Found Under The Barn: 1958 Corvette

[Fasglas]

Another one...

Found Under The Barn: 1958 Corvette (http://barnfinds.com/found-barn-1958-corvette/)

http://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/KD-1958-Chevrolet-Corvette-01-1-e1509644312793-630x394.jpg

[Mike Mercury]

that hood was a one-year only item.

[04 commemorative]

Why can't I find something like that, so cool !

[lspencer534]

That looks exactly like a Vette found several years ago. It was originally a GM executive's car, as I recall, and it had some special equipment.

[mrvette]

that hood was a one-year only item.

I dunno about the hood, but the trunk lid was certainly...had the chrome trim...

[Mike Mercury]

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/48/e7/05/48e705695aa8ae5c4345ee80c999bbb7--dokata-johnson-corvettes.jpg

[mrvette]

Merc, that B&W pix chick there looks just like a chick at the Sherman paint store the other day.....totally GORGEOUS ROCKET FOX!!!!:seasix: Chick in the pix don't need them high heels though....

wonder what she looks like today, if alive that is.....I think that's a C3 she with there....

:seasix:

[lspencer534]

Merc, that B&W pix chick there looks just like a chick at the Sherman paint store the other day.....totally GORGEOUS ROCKET FOX!!!!:seasix: Chick in the pix don't need them high heels though....

wonder what she looks like today, if alive that is.....I think that's a C3 she with there....

:seasix:

C2

[Mike Mercury]

I dunno about the hood, but the trunk lid was certainly...had the chrome trim...

58 hood had louvers; only year for that.

[MrPeabody]

58 hood had louvers; only year for that.

:iagree:Thankfully:yesnod:

[lspencer534]

:iagree:Thankfully:yesnod:

If louvers are good enough for a Jaguar XKE....

[Milton Fox]

Merc, that B&W pix chick there looks just like a chick at the Sherman paint store the other day.....totally GORGEOUS ROCKET FOX!!!!:seasix: Chick in the pix don't need them high heels though....

wonder what she looks like today, if alive that is.....I think that's a C3 she with there....

:seasix:

This is what she looks like today and her mother at 60. :dixie:

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/6b48e3927865df91796afd9fbfac75a377e2ed15/c=0-9-3000-2265&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/2017/04/04/USATODAY/USATODAY/636269114935895443-XXX-IMG-GTY-464265648-E-ACE-3-1-E4HBH16D-88627166.JPG :cone: :cone:

[Milton Fox]

Why can't I find something like that, so cool !

Have you thought about building a barn? :island14:

[MrPeabody]

If louvers are good enough for a Jaguar XKE....

Problem is they were fake louvres, and they looked it. Made the car look cheap.

[mrvette]

Problem is they were fake louvres, and they looked it. Made the car look cheap.

:shots: So mutch for my mammory.....yeh, louvers...., but the thing I remember to not forget was the chrome on the trunk lid.....

:shots:

[MrPeabody]

:shots: So mutch for my mammory.....yeh, louvers...., but the thing I remember to not forget was the chrome on the trunk lid.....

:shots:

Yeah, and from what I've read, since that trunk chrome only fits one year no one makes it aftermarket. Not enough demand for it.

[lspencer534]

Problem is they were fake louvres, and they looked it. Made the car look cheap.

They were fake??? Then I'm with you; I hate 'em.

[MrPeabody]

They were fake??? Then I'm with you; I hate 'em.

They looked like a washboard.:yesnod:

[04 commemorative]

Wasn't it called a washboard hood?

[MrPeabody]

Wasn't it called a washboard hood?

:yesnod: For good reason.

[lspencer534]

The designers of the two-seat Thunderbird wanted louvres on the front fenders to explain the turn-ups in the body panels, but they had to settle for hash marks.

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[NCC-1701]

That would cost a fortune to restore plus it would not be original the rear trunk is not. The front cap has to be replaced. That for free might work and even then I don't know if it can be rebuilt for 35K.

[Fasglas]

Always liked the "one year" features of the '58.

This one however, needs a hard look underneath. (eBay photos)

Current eBay: US $18,400.00

https://www.ebay.com/itm/162730221408?rmvSB=true

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IMO, a possible candidate for an SRIII conversion.

SRIII Motorsports Inc. (http://www.sriiimotorsports.com/195362corvette.html)