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Normally I feel nearly hero like in knowing vintage cars.
This time I completely fail. I have no clue...
Side grill looks Stingray like, seats do italo US like and the side line seems strange to me.

I am sure on TM is all the knowledge to solve this. Please help!

Chevrolet Corvette C3 ??

https://classicsworld.co.uk/guides/chevrolet-corvette-c3-buyers-guide/

thanks - that´s it....
I missed the trypical corvette details like the door handles....
So it does not only look Stingray like - it is one.

Found the mirrors as a proof in other C3 pics...

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I must admit I find it hard to believe that the Corvette engineering is a good metaphor for the class, effortless grace, high-quality craftsmanship, and the cultural philosophy of la bella figura that the clothing presumably represents.

The C3 was my favourite American car of the era, a beautiful futuristic shape, though I was more than a little surprised to find out that the underside was more like a truck than a supposed sports car, drum brakes and all..! My old Lotus would run rings around it on anything but a dead straight road...

When ever I think about comparisons between US and BrItish automobiles, the best way to really demonstrate the differences is believe it or not, is the comparison of relative motorcycle tyres. US motorcycle tyre were generally a U shape profile, made of harder compounds designed to last 15k plus miles easily for cruising on the long straight interstates. Whilst British tyres generally had a V shape profile made from a stickier component with a much shorter mileage life designed for sidewall gripping when cranked overgoing around corners and bendy bits and not in straight lines.

When we took our Harleys across to the States in '93., most had softer V Profile UK tyres on them (having binned the US tyres when acquiring the bikes from new). The heavier tourers got through their new V shaped tyres in about 3k miles whilst on the tour, as the long interstate wore away the centre of the tyres in no time at all. Those that were still on the US harder U profile tyres were hardly touched by the distances covered, but so not great when managing the few twisty bits we came across or going thru the monsoon type rains we experienced in the mid west..

Thanks for sharing that experience John, I had visions of riding route 66 on a Harley back in the 70`s which was around the time I was riding Nortons, and the Dunlop TT 100 was the first tyre I ever knew of which had a triangular pattern back then... Years later when I owned my BMW R80RT, the bike shop I used had run out of OE spec tyres, and had a couple of sportier dual compound Bridgestone tyres, jeez.. What a difference, from the bike almost able to stay on line once set up for a corner, to being ready to alter course at any instant, which required a whole lot more concentration, fine for the race track, but not ideal for my general fast road usage... Lesson learned..!

P.S. Also had visions of selling up and bumming around the Med on a sail boat... Never got around to that either... Sigh.. (-:

Oh, it's never too late....even on a smaller scale....I was talking about building a model boat (not sure sail or motor) and popping down the local boating lake.....less ambitious, but can be just as enjoyable.

As muscular and singularly American as the C3 'vette is ..... my heart belongs to the C1... and if it's in race trim, all the better! ..





K

I did type in relation to the era, not the model range K (-: Yup the C1 is really special given the bracing running down betwixt both seats, Iconic looks, but truck like underpinnings...? (-: