Custom Corvette looks like a 2CV, but has 665 horsepower

Posted on 19-07-2014 at 9:32 by sir_smokalot – 20 Comments”

The Chevrolet Corvette went in 50 years, countless copies over the counter, and it is particularly in the US, a common occurrence. Why would you not even creative to do, and you Fat radically vertimmeren?

In 2009, Warren Scaife a depreciated Corvette C5 damaged from 1998 in the hands. His business ran by the big economic dip of that moment is not 100%, so he decided to are many free time in the cultivation of the Corvette to cross. This helped the that Scaife’s company, XL Stainless, specializes in the machining of stainless steel.

For this Corvette was something more exotic the material used, the softer aluminum, which is a little better with the hand to panels is to form. Ask us not why, but his goal was to achieve a final result that many had of the Morgan LIFECar. And indeed, the end result is a nice bulb, but if you see him from the front, look at come to us earlier associations with the Citroën 2CV bubbling.

However, that is only the looks: this car can the mile with standing start do drive back, and make him do it again, and then probably still had a better time than the Ugly Duck note. All thanks to a 665 horsepower V8 with supercharger. Because ‘Murcia. (source: autofocus.ca)

Gallery: XL Stainless Custom Corvette

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