Exemplar -- Concept Car Based on a 1967 Riviera

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/...ssy-concept-car-comes-back-from-the-dead.html

Yeah, copper brake rotors.

 

Interesting. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it has that 70's "Do the Hustle" vibe to it.

 

Looks like it’s based on the Toronado

 

https://www.conceptcarz.com/z26074/Exemplar-I-Concept.aspx

 

Article says it was built from a 1967 Riviera with a 430.

 

Basically Riv GS drivetrain..3.42 gears.....I guess they bought a new GS as soon as they came out and went at it. Says it was completed in late 1967.....Cool how they used the Riv gauges and even the shifter.

 

From the posted pics, to me it looks like this pic,

 

I don't see the Toronado fender arches.....maybe headlights tho....

 

The quarter panels

 

Actually the fenders look like lengthened Corvette fenders

 

I like either the Riviera or the Toronado better. JMO. BTW, spel-check wanted to replace Toronado with Tomado or Coronado. I found that Tomado is Spanish for "taken."

 

Other than too much copper & brass (not a surprise given who commissioned it ) I like it.