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Raith83
Dec 10, 2003, 10:34 PM
I was recently watching an episode of the show Monster Garage on the Discovery cahnnel and my and my roomie got into kinda an argument. The car they had was a 1972 Stingray Corvette, and they were turning it into a 4 x 4 mud sligner. anyway, they were cutting the body and I find out it's fiber glass. I didn't think that Stingray Corvettes were made out of fiberglass and I thought it was simply a reproduction car, while my roomie thought that Jessie James would destroy and actual Vintage Classic car. Anyone who can help on this? were '74 Stingrays made of fiberglass?
BluCamSS
Dec 10, 2003, 10:39 PM
EVERY Corvette from the first 1953 was made from fiberglass.
Mopar68
Dec 11, 2003, 1:50 PM
yeah, thats the corvette trademark. Every single corvette that rolled off the assembly line was fiberglass.
Thlam
Dec 11, 2003, 5:30 PM
i think they are sitll made of fiber glass right?, i've seen the door of a corvette off the body and it looks like it
BluCamSS
Dec 11, 2003, 6:35 PM
i think they are sitll made of fiber glass right?, i've seen the door of a corvette off the body and it looks like it

Yup still is, it is improved alot though.
Raith83
Dec 13, 2003, 1:08 AM
wow, okay. I didn't think that Jesse James wouldrip up a Classic Vintage car! proved me wrong! whooo boy! :o
agitatedcorn
Dec 13, 2003, 3:00 PM
wow, okay. I didn't think that Jesse James wouldrip up a Classic Vintage car! proved me wrong! whooo boy! :o

well he ripped up a classic El Camino... so...

but anyways, the 1953 Corvette was the first production car ever to use fiberglass. It was also the first American sports car ever built. But the 1953 Corvette didn't sell well (failed miserably) then the T-Bird came around in '55 and showed them the light :P
Mopar68
Dec 19, 2003, 9:56 AM
70's corvettes were kind of the "black sheep" of the corvette history. The beginning of the dark ages that ended in 1998. So it was ok for them to rip apart the vette.
BluCamSS
Dec 19, 2003, 12:50 PM
70's corvettes were kind of the "black sheep" of the corvette history. The beginning of the dark ages that ended in 1998. So it was ok for them to rip apart the vette.

'74 started the "crappy" Vettes to 1982, there was no 1983 Vette, Many like the C4 though that went from 1984-1996.
By the way 1997 was the first year of the C5, not 1998.
Mopar68
Dec 22, 2003, 3:26 PM
hmmmmm. I thought it was 98. The new camaro came out in 98 right?
BluCamSS
Dec 22, 2003, 5:06 PM
hmmmmm. I thought it was 98. The new camaro came out in 98 right?

97 was the C5 Corvette.
93 was the 4th generation Camaro.Firebird.
BUT in 98 the Camaro/Firebird got the new noses and the LS1 engines.