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larrybuck · 04-23-2022, 03:05 AM

A bubble top would be cool
I pretty much grew up being a Chevy guy so when someone says the word bubble top 1961 or 1962 Chevy always comes into my mind. Well the Rabbit truck has kind of a slab pretty straight sides, so right off the bat it would seem to me that a 66 or 67 Nova front end or a 65 Pontiac GTO front end would look pretty good on there. The stock rabbit Hood dips down toward the front of the Hood in a slightly more aerodynamic way which makes me think more about a 69 GTO look. Playing The Devil's Advocate, I could see where people would say yeah it looks weird though because the 69 GTO is Slinky in the front and then you have slab straight toward the back. A 70 Chevelle has somewhat of a coke bottle shape with the the rear wheel wells flaring out into a hip as it were, but obviously the El Camino of the same year just not and everybody's fine with that. So that's all I've got to say about this right now

04-23-2022, 03:05 AM	#49 (permalink)
larrybuck Master EcoModder Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: sw Washington (state), a little north of Vancouver Posts: 1,154 Thanks: 298 Thanked 122 Times in 88 Posts	A bubble top would be cool I pretty much grew up being a Chevy guy so when someone says the word bubble top 1961 or 1962 Chevy always comes into my mind. Well the Rabbit truck has kind of a slab pretty straight sides, so right off the bat it would seem to me that a 66 or 67 Nova front end or a 65 Pontiac GTO front end would look pretty good on there. The stock rabbit Hood dips down toward the front of the Hood in a slightly more aerodynamic way which makes me think more about a 69 GTO look. Playing The Devil's Advocate, I could see where people would say yeah it looks weird though because the 69 GTO is Slinky in the front and then you have slab straight toward the back. A 70 Chevelle has somewhat of a coke bottle shape with the the rear wheel wells flaring out into a hip as it were, but obviously the El Camino of the same year just not and everybody's fine with that. So that's all I've got to say about this right now __________________ 06 Chev MonteC JG#24tribute car 30mpg 00 Honda Insight 63MPG 98 Buick Park Ave3.8 33MPG 89 Toyota Corolla wag 60MPG so far 81 VW Rabbit diesel pu 50MPG+ 80 Mercedes 240D stick 30-ish 90 vette 6-speed,29ish 07 Honda ST1300 55MPG 83 Honda 650 GL 64MPG 19 Suzuki dr200 88MPG23 HondaGrom?+Tow K10D Sub 26mpg NEVER,NEVER GIVE UP! PUMP THOSE TIRES UP! DRIVE IN YOUR SOCKS FOR SENSITIVITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SLOW DOWN AND SMOOTH UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!