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Solved - NEH 2056: Corvette-inspired home-built in Washington state - late 1950s
« on: September 07, 2012, 08:21:07 AM »
What can you tell me about this car?  I don't know a great deal, but where it was built, what the inspiration was and why would suffice for 1 point:

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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2012, 05:38:27 AM »
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2012, 09:39:16 AM »
It looks as if it might be based on a 1955 Chevrolet, if the wheels and windscreen shape are anything to go by.
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2012, 10:31:34 AM »
Quote from: richard cuyler on September 23, 2012, 09:39:16 AM
It looks as if it might be based on a 1955 Chevrolet, if the wheels and windscreen shape are anything to go by.

It's highly likely, but not known for certain!
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2012, 07:37:07 AM »
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2012, 08:14:55 AM »
Body made of fiberglass?
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2012, 08:36:46 AM »
Quote from: Wendax on October 04, 2012, 08:14:55 AM
Body made of fiberglass?

Believe so, yes.
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2012, 06:04:00 PM »
It has the body-stretched-over-the-chassis look of a Porsche 356, maybe a Speedster. Was that the inspiration for the builder?
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2012, 08:38:32 AM »
Quote from: Zerk on October 06, 2012, 06:04:00 PM
It has the body-stretched-over-the-chassis look of a Porsche 356, maybe a Speedster. Was that the inspiration for the builder?

No.  Wrong country!
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2012, 06:52:27 AM »
Built in the USA?
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2012, 07:08:37 AM »
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2012, 05:01:15 AM »
Is it Jim Webb's "Scarlet Chariot"?
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2012, 08:45:48 AM »
SinisterCustoms...friends dad...built back in the late 50's early 60's. Drove back & forth to work at Boeing for many years. Sold in 1965. The car was never finished& has not been seen..since sold.
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2012, 10:49:45 AM »
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 14, 2012, 05:01:15 AM
Is it Jim Webb's "Scarlet Chariot"?

'Fraid not..

Quote from: ValkyrieGT on October 14, 2012, 08:45:48 AM
SinisterCustoms...friends dad...built back in the late 50's early 60's. Drove back & forth to work at Boeing for many years. Sold in 1965. The car was never finished& has not been seen..since sold.

You have the car..
Now, what was said to be its inspiration, leading the builder to make it?
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2012, 12:51:24 PM »
He wanted a Corvette, but could not afford a Corvette..so he built his own car.
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Re: NEH 2056
« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2012, 05:15:09 AM »
That's it!
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