# 789 Chevy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/789-chevy/443323>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 30, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/789-chevy/443323 "2008-03-30T22:57:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/789-chevy/443323/1 "2008-03-30T22:57:50Z")

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[I like it](http://www.57classicchevy.com/789-chevy.html). 🙂

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/789-chevy/443323/2 "2008-03-30T23:20:36Z")

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OMG! FINS! Genius! I predict everyone will copy them. 🙂

Actually, I like it too.

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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/789-chevy/443323/3 "2008-03-30T23:30:05Z")

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It reminds me of the Johnny Cash song, “One Piece At A Time”.

Stranger

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**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/789-chevy/443323/4 "2008-03-31T00:01:30Z")

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I never could stomach those tail lights.

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**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/789-chevy/443323/5 "2008-03-31T02:29:49Z")

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The Old/New vibe reminds me of [this Russian confection](http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=329)

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**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/789-chevy/443323/6 "2008-03-31T12:52:02Z")

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I didn’t like those Chevys in their original form, you can keep the blended one too.

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**Author:** ![50million](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/9fc348/32.png) [@50million](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/50million)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/789-chevy/443323/7 "2008-03-31T15:29:46Z")

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It’s beautiful, except for the awful side view mirrors! I don’t understand taking all the time to build a car so nice and then putting on those monstrosities.

Other than that, great!

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/789-chevy/443323/8 "2008-03-31T15:50:02Z")

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$135,000!

It better blow me everytime I start it up.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/789-chevy/443323/9 "2008-03-31T16:28:01Z")

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Some things about the design seem a little awkward, such as the jog between the horizontal accent stripe and the ‘root’ of the tailfin. I didn’t even notice the mirrors, because they were do dark, but they definitely don’t fit; they need to be smaller and chrome. But the most glaring thing is the windshield: it’s obviously the original Corvette windshield, and it doesn’t match, either. They may not have been able to touch it for structural reasons, but at the very least they should have added a chrome strip around it!

And the wheels need to be different. I’m not sure what would be better, but those wheels don’t match the feel of the car.