
Kevin Livering’s Groovy Seventies’ Custom 1969 Corvette Survivor
This Blast From the Past is, "FAR OUT, Man!" By K. Scott TeetersPhotos by Kevin at the 2019 Corvettes at Carlisle event. Kevin is prepping his Corvette getting ready for the journey to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. While custom cars go all the way back to the early days of the automobile, it wasn't until after WW-II when the emerging car culture took the America by storm. Creative backyard mechanics started customizing their own cars and created the Custom Car Culture. The tricky thing about custom cars is that it is totally subjective. Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. One person's Dream Car is another person's nightmare. (What did you do THAT for???) In the 1950s car customizers emulated Detroit designers – restyling existing cars in the manner of…