Carl Downard I/S 1956 Corvette - Page 2

1matcoman · 07-23-2023, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike Merk

Carl's Corvette at Firedbird Raceway

Too cool for words!

west coast · 07-23-2023, 01:26 PM

Carl does a great job building cars. This car is one of the coolest stockers ever. It looks like a street car he just drove to the track. The stance and wheels on it look so good, like back in the day of when stockers were street cars bought and raced. I am not old enough to have seen these times but have seen pictures on the internet so it must be true. I did talk to Carl at Boise and said how cool his car is. Talked to him at the Woodburn double header and raced him at the second race, he threw down a .015 package on me I was done. Great guy and beautiful car. Keep it up Carl.

Carguy49 · 07-30-2023, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by west coast

Carl does a great job building cars. This car is one of the coolest stockers ever. It looks like a street car he just drove to the track. The stance and wheels on it look so good, like back in the day of when stockers were street cars bought and raced. Great guy and beautiful car. Keep it up Carl.

I agree with James 100% and would like to know more about this car. Is it new this year for Carl? It is good to see a 56 Corvette raced instead of just being garage parked and only used very sparingly. I see he has already been to 3 Divisionals and 1 National. I have NOT seen this car in person, but everyone says it is AWESOME. If the car is anything like others that he has built, then it is VERY well done. Congratulations to Carl for building this car and good luck with it.

lewis Becker · 07-30-2023, 05:32 PM

great post,lynn,thanks for that!-put a bounce in my step to learn about this car.-corvettes,natural race cars.......or as Zora would say...."pru-duction race car".the best!

lewis Becker · 08-09-2023, 10:26 AM

the c-1 challenge....rear tire fitment. excellent photo of back of car.

07-23-2023, 01:26 PM	#12
west coast Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Rainy Washington Posts: 588 Likes: 6 Liked 164 Times in 58 Posts	Re: Carl Downard I/S 1956 Corvette Carl does a great job building cars. This car is one of the coolest stockers ever. It looks like a street car he just drove to the track. The stance and wheels on it look so good, like back in the day of when stockers were street cars bought and raced. I am not old enough to have seen these times but have seen pictures on the internet so it must be true. I did talk to Carl at Boise and said how cool his car is. Talked to him at the Woodburn double header and raced him at the second race, he threw down a .015 package on me I was done. Great guy and beautiful car. Keep it up Carl. __________________ James Boyce 6052 K/SA Stock National record holder 2015,2018,2 times in 2022,2023

07-30-2023, 05:32 PM	#14
lewis Becker Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 31 Likes: 66 Liked 14 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Carl Downard I/S 1956 Corvette great post,lynn,thanks for that!-put a bounce in my step to learn about this car.-corvettes,natural race cars.......or as Zora would say...."pru-duction race car".the best!

08-09-2023, 10:26 AM	#15
lewis Becker Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 31 Likes: 66 Liked 14 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Carl Downard I/S 1956 Corvette the c-1 challenge....rear tire fitment. excellent photo of back of car.