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If your first thought after seeing the 2007 Chevrolet Corvette featured in our gallery is “it looks like a Hot Wheels”, you are right. Built and owned by Michael Tran, this C6 was selected by a jury as a semi-finalist of the Hot Wheels Legends Tour 2021.
Held annually since 2018, the goal of the Legends Tour is to travel across America (and overseas) in search of the best and strangest custom cars; there is no sense in stepping into your low mileage, unrestored and unmodified 1962 Volkswagen Beetle, as gorgeous as it can be. The wilder the better. Tran’s Corvette won the last round in Houston, and it’s a perfect fit: it’s a one-of-a-kind build.
Nothing suggests that this hot rod – which is dubbed Soo Sik – started life as a Corvette. No one in Bowling Green would recognize him. Tran has been building cars since 1998, and he only kept parts of the chassis and engine during the customization process. It features a redesigned body that gives it an exotic look, an open rear section that offers a view of the extra-large exhaust system, a massive rear spoiler and 21-inch wheels. It’s a similar story inside, where the steering wheel and upholstery are part of the spare parts installed.
While this build retains the Corvette’s V8, Hot Wheels notes that the engine was fitted with a pair of rear-mounted turbos to boost output to around 1,000 horsepower. For context, the C6-based ZR1 was rated at a monstrous power of 639 horsepower.
Soo Sik will advance to one of the two global semi-finals, which will be broadcast live on various social media channels on October 28 and November 4. It will face the previous semi-finalists, including a 1975 Opel Manta restored and modified in about six months, a chopped 1929 Ford Model A nicknamed Loosie, and a heavily modified 1969 Dodge Charger with 740 horsepower. The final round of the Legends Tour 2021 is scheduled for November 13, although the location of the event has yet to be revealed, and the winning car will be transformed into a 1/64 scale Hot Wheels car. The last Legends Tour winner was a 1970 Pontiac Firebird TransAm with a mid-engine front.
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