This LS7 Powered C2 Will Blow Your Socks Off (Photos)
Everyone can agree that the C2 is a beautiful and amazing vehicle that changed the way America looked at sports cars half a century ago. But what if you could have one with modern technology?
2. C2 with a surprise
The reason this reimagining can be done to a car such as the C2 is the passing of a new federal law that makes it possible to take a low-volume vehicle and make new versions of it as long as it falls within certain parameters. Having one of these vehicles makes it possible for a customer to purchase exactly what they want and nothing else. There are a wide variety of engines to choose from up to 800 horsepower if that's what floats your boat. However, if you'd like to keep things simple and have all the original parts in the car including an old carburetor that's perfectly doable for the shop.
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3. Chicago Auto Show
This particular model that is on display at the Chicago auto show right now has a 427-cubic inch Lingenfelter LS7 that puts out 592 horsepower. There are also CNC LS3 sourced cylinder heads, a CNC air cleaner, roller camshaft and valve train components, wet sump system, Holly dual quad-low-riser intake, throttle bodies, and dominator ECM wiring harness.
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4. A historical replication
The car weighs about as much as a Honda Civic, which is just 850 more pounds than the original did. It's a hefty amount for the classic car tires on the 15-inch Halibrand-style center lock magnesium wheels. However, the car can still make the trip to see 60 mph ranging from 3.5 to 4.0 seconds on the less than ideal tires. The car is a tube-framed blast from the past with a hand-laminated fiberglass body, solid door "thunking," three point seat belt harness, and electric powered windows.
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5. Like Zora Duntov would've wanted
GM provided detailed engineering blueprints and original molds from the 1960's Grand Sport #003 car and the license to use the #2 paint scheme like the one that A.J. Foyt piloted back in 1964 at Sebring. All of the bits like the headlamps, indicator lights, lenses, leather hood buckles, badges, and steering wheel look just like they were pulled right from an original when no one was looking at the Corvette museum. Everything right down to the "knock-off" wheels with safety wire on the spinners screams out that it is the real deal.
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