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| A C5 Vett is hidden under this 62 custom body. CRC builds an expensive car and is out of Lakewood, Washington. You 99 percenters will want to keep your bicycles and little Indian type tents. The rest of us will dream on and on and on. |
'62 Vett
by CRC
(Classic Reflection Coachworks) Corvette conversions. A rebodied Corvette looks absolutely great but eyes are
deceiving. This beast is really a C5 Corvettes are rebodied to look like
a 62 Corvette with all of the modern mechanics. It’s a vintage modern Corvette,
sort of a resto mod.
62 Corvette Body Style for C5 Corvette – The CRC
The 1962 Corvette had a classic body style, a favorite of many
Corvette enthusiasts, but the tremendous advances in suspension and drivetrain
make the modern Corvette so superior to the early models, there simply isn’t
any comparison. If a great driving experience is what you’re after, the new
Vettes are the clear winner.
But what if you could re-body
your C5 Corvette to look much like the ’62 while retaining all of the
performance and driveability you expect from a modern car? Classic Reflection
Coachworks of Lakewood, Washington has your answer, the CRC. Starting with your
C5, the body panels are carefully removed then everything is precisely measured
to be sure the frame and underlying structure is aligned to factory specs.
Then, all of the new panels are installed, fitted and aligned. When everything
is set, the body is prepared for paint and the color is applied. When the
painting is complete, the new interior is fitted and after final inspection,
you now have a beautiful new Corvette that looks like what might have been the
logical extension of the ’62 body style if things hadn’t changed in 1963. The
CRC is definitely not a kit car, the entire process takes place in Lakewood,
Washington and you can check in on the progress of your car right from their web
site.
The CRC came about when an
initial car was built on a ’93 chassis using a stock ’62 body, somewhat like
the SN65 Mustang project we wrote about earlier. The success of the car and the
interest from those who saw the result was the impetus to design a new body on
computers at the Boeing Company. Engineers in the Boeing Chairman’s Innovation
Initiative Program, spun off their project forming REALADI, a company that can
reverse engineer 3D forms when no model exists. Once in the computer, the
information can be used to create CAD drawings for use in production of those
parts.
The
engineering information was used to create the molds for the body which is made
from SPRINT CBS, a material used by Aston Martin and
Mercedes for their SLR McLaren. Much of the trim was manufactured specifically
for this car. The complete car is quite stunning, just what you would expect
from a high end project of this type.
If you think your C5 Corvette
might look good with a little retro styling, check out CRC. They have what you
need. (Article from Horsepower Sports).
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