Some Pictures of Bloomington Gold

[Michael H.]

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A great restoration on this car and it will be just like all the other great restored 57 FIs and all of the assembly line individualizations will be gone forever.

My thoughts exactly. I still haven't seen any corvette body restored correctly. Not even close.

The 57 will look just as smooth and straight as a new Mercedes when restored, which is nothing even close to what a new 57 Corvette really looked like.

If that car is original paint, and if it's anywhere near decent, I wouldn't even consider painting or restoring it.

[Steve B.]

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My thoughts exactly. I still haven't seen any corvette body restored correctly. Not even close.

The 57 will look just as smooth and straight as a new Mercedes when restored, which is nothing even close to what a new 57 Corvette really looked like.

If that car is original paint, and if it's anywhere near decent, I wouldn't even consider painting or restoring it.

I agree 100% if the car has its original paint. Clean the car first and then decide what to do. Who knows, maybe that inch of dirt was hiding the fact that it was repainted.

[Jeff A.]

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What ever they do - keep the pickle jar.

[Tracy C.]

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I'd wash it and reassess. You can always restore it later, and there are plenty of restored cars in existence.

Then again, I highly favor original cars.

As do many of us Patrick... Roy Ester drives around in an all original black/silver over red 57 beater that gets ALL the attention at the shows here in Wichita.

Anyone can restore...it takes a real man to leave them alone...

tc

[George J.]

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I would like to think they would think outside the NCRS for a moment. The high-end collector car world has really tuned in to unrestored cars in the last few years. There are some talented restorers that will now sympathetically, mechanically, restore the car so that it can be driven and enjoyed (and in this case, still shown) without wiping out the history. As soon as it gets restored to NCRS standards it will be forever banished to a trailer, and like others have said, won't be any different than any other restored '57 fuelie.

George
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[Keith H.]

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Leaving it filthy and not running/driving is just retarded, . . .

Hi Alexander,

I invite you to reconsider you words. With a family member who has autism / mental retardation, pejorative remarks are no good for anybody. Life is hard enough. There is no need to further condemn the disabled.

Best regards,
Keith

[Alexander C.]

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Hi Alexander,

I invite you to reconsider you words. With a family member who has autism / mental retardation, pejorative remarks are no good for anybody. Life is hard enough. There is no need to further condemn the disabled.

Best regards,
Keith

Point taken however you are taking it out of context I think, I'm sorry you took it that way. I can't edit my post anymore but consider it changed to "pathetic" so if a moderator can change it, I'd appreciate it.

[Jaime G.]

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The car was a 57 fuelie 283/283 vin 2427, 3 sp, with power soft top, and power windows. Parked in Rockpot, IL since 1978. Owner recently passed, and son had just sold it for 58000. Today it will get washed......and the restoration begins.

Jim, why not keep it as original. I dont care about the dirt but I own two
unrestored c'2s that have achieved the highest levels in both BG and NCRS. They were cleaned, made safe to drive but left original. Both are my most favorite cars and when I drive them, the most enjoyable indeed.
Why must we restore everything?

[Peter G.]

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For anyone who did not get to see the Great Hall, I posted a photo of each car and its description courtesy of the program here:

http://www.corvettelegends.com/bloomington_great_hall_2011.html

[Michael H.]

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For anyone who did not get to see the Great Hall, I posted a photo of each car and its description courtesy of the program here:

http://www.corvettelegends.com/bloom...hall_2011.html

Thanks Peter. Nice collection.

I was reading the info below the 65 396 conv that David Burroughs restored and noticed the last paragraph that mentioned some changes and missing parts. Does anyone know more about this? Just curious.





Owned by: Ron Hohmann, Sr.

[James G.]

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Jim, why not keep it as original. I dont care about the dirt but I own two
unrestored c'2s that have achieved the highest levels in both BG and NCRS. They were cleaned, made safe to drive but left original. Both are my most favorite cars and when I drive them, the most enjoyable indeed.
Why must we restore everything?

I agree, but the son told me the new owner will restore it. AFTER the BG weekend, let's hope he has had second thoughts.

[Patrick H.]

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Thanks Peter. Nice collection.

I was reading the info below the 65 396 conv that David Burroughs restored and noticed the last paragraph that mentioned some changes and missing parts. Does anyone know more about this? Just curious.





Owned by: Ron Hohmann, Sr.

I wondered the same thing. I know it's been through a few owners over the past several years but you'd think that they would know what they had.

Patrick

[Steve B.]

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I wondered the same thing. I know it's been through a few owners over the past several years but you'd think that they would know what they had.

Patrick

I could have bought that car about 10years ago. It had more original parts on it then plus it had a tan soft top which looked great on the car. I was looking for the owner as I have pictures and copies of old paperwork of it that I would have given to him. Still a really neat car.

[Michael H.]

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I could have bought that car about 10years ago. It had more original parts on it then plus it had a tan soft top which looked great on the car. I was looking for the owner as I have pictures and copies of old paperwork of it that I would have given to him. Still a really neat car.

Thanks Steve. That was the ORIGINAL tan soft top, in excellent condition. What a shame.

I'm still a little attached to that car. We've put on a LOT of miles together.

[Brett H.]

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Yeah, I know. One of these days, I'm gunna run it through the automatic car wash. Have to get running again though.

What a great pic. Love it....