Photo: Sterling BMW
The sixth generation of the 'Vette is yesterday’s news, more so if you’re aware how capable the mid-engine interloper is on the track and in a straight line. On the other hand, you can’t make the eighth generation look like the C2 Corvette for obvious reasons.
Including the donor vehicle, a company from California is much obliged to convert the sixth generation into a second-gen lookalike for the princely price of $165,000. CR Coachworks is how that company is called, and the car before your eyes is a low-mileage example of the breed that’s listed for $148,777 with 11,622 miles on the clock.
As fate would have it, the reverse restomod – if you can call it that – is offered by Sterling BMW instead of a Chevrolet dealership or the company responsible for the conversion package. Carbon fiber is utilized both inside and out, and as you can tell, even the headlights pop up as they did in the good ol’ days.
A one-owner car based on the 3LT trim level, the C6 with C2 styling boasts heated leather seats, dual-zone air conditioning, a premium sound system from Bose, remote trunk release and keyless entry, heated mirrors, and a clean report from Carfax. Something that’s not exactly fooling anyone is the side-exiting pipes, which aren’t connected to the small-block V8 hiding under the Stinger hood with 427 badging.
The LS3 of the C6 Corvette isn’t a 427 by any means, but then again, 6.2 liters of displacement and a pushrod design are good enough for 430 horsepower and 424 pound-feet of torque. This fellow here doesn’t feature the Tremec TR6060 six-speed manual introduced for the 2008 model year but a torque-converter automatic transmission.
Officially known as the 1967 CRC Retrovette Convertible, the two-door convertible in the photo gallery is undeniably beautiful and undoubtedly cool. On the other hand, the asking price of $148,777 is a bit too much despite the carbon-fiber paneling and attention to detail that went into this build. As a matter of fact, it’s perilously close to the C8 Corvette with those ridiculous markups that we’ve talked about in a previous article.
As fate would have it, the reverse restomod – if you can call it that – is offered by Sterling BMW instead of a Chevrolet dealership or the company responsible for the conversion package. Carbon fiber is utilized both inside and out, and as you can tell, even the headlights pop up as they did in the good ol’ days.
A one-owner car based on the 3LT trim level, the C6 with C2 styling boasts heated leather seats, dual-zone air conditioning, a premium sound system from Bose, remote trunk release and keyless entry, heated mirrors, and a clean report from Carfax. Something that’s not exactly fooling anyone is the side-exiting pipes, which aren’t connected to the small-block V8 hiding under the Stinger hood with 427 badging.
The LS3 of the C6 Corvette isn’t a 427 by any means, but then again, 6.2 liters of displacement and a pushrod design are good enough for 430 horsepower and 424 pound-feet of torque. This fellow here doesn’t feature the Tremec TR6060 six-speed manual introduced for the 2008 model year but a torque-converter automatic transmission.
Officially known as the 1967 CRC Retrovette Convertible, the two-door convertible in the photo gallery is undeniably beautiful and undoubtedly cool. On the other hand, the asking price of $148,777 is a bit too much despite the carbon-fiber paneling and attention to detail that went into this build. As a matter of fact, it’s perilously close to the C8 Corvette with those ridiculous markups that we’ve talked about in a previous article.
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