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The 1970s brought us all kinds of strange neoclassical rides, from Panther to Zimmer and Excalibur, so why not take a 1970s Chevrolet Corvette and make it look like one of Cruella de Vil’s garage rejects? That’s what someone did to this heavily customized 1977 Corvette, for sale on Finnish for-sale site Nettiauto.
The seller calls it the “Chevrolet Corvette Musai,” and states that it’s the only one like it in the world. It’s a project—this is the country that brought us My Summer Car, after all—but the seller says the bodywork is 90 percent done.
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What is done is spectacular from the few photos on the ad. Somehow this retro-custom Corvette builder managed to outdo even BMW with this version of a giant grille, which sticks up in the middle of the front in order to give the car that neo-classical body shape. Only this is a Corvette, so you can’t reshape it that much and it just ends up looking like a protruding snout. The sunburst texturing in the grille to draw extra eyeballs towards it is a nice touch, too. Adrian van Hooydonk, eat your heart out.
Fortunately, that grille at least feeds a 350-c.i. small block. However, since it’s mated to an automatic transmission and a whole lot of extra bodywork, don’t expect it to be too fast. Nor should you expect much rearward visibility with such a small oval-shaped rear window. At least the rear is the better-looking end of the car.
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No price is listed on Nettiauto—just “sold on a bid basis,” as translated by DeepL. There is a duplicate ad up on Facebook with the same disclaimer, but also with a €20,000 ($23,188) list price. We suspect the seller may know what he has.
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