I thought the beautiful dark blue car approaching in the rearview mirror was a new C6 or a Vette with a full body kit. It just looked different. At the stoplight I notice the color is different and look a little closer. Its body and fenders are ALL carbon fiber showing through the beautiful paint. On the back it says C12. It was a total CF Car. It was a Callaway. A car most of you will never see.

 

Dude, that is a rare occurance. The only Callaways I've ever seen are the much older 80s customs, and I only saw those at Barrett-Jackson. I have yet to ever encounter a Callaway anything on the road.

That is, unless you count the just-passed Mazda Protege turbo.

 

Ok, I realize that if you haven't seen one you can't imagine what they look like. Here is the car I was running with:

 

well i can definatley see why u might have mistaken it for a C6.. but those lines are classy. i have honestly never seen one, but it is a beautiful classic. congrats on that find

 

In late 86 I bought a 85 Corvette with a Callaway body kit. It looked like a car right out of Miami Vice. The reaction from people that saw it was often very odd. They would look at you and then quickly turn their heads and look the other way like they were afraid to look at it. I guess they thought it had to belong to a big time drug dealer or something. The cops sure as hell looked at it.

I've been fooling with Vettes since I bought my first one in 1980 and I've only seen one C5 based Callaway. It was a beautiful sight.

 

The badge on it and the lines can make one mistake it for a British marque. Love the lights and the front.

 

I found this on the web:

Since its founding by Reeves Callaway in 1976, Callaway Cars has been best known for the development of racing and high-performance engines. Even so, the Connecticut company regularly turns out a handful of C12 sports cars, which are based on the Chevrolet Corvette.

Introduced in 1998, the C12 was the first all-new Corvette-based product from the Callaway organization since 1987. Designed by Paul Deutschman, the aerodynamic body evolved from such previous Callaway designs as the Speedster of 1990 and the Sledgehammer of 1988.

Each Callaway car is built-to-order, starting with a conventional Corvette. Callaway workers then produce dramatic changes

 

I'm really digging the new vette. I may just have to order me one.