Spotted at Silverstone today....very nice indeed!

[Dads Toy]

[VetteG]

Ah thats Scovettes little toy, it a replica of the 1959 prototype stingray. and built by Corvette Kingdom.

G

Edited by VetteG on Saturday 15th December 21:08

[xyyman]

............and very nice it is too.

Phil

[arebrec]

agree its gorgeous

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

damn another reason to be gutted that I missed the silverstone day, would love to have seen that corvette

[viper paul]

Not to pour oil as a non Corvette owner but its nearly the original not a replica by abou 98 %

[VetteG]

viper paul said:

Not to pour oil as a non Corvette owner but its nearly the original not a replica by abou 98 %

Ah I'm glad to see that pedicism is not dead. True the body is an accurate replica and it sits on a shortened chassis, from a 1977 (if my memory seves me well). The original was built on a spaceframe chassis. This car is also an Auto whereas the original used a 4 speed Muncie. This copy, replica, call it what you will, was never meant to be an exact replica of the original racer but a fun and useable road car. I hope this clears up my clearly eroneous statement above and I thank Viper Paul for his comments on that statement.

G

[viper paul]

I was lead to believe that the owner was contacted by GM historical who asked if any numbers were present on the mould and there were.

Those numbers I was told mean its not just a replica body but in the fact the spare, which has changed the value of the project completely.

Or is this just a folk law story, but it was on our stand at the NEC and that was the story.

[scovette]

arebrec said:

damn another reason to be gutted that I missed the silverstone day, would love to have seen that corvette

If you're going to the Pistonheads show you'll see it there
(Assuming I don't freeze to death on the way up...)

[central]

Silverstone.........

er, Sywell......






PHer "Combine" blagging a ride..

[viper paul]

Stonking car....