1963 Chevrolet Corvette

Convertible

427

Manual

Clear

Gasoline

In early 1962, Corvette Chief Engineer Zora Arkus Duntov began top secret work on a Corvette purpose-built race car to win Sebring and Le Mans and more specifically -- to put an end to the humiliating losses Chevrolet had suffered at the hands of Carrol Shelby and his Cobras. The envisioned Grand Sport would be the ultimate Corvette, a lightweight, tremendously powerful factory built racer. Mounted with a 377cid small block with Weber side-draft carburetors, it dynoed at 550hp at 6400 rpm and was designed to blow the hoods off Shelby's Cobras, and if the Ferraris and Fort GT 40's were also left in the dust, so much the better. 125 production street beasts were to be unleashed. But they never were…… The Chevrolet boardroom put a stop to the car's construction, when they learned of Zora's secret program but they couldn't stop the five Grand Sports already built. And neither could the competition. From 1963 to 1967, the cars won numerous time at tracks all over the United States. Even after 1967, they continued to see duty and put up an excellent showing at races around the country and even overseas. Thanks to the dedication of a few very serious collectors, all five of the original Grand Sport Corvettes still exist today And while they are rarely seen beyond the confines of the occasional auto show, they still create excitement in the minds of all those that witness these amazing automotive legends. This car is representative of the Original Grand Sport. If you look closely you will see where the body was molded off of the Original Grand Sport body with the indention of the Original piano hinge door for adding brake fluid during a pit stop. While there is no representation that this is the caliber of an Original Grand Sport, there are very few of these bodies ever produced before the mold was broken. This is not kit car. This car is a real corvette, hand built on a corvette chassis, with a 427 big block engine.