A number of people prefer to have a car that grabs a lot of attention. This 1980 Corvette from Australia, however has a chameleonic trait. It stands out in the morning when the sun is up and shiny. At night time, however, it becomes virtually invisible. This is because of the unique paint job that the Corvette has. “When I first ’saw’ this car, I actually didn’t see it,” says Steve Mack, owner of the 1980 Corvette. He adds that “[w]e (him and the 1980 Corvette) met at night, about three years ago on a club run. Due to the stealth nature of its paint job, it was as if the car was invisible.”

The funny thing is, at the time Mack met up with the original owner of the Corvette, he didn’t “see” the Corvette parked just across the street from him. In his words: One night, we were waiting for the owners of the car to meet us at a predetermined spot. After half an hour of waiting, they rang us and told us that they’d been sitting across the road, watching us for all that time. It was only then, with carefully trained eyes, that we saw the Corvette sitting directly across the street, blending in perfectly with the darkness.

Unlike other customized cars that are not really designed to be driven, this 1980 Corvette is actually made to be taken out for a ride. It has Koni shocks on each of its corners and an automatics 700-R4 race internals. Geared with reliable shocks like Koni’s—that can be availed of at Bilstein shocks—guarantees that this custom 1980 Corvette is sure to provide a good ride. It makes perfect sense to me. Road bumps will surely become invisible with this “invisible at night car.”