Solved - NEH 432: National Showcars Marocco II Corvette prototype - 1992

Carnut · March 25, 2010, 10:35:42 AM

Full details of this car will earn you 1 point:

Paul Jaray · March 25, 2010, 01:23:46 PM

I'm pretty sure we had this before, but we named it in a wrong way for sure.
This is a good canche to archive this under the right name...

Carnut · March 26, 2010, 05:51:22 AM

Quote from: Paul Jaray on March 25, 2010, 01:23:46 PM
I'm pretty sure we had this before, but we named it in a wrong way for sure.
This is a good canche to archive this under the right name...

I hope my info is correct then!
I sourced it from that well-known mine of misleading information, the World Wide Web...

Paul Jaray · March 26, 2010, 08:20:01 AM

we'll see

Carnut · April 06, 2010, 11:27:05 AM

Experts?

guido66 · April 06, 2010, 05:57:24 PM

Corvette based?

Carnut · April 06, 2010, 06:42:42 PM

Quote from: guido66 on April 06, 2010, 05:57:24 PM
Corvette based?

Yes!

studhamsmudger · April 07, 2010, 06:16:29 AM

National Showcars Morocco II?

Carnut · April 07, 2010, 11:26:33 AM

Quote from: studhamsmudger on April 07, 2010, 06:16:29 AM
National Showcars Morocco II?

When I asked for full details I hoped someone might know a bit more than I do!
It seems to be difficult to track anything other than its name down so I've awarded you the point as you obviously have the correct car. If anyone has any more details though I would be interested. Apparently the car was sold on ebay recently, but even the vendor didn't seem to know everything about it!

Here's another pic for interest:

Paul Jaray · April 07, 2010, 11:49:57 AM

NATIONAL SHOWCARS

National Showcars in Montville, New Jersey, built the Morocco II, a styling and hop-up kit for the 1980s Corvette. A longer nose had exposed headlights and a retro hood scoop that looked like the 1965 Sting Ray 396 scoop. Superchargers and other performance parts were optional. The Morocco was built in the mid-1990s

Allemano · April 07, 2010, 11:56:34 AM

So, it has to be "Morocco" instead of "Marocco"

Paul Jaray · April 07, 2010, 11:58:22 AM

Yep, and not an official concept car as I read somewhere.

Carnut · April 07, 2010, 12:21:38 PM

Quote from: Allemano on April 07, 2010, 11:56:34 AM
So, it has to be "Morocco" instead of "Marocco"

I thought that but whilst Googling 'Morocco' got me nothing Googling 'Marocco' got me pictures of the car (it was apparently spelt like that in the ebay advert!). I also tried Googling 'National Showcars' but got nothing!

Thanks for the info PJ!

Allemano · April 07, 2010, 12:29:18 PM

That's strange if it's true what PJ says....

Paul Jaray · April 07, 2010, 12:36:10 PM

I got that pic too, and it is confusing.
I have it as 'Morocco' in Harold Pace's book and in the Beaulieu. I also have a copy of the description of the car for sale, where it was called 'Morocco' 4 times and 'Marocco' 3 times!
I think that it is more possible that someone wrote 'Morocco' instead of 'Marocco' in a couple of sources than someone had it printed on a car!
At this point I think it can be 'Marocco' $:-\$

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Solved - NEH 432: National Showcars Marocco II Corvette prototype - 1992