Typically, when attending a car show you expect to see shiny, pristine examples on display. At Corvettes at Carlisle there are thousands of those to go around. However, we also love the multitude of project cars that can be found there as well. They’re the perfect contradiction to all the shiny chrome and gleaming paint elsewhere on the fairgrounds.
Project cars are a blank canvas. Do you take them back to factory stock with a Bloomington or NCRS restoration? Or do you build a killer restomod? Is there even enough there to save or do we just part it out? How about a Corvette rat rod? The options are only limited by your imagination, well, and budget of course.
What’s even better is that Corvettes at Carlisle is so big that not only can you take home that next project, it’s also quite likely that most of the parts, components, or contacts you’ll need are already on sight as well. It’s practically a one stop shop for your upcoming endeavor.
So, as you’re perusing our gallery below, let us know what you’d do with some of these candidates in the Comments section. We’d love to hear our readers’ thoughts!
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Photos by Steve Burns
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I could definitely work with that custom C3 Coupe in primer. I would continue to restomod it and then lay down a nice Candy Tangerine Orange Metallic paint job on it to really set it off and make it dazzle.
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