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Old 08-21-2013, 09:58 PM
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Default 1981 Chevrolet Corvette Caballista

uhm...yeah...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1981-Caballista-Corvette-No-Reserve-PW-PL-Cruise-48-000-Miles-/151105591758?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item232e9859ce
Old 08-21-2013, 10:14 PM
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There are some things about the good ole days that werent meant to be remembered.....
Old 08-21-2013, 10:28 PM
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It looks a little like a smaller version of a Cadillac Eldorado from the 80s.
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Old 08-22-2013, 04:43 AM
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That looks more like an '81 Chupacabra
Old 08-22-2013, 04:45 AM
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Some things are best left in the past.
Old 08-22-2013, 06:10 AM
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That was VERY disturbing.
Now if you`ll excuse me, I have to go out to the garage and hug my Corvette, and promise her that she`ll NEVER have to live like that poor thing does!
Old 08-22-2013, 09:35 AM
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Amazing how the attention to detail in the interior is almost nonexistent!
Old 08-22-2013, 10:14 AM
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What's creepy is the bid is up to 3600.
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What a hideous creation. That thing should have been aborted. Just absolutely awful.
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That is the ugliest thing I have ever seen!
Old 08-22-2013, 11:31 AM
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A cheesy Eldorado imitation. What a dog. I'd be ashamed to be seen it something like that. And now it is getting too expensive to buy as a parts car. Too bad. Plus, it is is kinda bad shape here and there for a 48K mile car.
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goes along the lines of what they were trying to do with Stutz in the 80s.
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I can recall when they were trying to sell these conversions. They always said fifty of them had been done, but that sounds like BS. I have never seen one on the road.

Interesting that a St. Louis built car ends up being for sale in Bowling Green.
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Looks like something Evil Knievel would have owned.
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http://www.ridelust.com/the-history-...ch-caballista/
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Whoever owns that one probably owns this one as well.

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Originally Posted by maverickmk
Whoever owns that one probably owns this one as well.

I don't think so. That one does not have side pipes AND rear exhaust.

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Old 08-22-2013, 09:57 PM
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I did a quick google image search, and found this one... I had both an 83 and 84 Eldorado. I realize some of them were "pimped" out, but mine were plain.

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Looks like something that needs flat black treatment all over with blacked out windows and black wheels, at least then it would have a sinister look going on.
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6 hrs left... get your bid in before it's too late.


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