Yenko Sc CHEVETTE

[oversteer]

Thats pretty!

[David@MinidreamsInc.]

Is that Chevette a full detail kit? It would just cry for a Chevy Cosworth Vega 4cylinder turbo under that hood!

Oh, and that Falcon is shaping up to be KILLER!

MPC make a full detail kit! This 1 here was dealer promo !

[whale392]

Thanks for the info on the kit/availability guys. If my plate weren't already overflowing, I would consider doing one of these up with a turbo4 and full detail!

[David G.]

That's a neat thought experiment, and very well done.

Many of us older guys may chuckle at the thought of hot rodding a Chevette, but if GM still made them today, the young guys would be tuning them (a hot rodder's car was always in tune, btw).

How many of you older chaps out there remember the first time you saw a hyped-up Honda Civic or a hot rod Rabbit? Do you remember chuckling? Pointing and laughing? Shaking your head in confused wonder? Why would somebody spend so much time and money on what is essentially a "throw away" car? Drive it until it's used up, then throw it away, that's what ther're for.

The answer is that young guys are going to build cars. For the most part, these are the only cars they have to work with. In my opinion, we were lucky to be (sometimes literally) given Detroit's old supercars to play with. When VW released the Rabbit in the 70's and GM quickly answered with the Chevette, there were still plenty of Detroit supercars around. The Rabbits and Chevettes were new, our grandparents were buying them.

Now, thirty years later, though the first couple generations of those little cars have faded into history, in the minds of codgers like us, they're still fairly new, recent. We still remember, and in some cases, still play with, our fire-breathing iron monsters. Our supercars have also faded into history. There just aren't many of these cars left and with each passing year, they're becoming more difficult and expensive to obtain and maintain.

These young fellows- fellow car guys, were born into a world vastly different than the one we grew up in. For the most part, the only thing they've known is these little "throw away" cars. To many of them, "Detroit Iron" is just one step past the horse and buggy- their great-grandfather's Oldsmobile.

Young guys are going to build cars and they'll build what they have. If GM still made Chevettes, you can pretty much bet, that somebody would've done a custom paint job and slapped a six cylinder Acura engine into one by now. If only just to mess with people's heads!

I think this Chevette is an excellent example of what could've been!

Thanks for putting up with my rant,

David G.

[highway]

What next? Shelby Pinto?

Hey, that's what I was going to say!!!!

[Modelsbyroni]

MAN, THAT CHEVETTE LOOKS GREAT. WHATS UP WITH THE RIGWEED?

[Greg Cullinan]

Nice model. Your paint work is top notch on this.

If this was the box art for MPC's kit they would sell a ton.

[stevehansen]

How do you say it, CUTE. Nice work

[rustybill1960]

"NICE !"

"WILD !"

"AWESOME!"

Thank You for sharing!

WOW

and I thought the Chevette was there!

Can't wait for the Falcon!

Thank You for sharing Both!

Later

Russ

[Flo]

I kinda laughed when I saw the Chevette...someone did a Chevette???..lol It's a great job done on it...only missing one thing....carpet hanging down from the driver side floorboard...lol.....good job!

[Rick]

Very Very Cool!! Kinda makes you think what could have been!! Now I'm waiting for someone to do a Yenko Chevy Sprint (Geo Metro)............

Rick

[Tony T]

Very cool build! I like it!!

I do recall a magazine article about some GM test cars. One was a Chevette that was nearly produced, it had a V6, and a cowl hood bulge from a Citation X-11 grafted to the hood. It performed pretty well, and could give the Z-28 of the day a run for it's money! Probaly why it wasn't built!!

[Modlbldr]

David-

Sweet looking Chevette.

Can you post a photo of the box art for the 2009 Mustang kit that you got the wheels from? I need a set of those.

Later-

[speedy5963]

cool build, certainly something different!