The Car Guy of Benchfield Home + TCGOB NASCAR! + Photo Garage + Links + Mad Mad Automotive World + Driving Songs + Humor Pages + Reader's Rides+ All About TCGOB + Contact Us Unbelievable! Con man trying to push modified C3 Vette as one of the original "Mako Shark II" concept cars! Read on... These pictures arrived in my mailbox a few weeks back.  They were sent to me by a German man who was very interested in owning a Corvette, and wanted me to verify the authenticity of this vehicle.  I knew (even though I am no expert) immediately the car was a fake... just looking at the rear end told me that.  The car is obviously an 80-82 model.  (It could have been a 78 or 79 with the optional spoiler.)  And nobody, no matter how crass or uncultured they may be, would dare put after-market wheels on a rare concept Vette.   Here's a few other problems revealed in the pictures..... This is quite obviously a dash out of a late C3 Vette.  Notice the flat gauges, the shift knob and the after-market stereo.  After-market stereo... now there's a good one.  Hey!  Let's take our priceless Corvette concept car down to the local TRex Car Audio and let a surly 19 year old technician hack a hole in the center console!   Here's what the rear-end of the actual Mako II is supposed to look like...   ... that's a far cry from this: I do have to admit that they did a pretty good job on the nose of the Fako Mako: Here's a shot of the real thing: If the seller of this car was presenting it as a modified Vette, I would have no problem with it.  (Even though I loathe the thought of ruining any Corvette like this by slapping on a lot of phony body cladding and other cretinous after market add-ons.)  It just really gets to me when someone lies about what they're selling.  The most laughable part of this whole thing is the seller's asking price-- 25,000 Euro.  (About 25K USD)  If rare Vette concepts were just 25K, I'd own several by now.  And furthermore, 25K is WAY too much for a C3 Vette in the first place.  You rarely see the late C3 Vettes for any more than 8 to 13K.  If the person trying to sell this car is reading this, I just have to say: "Stop lying and cut your price in half!" 2002 Car Guy of Benchfield Home + TCGOB NASCAR! + Photo Garage + Links + Mad Mad Automotive World + Driving Songs + Humor Pages + Reader's Rides+ All About TCGOB + Contact Us