, I will put all of my content together for what should be a spectacular Corvette Summer web site. I'm looking forward to that too, but want to wait until the car is done so I can include finished pics.

Tyla wrote: having the toad pelts for all those goodies must be nice....wish I could just get my one project driving.... cheers, t http://www.members.aol.com/tyladamour/Mako3.jpg

I just recieved a pic of a post card from the CORVETTE AMERICANNA Hall of FAME in Cooperstown NY. with the Corvette Summer car on it. Bill sent 3 of them to me. I sent them to Randy for posting. 1 is the Death Race 2000 car,2nd is the Corvette Summer car and the 3rd is my Mako coupe. All three were displayed at the museum when it was closed in 99.

rockcrusher67 wrote: Just good shopping.

Okay, here's something you're sure to have never seen before. It's a newspaper article from 1983 with photos showing the CS car and replica shop teacher's suburban that plowed into a lake off the highway. This is one of the earliest verifiable sources that prove that the primary movie car went to Australia. Up until a few years ago when I began my research, there were only rumors about what happened to the other car. I have since gathered documentation that supports perhaps more of the history of the primary car in Australia, than the backup car that is here in the US.

Yes, that's a crane lifting the transport truck out of the lake, and a diver getting ready to plunge in the second photo.

dreamer wrote: My system crashed,or something."T" I love your wrap around spoiler,I've seen something like it but can't remember where.I want to make a diary,or video of what I'm doing.We bought a new T hink V.A Dell that cooks.My camera takes good pictures but the attachment box will only hold 130Kb my pic's are …

Thats very interesting.
It is neat to see how it really was.
There is a pic on here somewhere of me driving the one that
Is here in the US.
I love to hear about the movie and especially the car!

djunod wrote: Somehow the setting had gotten bumped down, probably by the restore that they had done. Anyway it back to 500K, so upload away.

Randy, is the 1 you drove the same car that was at the museum?

Tyla wrote: my digital camera set on "best" my pictures are huge, David likes 'em big but I still knock them down to about half what the camera uploads them to my computer at. I use "ulead" photo editor does almost everything "adobe" does for free.

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I believe it to be the same.
Here is a shot.

dreamer wrote: dreamer I'm sorry but I seem to have gotten' everyone on the wrong subject again.Was there a mako hood without the dips?It almost looks like they took the light doors off and slanted back futher.The summer car's snout looks makoish but I think smoother.I was looking at the hood dips last night,and …

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Stunning-1972-Chevy-Corvette-Summer-Museum-Movie-Car_W0QQitemZ140088615709QQihZ004QQcategoryZ6168QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem here it is for sale now.

Tyla wrote: I still believe the front clip of the CSC is far closer to a cut up stock than a mako clip, I will play in photo shop and see if I can ghost one over the other, go back to the first page of this thread I posted pics of each the CSC is no maco clip, the hood dips in the Maco in my opinion make the fr …

Nice car.Well done reproduction. They seem to want you to believe it is the actual movie car.

dreamer wrote: dreamer I'm Not sure if it's the dips I dislike or the fact that they do nothing.Honestly,it's not that I hate them,it's that I can't figure a CSC type light placement with them there.I know the dips say maco,but mine look like an afterthought.when I get a scanner I'll show you what I'm workin'on.

Nice car.Well done reproduction. They seem to want you to believe it is the actual movie car.

I agree, It has left hand drive, wrong tops, wrong rear end, and the list goes on.
Notice in the real movie, when the car rolls out of the garage for the 1st time, it has moonroofs on it.
The one that mid america has, is sporting factory glass tops, or at least it was when I saw it last.

djunod wrote: I don't understand the dips either. They aren't on the real Mako. If/when I ever get the CNC Mill, then I'm going to make grill-like panels that fill them in like on the real Mako.

The first thing I noticed was the hood then the steering.It's a great car,but I think it should be clearly ststed what a car is or isnot to keep from having any misunderstandings.Brian would have a field day with this one.Has anyone heard from sharkrider lately?

Tyla wrote: DREAMER: If you wanna get an idea of the dips with CSC headlights look at Davids car, and I don't want to offend but the angel of the lights don't match the angle of the dips so it doesn't look like one or the other belong on the same car,so in the case of Davids car it might just look better withou …

He got mad about something, sent out some "unflattering" emails aimed at the admins on this site, thats been probably about a year ago.

dreamer wrote: dreamer I'll be stripping my hood next weekend and maybe decide then.The dips don't seem to flow as smoothly as the other body lines.If they were slanted into the srounding hood smoothly,kinda' like an ogee into the front of the scoop.Maybee we should raise the spoiler.I cant help it!Every time I s …

I personally think we have had 2 great administrators. As far as i know that is all there has been on this site. There was somebody out Co way a couple of years ago selling repo body parts for the Corvette Summer car. Yes this ad is misleading, sounds like this is the real thing.

dreamer wrote: dreamer I like the 4 headlight deal.

I emailed the seller, asked him to explain the car not being right hand drive. See what he has to say.