Words and Photos: Chase Clute
The look of a Mid-year Corvette is unmistakable. One of the most beautifully deisigned American-made muscle cars of all time is also one of the most sought after. If you've seen a for-sale sign on 1963-1967 and didn't buy it, I'm sure it's sold now. Not to fear my friends. There happens to be a custom Corvette shop named Karl Kustom Corvettes located in the Heartland. This expansive and fully outfitted shop in Des Moines, Iowa can take your dream of that Split Window Coupe, or Roadster, and make it a reality, giving you the nostalgic look of a gorgeous Mid-year Corvette with all the modern conveniences and safety features you could ask for.
Karl Kustom Corvettes specializes in building the best examples of custom Mid-year Corvettes anywhere in the world. Starting with a modern C6 donor car,the team at Karl begins the transformation from young to old. Building for its customers their own personal dream machine on a modern chassis. Now any person with enough cheese can build that 1963 Split Window (Coupe) they always wanted but couldn't find. The Corvettes at Karl Kustom are meticulously built from the ground up, adding any options the owner wants for one heck of an opportunity to own old muscle with new value. Every piece of these wicked rides comes with a fully backed GM certified warranty for peace of mind. After all, these beauties are a rather large investment.
Starting at $90,000, the standard body Corvette option fits any model C6. If you happen to own, or want, a C6 Grand Sport or C6 ZO6 Corvette they have a widebody option starting at $95,000 to suit those customers as well. At this Corvette shop, the wide body coupe sells most. Offering a more aggressive stance resembling today's more modern retro looking vehicles like the Dodge Challenger, and Chevy Camaro production cars. Once the customer has decided wide body or standard, they then get to choose between building a Roadster or Coupe. A tough choice, but one I'd take on any day nonetheless.
A customers options certainly don't stop with which Mid-year Corvette body they'd like to choose from. Karl Kustom Corvettes is also a full service and certified dealer of Lingenfelter Performance Parts. Any hot rod enthusiast talking around the water cooler at work knows that Lingenfelter Performance means business! Thus ensuring what goes under the hood of these amazing machines is just as important to them, and their customers, as how they look. In other words, if horsepower and smoke billowing off of your tires is the name of your game then the craftsman at this state of the art Corvette shop have you covered.
Who says an old dog can't learn new tricks? Do you have an extra six-figures stuffed in a mattress somewhere? If the answer is yes, then Karl Kustom Corvettes can show you that you don't need a DeLorean or Michael J. Fox to go Back to the Future.