Corvette History

By: David Palmeter 

1963 Corvette Grand Sport

 Chassis 30837X100001

 Above – Sebring 1966 – Practice

Above – Sebring 1966 – Ready to race, with “Roger Penske Chevrolet” taped over. Also note the full height windshield, removed during restoration and missed by virtually every artist who has illustrated this car.

Above – The 1966 Corvette coupe GT class (the first factory L88) and Grand Sport 001 on the way to Sebring, 1966. Those certainly were simpler times.

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