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  1. Custom grilles
    Monday, January 23, 2012
  2. Engine internals
    Saturday, December 10, 2011
  3. Donor car arrives from Holland
    Wednesday, December 07, 2011
  4. Quick sneak peek at innovative details
    Monday, November 21, 2011
  5. custom Gauges
    Monday, November 21, 2011
  6. interior
    Monday, November 21, 2011
  7. custom emblems and fuel door
    Monday, November 21, 2011
  8. top view
    Monday, November 21, 2011
  9. rear view
    Monday, November 21, 2011
  10. Front view
    Monday, November 21, 2011

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Custom grilles

Engine internals








Donor car arrives from Holland








Quick sneak peek at innovative details

This highly modified 1972 Corvette Roadster is being built by Heartland Customs in Purcell, OK. www.Heartlandcustoms.us

This should be the most technically advanced classic car ever built with all of its modern amenitites and technology.

Every panel on the car will be modified to reflect modern pro-touring style and the car will sit on a custom built chassis with 2011 Corvette ZR1 suspension, carbon ceramic brakes and wheel and tire combo. The car will have a removable carbon fiber hard top with a panoramic roof and a speed sensitive rear spoiler like the Mercedes SLS and Bugatti Veyron.

For the driveline the car will have an all aluminum 632 c.i., fuel injected big block from Nelson Racing that boasts 850 hp. Attached to that is a T-56 six speed transmission.

The interior is completely custom designed with everything inside being one of a kind. The theme here is clean, modern and super high tech. The iPAD in the dash will give the driver full functionality of the iPAD as well as will control all functions of the car including the modern heat and A/C. Behind the actuator controlled movable iPAD is the Pioneer stereo head unit that will take commands via bluetooth/WIFI from the iPAD and play all iPAD functions and sounds through the custom designed stereo system. The custom machined rotary knob on the console will control stereo functions and amplifier gain without having to lower the iPAD to access the controls. The iPAd will also display sensor data collected from the cars many sensors.

The custom designed seats will be covered in Italian leather with Alcantara inserts and will feature heating and cooling elements. If you notice there is also a vent in the headrest called the "air scarf." This will enable the driver and passanger to blow a controlable amount of heated or cooled air on their neck according to the exterior conditions. This will all be controlled by touch on the iPAD. The console will also be refrigerated to keep drinks cold on road trips.

The gauge cluster is completely custom made and features an analog tachometer with an inset digital speedometer. On both sides are 4.3" LCD touchscreens that display sensor data from the car and are completely customizable and can display up to twelve sensors simultaneously. The custom skins of the LCD screens will also display turn signals, exterior temperature, clock and other indicators. The LCD screens are customized to match the color theme and design of the car.

This is a little taste of the innovative things that are in store for this car. 

We will also be posting pics and video on Lateral-G.net

Hope you enjoy the build...

custom Gauges



Analog tachometer with inset digital speedometer.  Dual LCD screens that have multiple configurations and can monitor up to twelve sensors. 

interior




We will describe in detail all of the trick things that are planned in the interior in a later post

custom emblems and fuel door

top view




Top view showing the panoramic roof in the carbon fiber removable hard top


rear view

Front view

Rear view with carbon fiber hard top

rear view with no hard top

Front view with carbon fiber hard top

Front view with no hard top





Front view showing Audi style LED driving lights and carbon fiber details


Renderings for Project MENACE

Renderings

Renderings of project MENACE will be posted soon. 

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