[VIDEO] 1957 Corvette Transformed from Basket Case to Bayou Cruiser

This beautiful 1957 red Corvette with white coves didn’t always look this great.

In fact, the master restorer who brought it back to life says it was “all busted up.”

As Mike McCabe of Busted Wrench Garage in Gulfport, Miss., put it, “It was a chopped up, drag racing car. It had holes in it and tires sticking out of the back.”

After taking the car apart and performing extensive “plastic surgery,” though, the classic Corvette is now a dream machine.

That’s nothing new for McCabe.

“This is my passion,” he admits. “I have a lot of customers who have old cars with problems. They come to me and I get them rolling again.”

John Hans, owner of Busted Wrench, is likewise committed to making sure automotive history like this Corvette isn’t erased forever.

“The car is incredible to drive,” Hans said of the ’57. “It has the horsepower. This thing will get up and fly.”

Hans says others are always enthusiastic whenever they see a classic car still going strong.

“Their mouths are open,” he says. “They’re waving. They get really excited.”

Who can blame them when they see this gorgeous Corvette?

Source:
wdam.com

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