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Documented 1972 Motion Maco Shark Corvette
i have been searching on line for info about motion maco sharks dan mcmichels maco is no 5 my maco is no 6 thelast one documented by joel rosen does any body hear any thing about 1 2 3 4 i have heard about one in private collection in w virgina maybe? just cwodering if any one has heard of any thing else
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I remember seeing a lot of Maco Corvettes over the years as Motion Performance sold the body kit to build your own Maco
John Silva , who was a Corvette customizer from Ma. built the first Maco Corvettes They were said to be made from a thick heavy fiberglass Silva and Motion worked together on some , then Motion began making his own Maco bodies according to this site, the first 3 were Silva bodies they say Motion built 3 complete Macos but sold a bunch of kits there are some pictures here http://www.makoshark2.com/history.php Last edited by JoeC; 02-17-2018 at 09:18 AM. |
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----I went to Silva's shop in 71 or 72 after seeing a magazine article on the Mako. If you lived in eastern Mass and were a gear head you knew of John as he did so much Corvette stuff. I believe he also was the first guys to do Corvette wagons, which were sort of forgettable to me. It was an interesting visit, but I never quite warmed up to the Mako wannabe. Maybe because of the cost of building one......Bill S
Last edited by olredalert; 02-17-2018 at 02:52 PM. |
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Did John Silva have a large shop? They show a picture with 5 Maco's in front of a shop and it says he built about 125 of them from 1969 to 1979.
It's interesting that Silva and Motion called it a Maco which was said to not infringe on GM's name of Mako but it looked very similar to GM's Mako Shark II concept car |
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----Silva's shop was nothing to write home about. Kind of like an oversized chicken coop if I remember correctly. Also not sure if he upgraded from there to a better facility......Bill S
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documented 1972 motion maco shark corvette
I was under the impression that all silva cars were called short tails because the door propruded in to the rear wheel hole
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