handled like a full-sized passenger car and, with its Blue Flame Six, was weak on power. Davis was not out to simply improve the handling and bump up the stock ‘54 with a V8. He also wanted to incorporate a more modern C4 suspension while keeping the classic C1 lines intact. Wayne especially likes the wire headlight stone guards, the dual exhausts

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exiting bullet-style through the rear valance, and the overall racy appearance of the body style.
     Regency Conversion’s Ron Bright spent over 300 hours block-sanding the body, which in Wayne’s words was “awful” when Ron started the work. When finished, Wayne believes Ron produced the best and straightest C1 Corvette on the planet. For paint,