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1964 Chevrolet Corvette – Ballistic Beige

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Profile ID: 34679
Year: 1964
Make: Chevrolet
Model: Corvette
Markets: Muscle Car, Performance, Racing, Resto-Mod, Sports Car, Supercar
Vehicle Type: American
Contact: Kuhnhausen Metal Concepts LLC

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The Ballistic Beige client previously owned a saddle-tan painted 1963 Corvette in the 80’s as one of his early hot-rods. This project is commissioned to give him back a piece of his youth recreating that original look on the exterior and interior never straying too far aesthetically from the archetypal American Classic C2 Vette. However, this Vette has a twist. The beige becomes ballistic as you pop the hood or peer underneath this ride. Sitting on a heavily modified Art Morrison IRS Chassis featuring JRI Double adjustable coilovers, 6 piston 14” Wilwood brakes, a Woodward Road Race Rack, and massive Michelin tires all around 345/19 rear 295/19 front atop Forgeline LS3 3-piece wheels with real knockoff tri-bars. This beast is ready to annihilate corners. Propelling the chassis is a GM Performance LT4 Crate engine with dry sump oiling stuffed 4” back with a bespoke firewall mated to a 4l75E transmission, a QA1 Carbon Fiber driveshaft and Strange S60 IRS Differential. The star of the engine bay is the massive C&R cooling package horizontally mounted like a modern super car. The custom supercharger heat exchanger and radiator combo are topped with a custom shroud and dual 11” Brushless fans. Tucked neatly behind is a C&R oil to water-cooler keeping the transmission in check. These quality components are surrounded with other top shelf parts and fabrication work that border the realm of debauchery they are so good. The car keeps its 1960’s charm all while everything unseen from afar is living well into 2020. This project is slated for completion October 2019 in time for this year’s SEMA show reveal. 2021 Update: So different from the norm, after a warm reception at the 2019 SEMA show it took an extra year for this build to be fully appreciated. It has been now honored as one of SEMA's top 12 finalists in the 2020 Battle of the Builders Competition as viewed on the History Channel Feb 7th 2021! A top 3 HotRod category Finalist.

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