New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday - The Firearms Forum

Albtraum · 01-11-2013, 07:23 PM

I'm pretty excited for it.

mjp28 · 01-11-2013, 07:30 PM

Oh yes, nothing like a made in the USA CORVETTE, nothing.

Albtraum · 01-11-2013, 07:50 PM

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Oh yes, nothing like a made in the USA CORVETTE, nothing.

The ZR1's spank exotics that cost 4 times as much

sting75ray · 01-11-2013, 08:47 PM

Being a big Vette lover myself I have to say I do not care for the looks of the C7 from the rear. It looks great from all other angles though.

cpttango30 · 01-11-2013, 09:00 PM

Maybe they with get with the times and go to a coil over suspension and drop the 200 year old leaf spring....

Silencer · 01-12-2013, 01:26 AM

I've seen it. I hate the rear end. Looks bad. Too much like a Camaro. Everything else is awesome.

Double D · 01-12-2013, 06:40 AM

GM. Government motors.

Silencer · 01-13-2013, 07:40 PM

Just like I said, don't care for the back end.

WHSmithIV · 01-13-2013, 08:30 PM

Sadly, it doesn't really look like a vette at all

jim brady · 01-13-2013, 08:49 PM

What on earth have they done to my beloved Corvette? I have a C3 and a C4 in the barn. They don't get out much these days (I'm retired on the farm now), but they WERE dailly drivers. Looks like those will be my last ones.

Sting75ray - tell more about that lushous C2 Roadster in the picture!!

cpttango30 · 01-13-2013, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jim brady

What on earth have they done to my beloved Corvette? I have a C3 and a C4 in the barn. They don't get out much these days (I'm retired on the farm now), but they WERE dailly drivers. Looks like those will be my last ones.

Sting75ray - tell more about that lushous C2 Roadster in the picture!!

It is called evolving. The Corvette is the american car that has to compete with the high end Euro super cars. I personally LOVE it.

The back end isn't the greatest but you know what. If I'm drivin it I ain't lookin at the back end... The people looking at the back end aren't going to like it because they are LOSING....

sting75ray · 01-13-2013, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jim brady

What on earth have they done to my beloved Corvette? I have a C3 and a C4 in the barn. They don't get out much these days (I'm retired on the farm now), but they WERE dailly drivers. Looks like those will be my last ones.

Sting75ray - tell more about that lushous C2 Roadster in the picture!!

They have ruined the looks of the C7 Vette with the small side windows, the back window, and the square tail lights.

As for the little 62, she belonged to my Dad. He bought her in June of 2007 and drove her one time to a car show 60 miles from my house and back. I lost Dad 2 years ago and decided never to sell the 62. I had a tire come apart on her about a year before Dad passed away. It took a chunk out of the left front fender. Dad kept putting off getting her fixed and after he passed away I called and found out that she was still insured so I took her in to the body shop. They had to repaint the whole car seeing how the paint was faded just enough that it could not be blended in. I will find some more pics of her and post them up for you to see. She had 1400 miles on her after a restore when Dad bought her. Now she is setting on about 2600. We drive her in good weather and have hauled her to several shows.

dons2346 · 01-13-2013, 09:14 PM

Ah, another Government Motors car

WHSmithIV · 01-13-2013, 09:15 PM

you could bring that '62 here to the Moore Car Show in Idaho next summer - it's an annual event here in our tiny town of 196 people. Everyone would love it and I'd vote for it to win the trophy!

sting75ray · 01-13-2013, 09:26 PM

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you could bring that '62 here to the Moore Car Show in Idaho next summer - it's an annual event here in our tiny town of 196 people. Everyone would love it and I'd vote for it to win the trophy!

That sounds like a great time but we would have to keep Highboy away from it. He would be drooling Thin Mint ice cream all over it

mjp28 · 01-13-2013, 09:43 PM

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I've seen it. I hate the rear end. Looks bad. Too much like a Camaro. Everything else is awesome.

Kind of agree, I liked the prototype with the '63 split window coupe design better.

But I'd still like to sit in that cockpit and "wrap my azz in fiberglass". (It's still fiberglass, right.)

They did get real gutsy breaking with the traditional old style.

Albtraum · 01-14-2013, 01:14 AM

C'mon guys, were you expecting some classic or retro-modern design like the new Challenger?

cpttango30 · 01-14-2013, 04:59 AM

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C'mon guys, were you expecting some classic or retro-modern design like the new Challenger?

In all honesty for me it was COOL when Ford went Retro on the stang. After that it got old quick. Hot Rodders had been doing this for years. I remember someone taking a 89 Thunderbird and putting 49 Thunderbird front and rear on it. The guy wanted the modern day ride and power with the old school look.

jim brady · 01-14-2013, 10:17 AM

Cpttango30 - if that's 'evolution' I for one don't care for it. That would be like the Marines 'evolving' back into sailors. Waaay too much Cadillac. Nothing agin Sailors or Cadillacs, just that a Corvette aint supposed to be either. You really think America's taste has spiralled down THAT far? Hope not.

Albtraum - a Vette is supposed to be a 'classic' as it rolls off the assembly line. Retro is pretend - a super car is real.

I understand they come with 'butt warmers' in the seats, too, and automatic door openers so you won't chip your pinkie nails when you open the door.. Sorry, they ruined a fine concept.

The retro Mustand and the retro Challenger actually do look great. Sting75ray - that '62 roadster is a real beauty!

Silencer · 01-14-2013, 12:23 PM

Need a new desktop? High resolution shots from the video game GT5 for the PS3. I'm going to download when it's available.

mjp28 · 01-14-2013, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mjp28

Kind of agree, I liked the prototype with the '63 split window coupe design better.

But I'd still like to sit in that cockpit and "wrap my azz in fiberglass". (It's still fiberglass, right.)

They did get real gutsy breaking with the traditional old style.

I read all the specs today, it is indeed carbon fiber and aluminum...cool but not as good a quote.

mjp28 · 01-14-2013, 07:57 PM

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Need a new desktop? High resolution shots from the video game GT5 for the PS3. I'm going to download when it's available.

I will say it looks MUCH better in the up close pictures! Very nice.

01-11-2013, 07:23 PM	#1
Albtraum Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 635	New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday I'm pretty excited for it. -->

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mjp28 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: anytown, OHIO Contributor Posts: 3,079	Re: New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday Oh yes, nothing like a made in the USA *CORVETTE, nothing. __________________ NRA MEMBER* and 40 YEAR MEMBER BUCKEYE STATE SHERIFF'S ASSN.

01-11-2013, 08:47 PM	#4
sting75ray Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,086	Re: New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday Being a big Vette lover myself I have to say I do not care for the looks of the C7 from the rear. It looks great from all other angles though. __________________ [IMG][/IMG] Last edited by sting75ray; 01-13-2013 at 09:53 AM..

01-11-2013, 09:00 PM	#5
cpttango30 Former Guest Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Stafford, VA Contributor Posts: 3,071	Re: New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday Maybe they with get with the times and go to a coil over suspension and drop the 200 year old leaf spring....

01-12-2013, 01:26 AM	#6
Silencer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southern California: Inland Empire Posts: 1,298	Re: New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday I've seen it. I hate the rear end. Looks bad. Too much like a Camaro. Everything else is awesome. __________________ War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. Skeet Shooting Game! Don't Shoot Your Eye Out!

01-12-2013, 06:40 AM	#7
Double D TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Florida Contributor Posts: 8,079	Re: New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday GM. Government motors. __________________ I own a bunch of scary guns. You want em? Come and take em..... Liberalism is a serious, non curable, mental disorder... NRA LIFE MEMBER Oath Keepers Member NRA Certified Instructor 30 Yr CC permit holder.

01-13-2013, 07:40 PM	#8
Silencer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southern California: Inland Empire Posts: 1,298	Re: New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday Just like I said, don't care for the back end. __________________ War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. Skeet Shooting Game! Don't Shoot Your Eye Out!

01-13-2013, 08:30 PM	#9
WHSmithIV Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Moore, Idaho contributor Posts: 2,628	Re: New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday Sadly, it doesn't really look like a vette at all __________________ We are not sheeple, we will not fade quietly away. We will stand up for Freedom, for our rights, and, we will fight to protect the Constitution and our Freedom. We are the militia, we are the PEOPLE.

01-13-2013, 08:49 PM	#10
jim brady Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,073	Re: New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday What on earth have they done to my beloved Corvette? I have a C3 and a C4 in the barn. They don't get out much these days (I'm retired on the farm now), but they WERE dailly drivers. Looks like those will be my last ones. Sting75ray - tell more about that lushous C2 Roadster in the picture!!

01-13-2013, 09:14 PM	#13
dons2346 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Move between WA and points south Contributor Posts: 1,415	Re: New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday Ah, another Government Motors car __________________ "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, 1785

01-13-2013, 09:15 PM	#14
WHSmithIV Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Moore, Idaho contributor Posts: 2,628	Re: New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday you could bring that '62 here to the Moore Car Show in Idaho next summer - it's an annual event here in our tiny town of 196 people. Everyone would love it and I'd vote for it to win the trophy! __________________ We are not sheeple, we will not fade quietly away. We will stand up for Freedom, for our rights, and, we will fight to protect the Constitution and our Freedom. We are the militia, we are the PEOPLE.

01-14-2013, 01:14 AM	#17
Albtraum Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 635	Re: New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday C'mon guys, were you expecting some classic or retro-modern design like the new Challenger?

01-14-2013, 10:17 AM	#19
jim brady Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,073	Re: New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday Cpttango30 - if that's 'evolution' I for one don't care for it. That would be like the Marines 'evolving' back into sailors. Waaay too much Cadillac. Nothing agin Sailors or Cadillacs, just that a Corvette aint supposed to be either. You really think America's taste has spiralled down THAT far? Hope not. Albtraum - a Vette is supposed to be a 'classic' as it rolls off the assembly line. Retro is pretend - a super car is real. I understand they come with 'butt warmers' in the seats, too, and automatic door openers so you won't chip your pinkie nails when you open the door.. Sorry, they ruined a fine concept. The retro Mustand and the retro Challenger actually do look great. Sting75ray - that '62 roadster is a real beauty!

01-14-2013, 12:23 PM	#20
Silencer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southern California: Inland Empire Posts: 1,298	Re: New Corvette C7 to be revealed on Sunday Need a new desktop? High resolution shots from the video game GT5 for the PS3. I'm going to download when it's available. __________________ War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. Skeet Shooting Game! Don't Shoot Your Eye Out! Last edited by Silencer; 01-14-2013 at 12:27 PM..