1965 Chevrolet Corvette Penny Car

Posted by DMZ42@reddit | WeirdWheels | View on Reddit | 58 comments

An '65 Corvette Convertible isn't that weird, but this one has 3.500 pennies glued on it. Not a lightweight special... It even has a dollar sign on the front and the word 'Corvette' on the back in slightly different coloured pennies.

The car will be sold at auction soon.

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whatever_4547@reddit

The weight of 3500 1 cent coins is 8.75 kilograms.

Add in the weight of the glue and clearcoat it's probably only around 12 kilograms extra

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Jodah175@reddit

the pennies don't bother me. But that front bumper being crooked annoys the hell out of me. As does the exhaust not being centered in the bumper cutouts.

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connecting1409@reddit

And the bumpers being red. WHY THE FUCK ARE THE BUMPERS RED?

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accidental-poet@reddit

Everything about the destruction of this once beautiful car is "WHY THE FUCK!?!"

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ShiggitySwiggity@reddit

You should always ask two questions.

"Can I?" and "Should I?"

This guy only asked the first.

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Feisty_Park1424@reddit

The boot/trunk lid is a great example of why you should always tile from the centre and not start at the side

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qning@reddit

It looks like they started on the passenger side, got to the middle and recognized the problem. Did their best to fix it. Carried onward but the other side worked fine because well what you just said.

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e136@reddit

Really? I was going to say it looks like they started on the driver side. If we can't tell, I guess it's really not that bad

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Feisty_Park1424@reddit

They 100% started on the driver's, left, C of Corvette side

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fattynuggetz@reddit

Cheapest paint job I ever saw

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dabluebunny@reddit

I guess they don't shop at Aldi's

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bfastofchampions@reddit

I literally just saw this car at Mecum in Dallas/Ft. Worth… It’s just as dumb in person…

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eastamerica@reddit

Honestly, it’s awful. But I love it.

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delicate10drills@reddit

That’s heavy, Doc.

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RadRimmer9000@reddit

It could have 1 million worth of pennies and it still wouldn't be worth much.

If you have a rare car it's not wise to modify it to the point of not being able to bring it back to stock.

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68Cadillac@reddit

A few questions for the owner;

how are you going to clean a car that corrodes?
everyone who touches it will have hands that smell like metal...
did you clean the pennies before putting them down, or do they have countless people germs on them?
Also for cleaning, what about all the gaps between the pennies?
Does this count as defacing money?
Do you think your grand kids will grow up in a world w/o pennies, and be like "grandpa what are all those faces on the smelly ICE corsvettes car?"
Do you drive in a way thats prone to get panel warping?
The area beneath your hood (penny-side) will corrode extremely quickly compared to the rest of the car. Copper will wear down it's luster over time, and will eventually turn it to rust.
It would really suck to drop pennies on it when it's complete, you'll be all like "wait, where did it go!?"

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danattana@reddit

Regarding your last three, the body is fiberglass, so warping and rusting shouldn't be issues, and it's my understanding that dropping ~any~ 10mm socket on ~any~ surface yields that same result, so no change? (pun 100% intended... <—that one, two)

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HI-McDunnough@reddit

Did they kill a real 1965 Vette for this, or did they use a replica body?

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fishsticks40@reddit

Yeah that makes more sense. So 500# located pretty high up, gonna fuck with your handling.

I do think it looks cool though. I like an art car.

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