JimmyLee

I chuckled when I saw this photo of an early Corvette coupe concept (1953-1954?). Several of us have been complaining that the C7 rear quarter window breaks from tradition.

SanDiegoBert

That Nomad station wagon is really a neat, classic work of art . . . And rare, too. Er, was it called a Nomad?

JimmyLee

Yes, it was called the Corvette Nomad Station Wagon and was on display at the 1954 GM Motorama in New York City. The Nomad and the coupe, unfortunately, never went into production.

not08crmanymore

Cool as they are,the Vette would be a totally different kind of car had they gone into production.I'm glad they did not. The things manufacturers used to do back then!Pretty cool stuff.

lake_bueller

Love that coupe concept. It reminds me of the Austin Martin DB2. Classic 50's "sports car"

Mike Terry

something like this? This is the one we are building.

Luster

I like rear quarter windows.....

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John T

Can you imagine what this forum would be like without BuckyThreadkiller and JustinStrife ?

If the Coupe and Nomad had been produced the Corvette would have had back seats and those 2 gentlemen would have been Senior Gold 5 Star Members on the Miata forum

Jinx

People use "tradition" like religious doctrine.

At least wait to see the finished car as the designers and marketers intended before talking of heresy.

burtonbl103

i got to see the nomad corvette wagon in person a few years a go when it sold at barrett jackson

MikeG37

Me too

JimmyLee

Amazing...would love to see the photos upon completion!

Luster

Mike Terry

When the car is completed it will be driven in the Nation Wide Caravan to the NCM in 2014.

Mike Terry

Below is a link to the Motorama Car we are building.
http://www.stl-vettes.com/Mike_Terry...Terry_Main.asp
Enjoy reading about the project. Pic and information are posted on the site above when ever there is work done to the car. Enjoy.

RC000E

I can't believe how people get hung up on the dumbest, DUMBEST aspects of this new cars design. The quarter windows...seriously?

The new design is STIFFER...that's the point. Better chassis stiffness, predictability, torsional rigidity, etc. This leads to better suspension/steering geometry under load. The end. Get over the little windows. The backbone added a ton of stiffness over the prior car...that's the facts.

BlueOx

Tradition is often the killer of innovation.

Bill Dearborn

What did they change in the backbone that improved the stiffness? The C5/C6 chassis's were pretty damned stiff to begin with. As far as I could tell from the various reports is the backbone is basically the same, just as the balsa wood floor panels are basically the same. The only difference between the 97 panels and C6Z panels is the use of Carbon Fiber outside surface panels Vs fiberglass which is minimal.

Bill

User24

Ok, why do all these c7 tradition defenders resort to pulling up civil war era machines? Please, nobody knows what the hell those things are. Tradition morphs, but try to use an example within recent memory.

ZL-1

Thanks for posting that historic Motorama photo. The interesting thing about those four "Corvette based" cars is how different from each other they actually were:

In the back is the little roadster that did go into production with a low windshield and side curtains.

The next closest is the prototype for the optional hardtop and roll-up windows that didn't go into production until the new 1956 body style. It also previews the taller 1956-1962 wraparound windshield but on the 53-55 body.

The two closest cars, the Nomad wagon and the Corvair fastback, were actually larger cars closer in size to a regular Chevrolet but styled to resemble the little Corvette roadster The Nomad had a much longer wheelbase. Both had the windshield style of the full sized 55-57 Chevy with vertical A pillars.

Likewise, those modern day Nomad recreations that we've seen are also bigger, using many full size 55-57 Chevy Nomad parts.


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