VANMAN - Corvettewagon

[hobbybobby]

I always loved the idea, to make from a Corvette a wagonversion.

I decided to make a a four-seater Sport Touring, with a combination of old, new and own lines and facets, as well as technical solutions.

The origin is a `75 corvette convertible, new scratchbuilt roof, with the rear of a Corvette C5 and a rear spoiler of a Ferrari F50, the widening parts are from the 1988 mpc "Ghost Rider Corvette Road Racer" model kit, a little modified...

Filling, sanding, filling, sanding...

The final assembly of the components was a very annoying game, somehow, some parts not fit together anymore, and had to be reworked...

Finally I have finished this long project...

Here are the pics, hope, you like it.

[hobbybobby]

[Danno]

Wild! And not bad looking either.

My only criticism (of the design, not the model) would be the too-high outlaw hood with a too-low roof would make forward visibility nearly non-existent. But the overall styling is pretty good.

Edited November 8, 2013 by Danno

[Dinky]

Cool build!

[PappyD340]

Real NICE Boban, I really like that color!!

[peekay]

Amazing! I would have thought it was some Tom Daniels kit from the 70s.

[rv1963]

Wow that is some awesome body work, and the paint looks perfect.

[Mike Kucaba]

AWESOMENESS!! It's hard to customize a vette and not mess it up. You done good!

[crazyjim]

Your hard work paid off. The build is beautiful and so SHINY :)

[Deathgoblin]

Wicked looking. I love it!

[cobraman]

Pretty cool !

[slusher]

Cool and awsume build..

[Chris White]

Wow, makes me feel like I am a kid again, nice HOT WHEELS

[hobbybobby]

Thank you very much for the kind words!

Wild! And not bad looking either.

My only criticism (of the design, not the model) would be the too-high outlaw hood with a too-low roof would make forward visibility nearly non-existent. But the overall styling is pretty good.

Well, who knows me and my builds otherwise, knows that I have built much more extreme vehicles, in some, one then wonders how it ever takes place, and some have so big engines with multiple blowers that you fortiori, can not see the own front...

[hobbybobby]

Real NICE Boban, I really like that color!!

It is my own mixture, depending on the light, it changes from yellow to dark orange, and it also has a metallic effect...

[hobbybobby]

From this bent body, (I would not restore it anyway...) I have taken the rear part...

I was not happy with the rear part of this bodybash before.

And exactly that, was even right for this project.

So I cut the tail and planted it there.

The rear spoiler of a Ferrari F50 came to the mission, whose body, dismembered, was also somewhere around...

And so it looks, at the beginning:

[Davewilly]

Pretty cool custom! Nice paint choice also

[Scott Colmer]

Now you are getting there Bobby? This is one my favorites. Can't wait until you bring out the "big guns."

Scott

[hobbybobby]

Thank you!

Here are a few steps of the painting:

[Burnout]

Another standout model! Very inspirational work.

[Skydime]

Incredible!

[Albie D]

Great job! I can only imagine the time it took to do all that body work. Dig that paint job too.

[mnwildpunk]

Wild is all I can say

[hobbybobby]

Thank you very much for the kind words!

Now it's quite an "van", so more seats can be placed, so, this is the interior:

[A.R.C.]

Very cool!! It looks like it came right from the pages of CarToons Magazine.