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Originally Posted by cwiert
lol. according to the ad, this monstrosity was built by "the original builder of the Mako Shark Corvette and designer of the Dodge Viper."
(i can't even type it without laughing)
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Actually there is a bit of truth (sorta) to the Silva/viper connection. Silva and Chrysler got into a pi$$ing contest over the Viper design. Supposed in 1987 Silva sent chrysler some sketches and a proposal to build one for htem. In 1988 Chrysler embarked on building the viper. Subsequently, Silva was going to customize a corvette that looked much like the Viper. Chrysler sued Silva for design infringement and Silva counterclaimed. Silva actually won on the first round but then he died and Chrysler won on appeal after his death. I think the case died with Silva.
Case:
Chrysler Corp. v. Silva
as to the Mako Shark claim, apparently Silva ran a company building kits to turn vettes into Mako ShaRK REPLICAS.
http://www.makoshark2.com/history.php
Whether he was invcolved with the CL monstosity I don't know.