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Here’s one you may have missed: the Chevy 789, a drop-top from custom California builder n2a Motors, featuring–as all you classics fans can see–design elements from the ‘57, ‘58, and ‘59 Chevy lineup.

She runs a modern Corvette chassis and puts out about 400 ponies, good enough for a claimed 190 miles per hour.

Though he couldn’t go into specifics because it’s not out yet, company head Gene Langmesser says the car stars in a made-for-TV movie, something along the lines of Gone in 60 Seconds.

Naturally the car’s built with all modern performance and safety equipment and on those terms can leave its design progenitors sniffing radials’ dust and road debris.

What do you folks think?

(Photos used with permission from n2a Motors.)

Revised, Thursday:

Reader “ds” noted the 789 resembled the Batmobile. Here are two concept drawings in support of that view:

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