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Old 07-06-2013, 09:27 AM   #15
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Looks like he took it to Earl Scheib for a $29.95 paint job...
For those too young to remember, back in the 60's he would paint any car for $29.95, but what he failed to tell anyone is that did not include sanding cleaning or taping off of anything but lights and windows, everything else got painted over, even rust spots.
LOL....kind of what I was thinking.
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Old 07-06-2013, 11:54 AM   #16
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I kind of like it...
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Old 07-06-2013, 12:24 PM   #17
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His car was the reason i went with the stripes the way i did when i had my v6. Here is a pic of it right after it was done

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Old 07-06-2013, 12:27 PM   #18
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ugly as hell
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Old 07-06-2013, 01:00 PM   #19
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Durants is far uglier. Another horrid looking 5th gen belongs to MLB player Alcides Escobar.
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Old 07-06-2013, 01:01 PM   #20
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Old 07-06-2013, 01:10 PM   #21
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Ugly is too kind of a word to describe the looks of that, for the OP I did find this
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Old 07-06-2013, 01:13 PM   #22
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it looks like an unfinished model that somebody put together but never painted
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Old 07-06-2013, 01:27 PM   #23
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Looks like he took it to Earl Scheib for a $29.95 paint job...
For those too young to remember, back in the 60's he would paint any car for $29.95, but what he failed to tell anyone is that did not include sanding cleaning or taping off of anything but lights and windows, everything else got painted over, even rust spots.
We have a modern version of Earl Schieb, it's called Maaco.
The paint on LeBron's Camaro looks a lot better than the custom paint on this Corvette.
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Old 07-06-2013, 01:30 PM   #24
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We have a modern version of Earl Schieb, it's called Maaco.
The paint on LeBron's Camaro looks a lot better than the custom paint on this Corvette.
The abstract letters all ascew are an awesome touch. How did they think of that? Lol
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Old 07-06-2013, 01:38 PM   #25
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His car was the reason i went with the stripes the way i did when i had my v6. Here is a pic of it right after it was done

Less is more....... I like it !
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Old 07-06-2013, 01:39 PM   #26
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The abstract letters all ascew are an awesome touch. How did they think of that? Lol
More photos of the Dragon Vette.
http://jalopnik.com/5504740/the-corv...-bad-to-worse/
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Old 07-06-2013, 01:41 PM   #27
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Picasso is getting off to that right now
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Old 07-06-2013, 02:44 PM   #28
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That was just.....awful.



A friend submitted some photos, that I took, to Jalopnik back in December. It was a 4 door Oldsmobile that had a camper shell on it and big truck mirrors mounted on the fenders.


It looked better than "Dragon Vette".
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