C6 Chevy Corvette ‘Path Boss’ continues custom of dirt-loving Vettes
The Chevrolet Corvette is a surprisingly common candidate for conversion to off-road use. Final month, a Corvette improvement driver advised Highway & Observe that creating an off-road Corvette “[Comes] up infrequently. … There’s one man on the crew who’s at all times pitching it. Clearly we’ve checked out what Porsche and others are doing.” By “others” he might need meant this C3 used for autocrosses and rooster-tailing in Iowa rallies. Or the C3 “Snowvette” lives as much as its title. Or a C4 Safari that is one of many nicest wanting conversions to ever grace Fb Market. Or this C5 with “Z71 Off Highway” stickers and 33-inch Nitto Grapplers that wants a James Bond-like compartment for releasing bald eagles as an alternative of smoke and oil. Or this stripped-down C5 sand rail that wants a cameo in Grand Theft Auto.
If it is a C6 ‘Vette off-roader you are ready for earlier than pulling the set off, right here you go. GM Authority ran an April Fools joke two years in the past purporting to point out spy photographs of a C8 Corvette Path Boss. This Fb Market person constructed a Vette with the identical title however on a chassis from 2013. The itemizing’s received extra pictures than data; it appears to be like just like the engine’s been untouched save for a cold-air consumption, and the odo exhibits below 50,000 miles. Inventory output of 430 horsepower and 424 pound-feet of torque runs by means of a six-speed handbook to the rear wheels. The builder put in Fox shocks with distant reservoirs, the higher to play with the 33-inch Toyo Open Nation A/T tires wrapping Gasoline off-road wheels. And if the “Path Boss” stickers weren’t sufficient to seal the deal, try that trailer hitch.
Seems the coincidence of a C5 Z71 and a C6 Path Boss isn’t any coincidence — an Indiana man named Caleb Hodlin constructed each. The only video on his YouTube channel says his mission is “to construct probably the most insane off-road streetcars you’ll ever see,” so we’re wanting ahead to what’s subsequent.
Within the meantime, this C6 is up on the market on Fb Market for $23,000. It is had a little bit of buy-sell-buy-sell historical past within the latest previous, however the video exhibits what it may well do in the suitable arms. Whoever takes it house will need to preserve a restoration strap within the cargo space — RWD with no lockers is an effective approach to spin wheels. Or maybe have Caleb weld up a winch mount, one thing each actual boss of the path ought to have anyway.
