Westen Champlin turns a battered but reliable 1999 off-road Corvette into a full-blown snow machine just in time for a rare Kansas snowstorm. Using bolt-on snowmobile tracks at the rear and custom-fabricated steel skis up front, the team races against the weather to design, weld, and reinforce the setup—locking hubs, strengthening mounts, and solving clearance issues along the way.
Once finished, the “Vet-Ski” becomes a 300-horsepower snowmobile on four massive tracks and skis, throwing snow everywhere as it rips across fields and trails. Despite broken welds, sketchy brakes, and constant trail fixes in true redneck-engineering fashion, the Corvette performs surprisingly well, even lining up for snowy drag races against a high-powered TRX truck.
After hours of wild drifting, jumping, and laughs, the build finally ends when the Corvette starts overheating—proving once again that while Corvettes are tough, even a snowmobile conversion has its limits.
Source: Westen Champlin
