Started by Tyla · Fri 2003-04-04 (23 years ago) · in Customized C3's
Tyla wrote: 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.
Well he emailed back and claims there were 3 cars built. the other 2 were right hand drive and both used in the movie. Says they are both worth $1,000,000 each, the 1 he is selling was built for show and promotion use only.
rockcrusher67
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.
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.
Here is a shot of the car with the correct tops.
FWIW, there is another forum that is trashing the hell out of the car, and the movie.
Thats why we are a "kinder,gentler,more understanding," bunch of Corvette Customizing Sympathisers
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"Randy"
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 …
Please permit me to add some information about this car being offered for sale on eBay.
I have talked to the seller many times on the phone. In fact, I talked with the previous owner a couple years ago, who was the guy that built it. He sent me a stack of photos of the making of this car. This car has absolutely nothing to do with the actual movie, and is not even a remotely close resemblence to the 2 actual movie cars. There was never 3 cars. This car was never used for any promotional purposes. It was built only 2 years ago. In fact, he stole my photo that says "Do Not Copy" in which I am selling an authentic CS photo on eBay right now. Compare the two cars and you will see that there is very little about them that is similar.
I am the guy that was offering the very accurate fiberglass body kits for sale. Nobody else has ever created a screen-accurate CS replica prior to my doing so. My research included a worldwide search for authentic items such as the molds, so that I could create the closest replica possible. I talked many time with Rick Korkes Jr., and the original front clip mold is long gone. I did find the hood scoop mold in Australia and had it shipped to me. It was created shortly after the 1983 accident to facilitate a rebuilding of the car. All other molds that were created were destroyed, per owner's request. The hood scoop mold was given to a neighbor, and the neighbor had moved away long ago, thus escaping it being destroyed. I tracked this guy down, called him up, negoiated a deal to purchase it, and had it shipped to me from Australia. Each of the scoops are all slightly different, and it would have been nearly impossible to accurately create this section without having the molds.
I have sold 5 body kits, and am working with a 6th person now. These are for sale on an extremely limited basis, and the guys who are building cars are definitely hard-core CS fans similar to myself. The pic shows the front clip, just as it's pulled from my mold. Note the detachable lower spoiler, which I did on purpose because they broke the spoiler off so many times during filming.
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 …
Sorry my pictures are so big. It was only a 134kb file. lol
dreamer wrote: dreamer I like the 4 headlight deal.
I think the guy who built the ebay car is the one I spoke to a couple of years ago.He was upfront with it being his interpertation of the CS car.The right hand drive was a big thing with the car and any accurate reproduction would have to be also.Problem is,chaindrive steering is crazy,dangerous.Flip a rack and pinion or get a steering box off a brit or aussie auto.I would love some of your customers to drop in sometimes.Randy stated one time that we might need to make a seperate forum for the CS car.I just bought my 3rd copy of cs,this time a dvd.As far as the other pinkie pointers,one man's trash is another man's dream.
Tyla wrote: 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.
The guy who built the car is Mark and he is from Ohio. He sold it to Mario in Colorado. While it was on the transport truck going through Chicago, a nasty windstorm tore the front clip off. The truck driver was able to pick up most of the pieces. Mario setteled an insurance claim, and did the repair work himself.
I converted my car to RHD using a right-side-mounted steering box, modifying the pitman arm, etc. Pedal assembly, booster, brake lines, throttle, heater system, and ducts all had to be mirror-imaged to the opposite side of the car.
For anyone wishing to buy the dvd of CS, I suggest you buy the authentic MGM release. There is a Chinese bootleg dvd that was on eBay for about 2 years prior to the MGM release, but the authentic MGM version is much better quality.
CS Fan wrote: 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 …
Honestly it should be delivered in an enclosed trailer.I had to sell mine,but I'll have another.Sounds like you made a better than cs movie car.Much better and safer to drive.I would be ok with the left hand drive.I got the mgm version.You have to watch out about forign films,unless you speak swahelii or something. You keep on doing what you're doing.Are you taping any of your builds or the molding process?Like the making of the cs cars.All of us enjoy seeing others progress and projects.One of our members was working on a F-1 type car.Who was that???? We appricate custom here. I appalaud you for your efforts.Well done my friend.Craig
parkeracing wrote: Welcome, looking forward to seeing what you're up to. /:\
Craig, I appreciate the kind words. Thank you.
I have a few photos along the way, but not many.
I acquired both corvettesummer.com and corvettesummer.net domain names, and my plan is to create an interesting web site when my car is completed. It will have some pics showing the process, but not a lot. I hope to show more of the rare or never-seen-before content that I have acquired along the way.
Here's a pic that shows the mounted steering box. Notice that it's a power steering box, and the old power-assist steering is long gone. The square pipe and bolt is there just to support the tranny.
dreamer wrote: 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.
my 2 cents..I love this car..always have....The other forums..dont get me started......
CS Fan wrote: 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, …
Quit reading the other forumns , i did.
rockcrusher67
rockcrusher67 wrote: 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 …
About the only time I go to another forum is when I'm directed there by one of you guys.By the way,what the heck is zumo anyway?
CS Fan wrote: 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 Au …
The Volo Museum in Illinois was the sole bidder on the fake CS car. They haven't even took posession of the car yet, and it's already listed on their web site under the For Sale section with an expanded misleading description about it. Wow. Talk about "buyer beware".
It's no big secret that a lot of museum's cars are just replicas being touted as authentic. But I would have a real hard time buying a car from a museum that obviously greatly exagerates the provenance of a car. Not good. Just my $.02
2Sharks wrote: 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!
Build it the way you want it and drive it like you Stole it
Hi Yall, I know I'm alittle late on this post. I had a CS bodied car with the tilt front end but the fiberglass was very thick a half in or more. The only difference on the hood was this car had the scoop top removed and the center was cut out and built up around to put a blower out of the hood. The t-tops had bowties cut out in the t-tops. The back of the car had a giant bowtie across the back. The car had moulded in side pipes and a big wing on the roof over the back of the t-top area and a wing built into the rear of the car. This was alittle more modified than the CS car. This car was a show car many years ago with left hand drive and a matching numbers 1971 body and 454 motor and turbo 400. The under carrage suspension was chromed and the wheels were chrome spoke wheels. My friends had the car for probably 6 or 7 years and the car had been apart for years. This car was probally built 10 or 15 years ago. I sold the car to a corvette dealer last year at the Old Town NCRS. The point being that someone had to build the front clips many years ago. Good luck on finding out new info on the cars.
Build it the way you want it and drive it like you Stole it
rockcrusher67 wrote: Randy, is the 1 you drove the same car that was at the museum?
This sounds like a car I saw being customized years ago while I was living in the Ocoee/Apopka area. Are you talking about Old Town Orlando?
2Sharks wrote: I believe it to be the same. Here is a shot.
I ran across this thread, googleing. I recently bought a 77 and it came with a custom hood like the corvette summer car. The guys custom made it out of fiber glass, it is very well done but is a bit heavy and thick. I have mixed feelings about it for my taste and was thinking of selling it. Any opinion, comments, suggestions on price?
Pictures attached hope I did it right and you ccan see them.
Thanks!
rockcrusher67 wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Stunning-1972-Chevy-Corvette-Summer-Museum-Movie-Car_W0QQitemZ140088615709QQihZ004QQcategoryZ6168QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem here it is for sale now.
Oh Paul! Here's your hood! ;)
dreamer wrote: Nice car.Well done reproduction. They seem to want you to believe it is the actual movie car.
Where are you? What do you want for it? Wayne
rockcrusher67
2Sharks wrote: 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.
Build it the way you want it and drive it like you Stole it
Hello, Yes this was in Orlando area. Old Town Florida.
Build it the way you want it and drive it like you Stole it
dreamer wrote: 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?
Welcome, make sure you select jpeg when you post images.
2Sharks wrote: He got mad about something, sent out some "unflattering" emails aimed at the admins on this site, thats been probably about a year ago.
Richard "Korky" Korkes Back in business!
After a short retirement he just could not take it any longer... he's opening a new shop and want to fabricate some new customs.
Taking orders on the kustom of your choice! Mild to Wild!
www.KorkysKustomStudios.com new website in development 7/15/09
Contact Korky korkyskustom@gmail.com
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