[1]Every year the little city of Carlisle, Pennsylvania is turned into the center of the Corvette universe for the annual Corvettes at Carlisle show [2]. In years past Corvettes at Carlisle has always had a “theme” for its event, gathering the rare, wacky, and wild to be gawked at by Corvette lovers from across the country. While previous themes have focused on a particular model or a single unique Corvette [3], this year’s theme is a bit more, shall we say, DIY?
CorvetteBlogger [4] reports that this year’s Carlisle theme is 4×4 Corvettes, every backyard mechanics’ dream car. The people who head Carlisle are reaching out for 4×4 Corvette owners to include them in the show, so tell your friends; there are more of these beasts out there than you might realize.
We’ve featured a number of lifted, 4×4 Corvettes on these hallowed pages in the past, and there is something infinitely appealing about taking a dedicated sports car and giving it an eight-inch lift with some serious mudding tires. It just makes the Corvette far more practical for anybody who has to deal with snow or dirt on a regular basis. Who doesn’t want to drive their Corvette in the middle of a blizzard?
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This will certainly provide a unique and fun main concourse at the Carlisle event field this year, and who knows? Maybe we’ll see some recognizable Corvettes, like this mud-slinging ‘63 split window [7], or a C3 Corvette riding high above the competition on mudders [8]. If you do know someone with a jacked-up ‘Vette, Carlise Events [2] would love to hear from you. Send emails to Lance Miller at [email protected] [9] if you think you can attend the event, which takes place August 23-25 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Who knows, maybe we’ll even come home with a Corvette 4×4 [10]… you know, to see what all the fuss is about.