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Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

It's fairly common now to backdate an SC/Carrera for an RS look. Similarly, can you take a 75 Corvette Stingray and easily backdate it to the 68-72 chrome bumper cars?

I think that would be difficult. The front and rear ends of the early C3 series were all one piece with the fenders and were hard fiberglass, but the later years (73<, I think) used soft plastic front and rear ends. The earlier cars were much prettier. I think for the '75 year, the more common and easier "upgrade" would be to the front and rear end from the '81 and '82 cars that had the integrated spoilers.

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Oh lord why?

IIRC the 75' was a major POS. Wasn't that the 1st year with cats? 350 with less HP than your lawnmower.

Because in most places the '75 can now be modified due to being too old to be emissions tested, so you can make a '75 scream like a '69, but then you're still left with a relatively ugly 'Vette. You'd want to spruce up the looks too.

'69




'75



'82