66 Corvette Mako Shark

[xtrmes]

Just picked this car up last week. It was built back in the 80's for a cost of $180,000 and used just for the ISCA shows. The car didn't need to be registered so it didn't have all the stuff to make it street legal.
The car was showed for a few years it was called the Centurian. It was rated #2 in the nation. I verified this with World of wheels and they are going to be sending me the magazine it was featured in and some info they have on the car.
The car was retired and sold off to somebody who just wanted the motor. The car was then sold a few times through the years. It looks like somebody tried and failed at making it street legal and installed a big mess of wires in the car trying to get lights and other things needed working.
The car is highly modified, Lots of major fiberglass work. The body wraps right around under the car and is smooth all the way across. You can't see the frame driveshaft transmission or anything under it. The custom paint job is on the bottom of the car as well as under the hood and door jabs. It has gulwing doors, complete cantilever billet suspension truly a one of a kind build. Also has a custom interior that I'm not a big fan off. But that can be changed.
I was going to try and keep the car as close to as possible to what it used to be and try and restore the paint job. But after getting the car here it needs more body work then I though.
I'm going to pull out all the wiring and rewire the car with a Painless harness. Then go through the body and repaint it.
I have a BBC with an 8-71 Blower on it making 850HP at 6 pounds of boost.
Going to give it a restomod look.

[J-440]

Man talk about 80's nostalgia. How much you want for that cell phone? Cool car bro!!

[xtrmes]

I know the cell phone is cool. To bad you can't use analog anymore. My friends think I should keep it in there just for the looks.
The car has a cool history built by earnie ball. So it would be cool to restore it.

[BMR Sales]

I just got some "Miami Vice" Flashbacks! Cool!

T.C.

[Restocreations]

No offense meant by this, but it looks pretty close to a 78ish Corvette to me. I wonder why they didnt just start with that year instead of a 66?

[xtrmes]

I have no clue. But I thought the same thing. They used a 70ish Mako Shark kit.
Its OK with me because I like the 70 style better. The 66 Mako Sharks don't look at good.
They went crazy on this car they smoothed out the floors and the wheels even painted the graphics on the bottom.
I'm going to give it some updates.
Should be nice when its done.

[LeighP]

Nice to see some more pics of this project.
Are you going to keep the 80's graphics, or just stay with the basic colours?
The interior does need redoing....one thing about 80's show cars that doesn't need to be kept...those interiors.... lol
I'll keep following along....cool car!

[xtrmes]

Hey leigh fansy meeting you here. The dash is going the door panels and seats aren't bad. I removed the dash and all the wiring today. Somebody tried to install a painless harness and failed. So I straightened it all out and I'm going to reinstall it with a racecar type switch panel.
Should be fun.
The graphics have to go the car needs a complete repaint. I was hoping to save them I kinda like them.

[raustinss]

Build a corvette to match the one from the movie corvette summer,then you can have a his and hers lol

[xtrmes]

The one from the movie was terrible.

[Restocreations]

But the movie was so Awesome! Definitely in my top 10 pick. ;)

[LeighP]

One of the Corvette Summer cars is here in a private collection in Australia. I found it for sale in a car yard here in the early 80's....what a hack job, lol. Its since been restored and rebuilt properly, but the owner never shows it.

[xtrmes]

I always wanted to build that car. But there's parts of it that look terrible. Lol

[FRENCHBLUE72]

That is a pretty cool looking car looks like someone went nuts with the marble...

[xtrmes]

Its actually not bad. Just on the nose and tail and a strip on the roof. But the whole car needs a repaint so it will be gone.

[xtrmes]

Found some history on the car. Spoke to the builder and he sent me these pics. A member on Corvette Forum actually had a World of Wheels magazine the car was in and he sent it to me. Pretty cool.
I wish I still had the motor that was in it. A fuel injected all aluminum 427.

[Bob in St. Louis]

That's incredible. "Subscribed".

[GT500KR_Vert]

Awesome!!! I bet after all these years that the model looks worst than the car

[xtrmes]

I'd think the same thing. The car I can bring back. The model not so much. Lol

Awesome!!! I bet after all these years that the model looks worst than the car

[SS PUNISHER]

Whoa! That thing is sick! Subscribing!