Show. A few months later the man sent
Livering an old Instamatic photo of the
car from the show ... angel hair and all.
A typical fate of most custom cars is
that after the original owner sells the
car, it’s a quick descent to a derelict in a
garage under yard tools, a home to crit-
ters or worse. Kevin Livering’s custom
1969 Corvette is a true survivor. What
good fortune it was that the previous
owner was willing to give a high school
kid the deal of a lifetime.
Livering says, “I never allowed pres-
sure or criticism to influence my love
for the craftsmanship and work that was
put into this car. It survived the ’70’s
custom car era. I have done my best to
preserve the car without making any
changes to the
work that was
done in 1972.
Although the
paint’s clearcoat is
cracking and showing signs of age,
it still looks relatively good. I have found
that most people either like it or they
hate it and they usually let me know
right away. No matter where I go in my
area, there is someone that remembers
the car and has a story about the car
from years gone by. I love hearing the
stories and all the “back in the day”
nostalgia. It makes me happy when
I can bring a smile to people’s faces.”
All you can say from there is, “Well, far
out, man!” VETTEToday, tricked out Corvettes are lowered and almost sit on the ground. Back in the late ’60s and
’70s they raked forward. The “drag racer” look was achieved with adjustable air shocks.
While the diamond-tucked, crushed velvet upholstery looks
light brown in these photos, it’s actually green. What else
would the Green Monster have?
This was Kevin Livering’s very first car: a 1973 Monte Carlo with
power-everything, a red interior, swivel bucket seats, a sunroof, an
eight-track tape player and Cragar Mags.This story would not be complete without a then and now photo.
The 2018 photo was taken in the same location, his parent’s drive-
way; and Kevin had his dad park his red Buick in the same spot he
had parked his red Ford back in 1980.Here’s Livering’s Green Monster in its
show car heydays, sporting 25 coats of
clear lacquer (that is still in good condi-
tion with a few spider cracks) and angel
hair coming off the tires.VETTEWEB.COM 45