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Old 06-26-2011, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Vettebuyer5869
no,...what is it, an Autorama car? And what the heck is the guy in the blue shirt doing?

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It was completly custom inside. They put it in the parts swap area, and there was a matching little model of it on the swap table!

The guy in the blue shirt and the guy in the red shirt were pushing the car while the young girl steered. They unloaded in the Cars For sale area and pushed it into the swap.
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Originally Posted by Vettebuyer5869
It was completly custom inside. They put it in the parts swap area, and there was a matching little model of it on the swap table!

The guy in the blue shirt and the guy in the red shirt were pushing the car while the young girl steered. They unloaded in the Cars For sale area and pushed it into the swap.
except for the colors and the slots cut for pull up windows, everything i seen in the interior would be in a stock 54 corvette.
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Not sure what you "seen" but nothing behind the seats was '54 Corvette.
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Originally Posted by Vettebuyer5869
Not sure what you "seen" but nothing behind the seats was '54 Corvette.
send me your email address and i will send you a picture of what i "seen". what was installed in car were original 54 parts. all gauges, radio, dash assembly, *****, steering wheel, etc. were correct. what custom parts did you see in the interior?
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i believe that "thing" as you called it is possibly the motorama car from the early 50's of the to be future "corvair". it does say "corvair" on the back. or is that the trunk? or is it the hood?

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sorry...i forgot the pic...

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Wonder what it sold for.
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Originally Posted by Bruce Wayne
Wonder what it sold for.
I'd love to know that too!
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Originally Posted by Bruce Wayne
Wonder what it sold for.
car is not finished. i think the owner plans on having it done by next year.
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Originally Posted by Vettebuyer5869
Are you asking because you don't know its significance or you think it was a bad reproduction???
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I have the lil diecast. A Johnny Lightning.

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If you got a chance to take some pictures of the '54 fastback, I would really like to see them. If you don't mind please send them to: michael.sabrsula@lyondellbasell.com
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Originally Posted by Bruce Wayne
Wonder what it sold for.
Originally Posted by RMVette
I'd love to know that too!
From the way they seemed to be loading it up Saturday it seemed like it did not sell.
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Originally Posted by Vettebuyer5869
From the way they seemed to be loading it up Saturday it seemed like it did not sell.
from the asking prices in the swap meet on Fri quite a few items didn`t sell....most everything waaay over priced.
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Originally Posted by redvetracr
from the asking prices in the swap meet on Fri quite a few items didn`t sell....most everything waaay over priced.
Maybe the vendors figured they were the few that actually showed up so they should charge a premium. (sarcasm)

Sadly, so thin. What happens to this show when the contract ends in '13?

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Originally Posted by Vettebuyer5869
Maybe the vendors figured they were the few that actually showed up so they should charge a premium. (sarcasm)

Sadly, so thin. What happens to this show when the contract ends in '13?
do you think the swap meet will last until 2013?
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Originally Posted by redvetracr
do you think the swap meet will last until 2013?
Yes, there's 2 years left on that St Charles contract, so they will find a handful of sellers to put in the swap area that long.

Then what?
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Originally Posted by scopeli
car is not finished. i think the owner plans on having it done by next year.
The car was not for sale, the guy is friends with John Kennedy and Steve Newsom and he brought it up there for them to see. It has some parts from the original motorama car and I overheard him say he would bring it back providing John came back. It was a very early two pull car, but I didn't take a picture of the VIN number. The engine he is putting in it has an original 066 head along with an original 53 valve cover, so the parts he is putting in it alone would cost a fortune.


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