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General Discussion and Announcements => General Discussion => Topic started by: TopNotch on October 24, 2021, 09:18:27 pm

Title: The 1973 Mid-engine Corvette Concept
Post by: TopNotch on October 24, 2021, 09:18:27 pm

Below are pictures of the 1973 mid-engine Corvette concept. If GM had decided to release a mid-engine Corvette way back in the '70's, I wonder what effect it would have had when Pontiac decided to build the Fiero?

Title: Re: The 1973 Mid-engine Corvette Concept
Post by: pgackerman on October 24, 2021, 09:46:46 pm

Pontiac would have never been allowed to build the Fiero.

Title: Re: The 1973 Mid-engine Corvette Concept
Post by: Wreck It Ralph on October 24, 2021, 10:25:11 pm

Beautiful car though.

Title: Re: The 1973 Mid-engine Corvette Concept
Post by: Fierofool on October 25, 2021, 08:19:42 am

It appears that it doesn't have any tail lights.   Is the other silver one a notchbsck version?

Title: Re: The 1973 Mid-engine Corvette Concept
Post by: Raydar on October 25, 2021, 12:13:23 pm

I'm not sure if the Fiero would have made it or not, but if it had, it may have been based on the same platform, but had a smaller engine.
There was an early 70s Corvette clone in Pontiac trim, that had the OHC six. Possibly something along those lines.
I think it was this one.

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1049277_delorean-designed-1964-pontiac-xp-833-banshee-prototype-on-ebay

Quote from: Fierofool on October 25, 2021, 08:19:42 am

It appears that it doesn't have any tail lights.   Is the other silver one a notchbsck version?

I think it was an earlier design. One of the concepts had a rotary engine, that was later replaced with a big block. Don't know which one it was, though.