<VV>Retro

[Edwin D. Lindsay]

There was a good article in Old Cars Weekly not to long ago about the 
"New" 57 Chevy  convertible bodies and frames.  GM has nothing to do with
it, it is a company that has been repro-ing body panels for years.  they
are using  cowls with the attached serial number plates from actual 57
chevrolets in the manufacture-therefore they are titled as 57 chevies and
don't have to meet all the new regulations. Oh Yeah, they also had
suggested prices---somewhere in the $100K range !

                                                                         
          Ed

West Florida Corvair Club


On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:41:35 -0500 Padgett <pp2 at 6007.us> writes:
>  >I was talking about GM repro'ing the '57 Chevrolet as a part of the 
> retro 
> trend.
> 
> Problem is all of the regulations that have come into effect 
> starting in 
> 1966 and continuing to this day. Things like the FMVSS that gave us 
> safety 
> knobs on the dash up through the 1995 requirement  for 1998 cars and 
> 1999 
> light trucks to have dual air bags.
> 
> In other words for GM to build a 57 Chevvy (or a 65 Corvair) today 
> would 
> either be illegal, unrecognizable, or absurdly expensive.
> 
> Padgett