Super Rare Car 1963 Grand Sport Chevrolet

Mobil Super Rare 1963 Grand Sport Chevrolet

CHEVROLET Grand Sport, one of only 5 units dibuatoleh General Motors, has recently officially became part of the range of historic cars in the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Grand Sport was joined by a collection of more than 60 cars are entered in sports car racing category of the most significant ever made.

"Corvette is the only sports car that Americans consistently produced, and this vehicle is the Corvette of the most iconic racing ever made," said Museum Executive Director Frederick A Simeone.

Grand Sport was developed in 1963 by engineer-arch Corvette Zora Duntov is considered as the 'father of the Corvette' as a weapon against the Ford Cobra. Corvette is fierce and this quickly, mimicking the new Stingray models but with a lightweight fiberglass body, the framework of tubular (pipe) and the whole machine is made of aluminum.

Unfortunately, when it issued a ban on the Chevrolet to go racing activities and was stopped by officials after they heard the project. Than destroyed, the five Grand Sports are scheduled to be made as many as 125 units were sold to private parties to continue the competition against Ford. However, no development programs, the Grand Sport is difficult to reach its potential.

Grand Sport is now owned by Simeone, is a serial number that has brought 002 sengan body coupe models. At some point, the vehicle roof is trimmed and made into a roadster, and this is one of two Grand Sport Grand Sport to be modified like that.

Both coupe was originally purchased from General Motors by Roger Penske who at the time as the owner of the Philadelphia Chevrolet dealer and a new start a career as a legendary race team owner.

Grand Sport chassis numbered 002 was modified by Penske to be aligned with monster power aluminum engine capacity 427 cubic-inch (7,000 cc) and then sold to George Wintersteen of Villinova, Pennsylvania. Winterteen campaigning for the car in several racing events in the United States championship in 1966, but when it does not carve any achievement.

One of the most interesting part of this Grand Sport 002, it comes complete with body and engine duplicates the second (backup). Old owner, then use a body attached to a replica of the original chassis when the vehicle he used, so the vehicle can be used for vintage auto racing without having to destroy the original body and engine. As a result Corvette Grand Sport to be a museum collection Simeone is the most original than the other five Grand Sport.