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1963 Corvette Grand Sport

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The ULTIMATE Corvette

 

Breaking news- the #002 of the two original ROADSTERS is going on the auction block in January- take a look if you want to see Corvette history being made!

This Corvette was stashed away, never finished, never assembled, until recently when my brother bought it.   He's a master mechanic, and has been his entire adult life.  He's worked for Delorean, GM, and has built, raced and  rehabilitated classic muscle cars.  

This '63 Corvette Grand Sport is in BRAND NEW CONDITION, driven barely 500 miles for test driving and to and from shows.  This is NOT A KIT!

Take a close look at the facts and specs that follow.  This corvette is amazing!

#002 of the Original 2 Roadsters FOR SALE! 

This vehicle is expected to bring millions!

The most important Corvette EVER to go on sale RM Auctions, this is #002 of the two original roadsters. Penske's is #001.

From the original mold, D+D made 12 more- Jim's is #12 of the 12 made.

Links of INTEREST to Corvette Lovers! 

Rare 1963 Corvette Grand Sport to be auctioned in January - Autoblog
Historic and HUGE Corvette event! Take a look at the website with this extremely rare vehicle and a gallery! This vehicle is expected to bring millions at auction on January 16, 2009.
ProTeam Classic Corvettes 1963 • 178Y
A reproduction recently sold for $69,995

63 Corvette Grand Sport Profile 

Number 12 OF 12 From Original Molds!

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Specifics of this Vette's History 

A hidden Motown Treasure... Info from the Previous Owner.

5 original cars were made by GM. Then GM discontinued the line and shipped the molds to an Ohio Corvette Company D+D, who made 12 more from the ROADSTER molds. This car is #12 of the 12 roadsters- the last roadster made in this way. A total of 124 '63 Corvette Grand Sports were made this way, although the rest were not roadsters. This car is #53 of the total 124.

Where there's Smoke... 

Testing the Vette

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Engine Accessories 

Chevy Corvette Motor close ups below

670 Streetmaster Holly Carburetor
Billet aluminum pulleys
Alumi-coat headers and side pipes
HEI high output distributor
Aluminum Morroso high flow water pump
Stainless radiator hoses
Aluminum high flow radiator
Stainless steel fuel lines
Power steering
Power brakes

Zora Arkus-Duntov on Wikipedia 

Zora Arkus-Duntov (December 25, 1909 - April 21, 1996), was a Belgian-born American engineer. His work on the Chevrolet Corvette earned him the nickname "Father of the Corvette."

Rear Driver's Oblique 

Corvette Back Side

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Incredible Investment 

The Finned Corvette Body was Extremely Expensive

"One can only wonder what would have happened if the Grand Sport was fully developed, but it would have most likely been able to challenge the coupe bodied Cobras, which took two class victories at Le Mans. Due to their exceptional rarity, the ill-fated Grand Sport racers are the most Highly Sought After of all Corvettes."

True Roadster 

Open Top with Enclosed Roll Bar

This car isn't for everyone by a LONG SHOT. Its not a run of the mill convertible, either, but a true muscular roadster. Tim Allen wanted this car, but it wasn't assembled. Even he would look better in a car like this.

Corvette Motor 

Shiny, Stainless

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Penske's Original Nassau Trophy Car 

With the Stickers & Yellow Wheels

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Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Roadster Photographs. High Resolution, Wallpapers, Destop Images.
Nassau Prize Winning Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Roadster Photographs. Owned by Roger Penske. Concept Carz

Oblique Passenger Corvette 

Original Corvette Racing Body

Exactly like Roger Penske's baby...
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Just missing the stripe and the number...

Original Roger Penske Nassau Blue Paint 

Distinctive and Rare Racing Blue

Roger Penske had the Nassau Blue Grand Sport Original.

This Corvette has the exact same Nassau Blue Paint, in near perfect condition.

It has the SAME body from the SAME mold.

Penske's Original- Same Molds

Roger Penske on Wikipedia 

Roger Penske (born February 20, 1937 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is the owner of the automobile racing team Penske Racing, the Penske Corporation, and other automotive related businesses.

He also is one of the corporate directors at General Electric and was chairman of Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Michigan. He was previously on the board of Home Depot and Delphi Automotive before resigning to chair the Detroit Super Bowl Committee. He is a 1959 graduate of Lehigh University in Pennsylvania where he was also a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

Showroom Quality 

This could have just came off an assembly line...

Where can you get a car like this in new condition, over 40 years later?

He hasn't even installed the seat belts yet!

If They Made Them Like This Again... 

The Car Companies Lost Their Way a Long Time Ago

Do the car companies REALLY want to restore the industry, restore the American economy?

If we do this right...

They had a great thing going, abandoned it & us...

Chevy Small Block V8 355 hp

For Those Who Can Handle It... 

Corvette Muscle

The ZZ4 350 comes with an aluminum dual-plane intake manifold, HEI distributor, high energy ignition with centrifugal and vacuum advance. Hydraulic roller camshaft, bolsters midrange torque with improved drivability without sacrificing peak horsepower. Dual patter profile .474 intake lift and .510 exhaust lift. Intake duration is 208 deg. @.050" tappet lift and exhaust duration 221 deg @ .050" tappet lift.

Intake valve size is 1.94". Exhaust valve size is 1.50". Valve springs LT4 chrome silicon 1.340 diameter. Rocker arm ratio is 1.5 to 1.

Cylinder heads cast aluminum, 58 cc chambers, angled spark plugs, screw in rocker studs with radiused valved seat inserts.

Pistons are high silicon aluminum coated with offset pins. Connecting rods are steel. Crankshaft is undercut and rolled fillet LT4 nodular iron. Engine block is cast iron with 4 bolt intermediate main bearing caps.

355 horsepower at 5250 rpm.
405 pounds per foot at 3500 rpm torque.
Bore and Stroke is 4.00" by 3.48"
Compression ratio is 10 to 1

Fuel requirements premium unleaded 92 octane.

This one is Turn-Key.
Hear the '63 Grand Sport Motor

Transmission & Brakes 

Feel the Power and Control

350 Turbo with porcelain clutches.
B+M Pro Ratchet shifter, Manual shift valve body
Corvette 4 piston aluminum vette calipers
all new with adjustable proportioning valves.
Some very few of these cars have sold at Barrett-Jackson starting at $75k and up

Brand New 63 Corvette Grand Sport Racing Interior 

Who has this???

Pro-Comp gauges, liquid filled
Ididit Steering Column with Cherry Wood Steering Wheel
Original adjustable bucket seats
4 point marosso harnesses (not yet installed)
No radio, AC or heat
Lexon front windshield, no wipers

Solid Cherry Steering Wheel

63 Corvette Grand Sport Motor 

What can possibly be said?

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Suspension 

Demanding Racing requires great suspension

Full race suspension, tubular fully adjustable on each corner for ride height and spring tension.

Adjustable transverse leaf springs front and rear

Corvette Brakes Racing Suspensions, There out of Fla.

Rear Oblique- Sexy 

Shark like fins & nearly hand sculpted curves

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Tires & Wheels 

Massive, Shiny, Gorgeous Profile

Massive tires are BF Goodrich radial T/A 50 H EURO,
Fronts are 245-50R15, Rears are 305-50R15,
Wheels are Cragar SS crome Mags.

Interior View 

Utterly Brand New Corvette Interior

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Fuel Cell & Rear Axle 

Best of the Corvette Constrution

16 gallon fuel cell

Aluminum housing 373 Ratio

Rear Oblique 

Mechanic's Break from assembly with Proud Uncle

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Fabulous Body 

Rare and Stunning- Engineering Classic

Made from Original Chevy molds with fiberglass 1/4" thick- this is NOT a kit. No cracks except at seam of the enclosed roll bar. Other than that the fiberglass is in perfect shape and the paint is near-perfect. No headlight covers.

Corvette Hood Closeup 

Really Look at those fins!

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Even NASCAR Drools 

Very Rare Collector's Car

At the Dream Cruise, NASCAR people were all over this one, looking, touching, drooling.

There are fabulous cars at the Dream Cruise, but only ONE of these...Grand Sport Value

Sexy Rear End 

Air Flow outlets for high speeds

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The Famous Original 

Covette Lover's Resources

Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Roadster - Ultimatecarpage.com - Images, Specifications and Information
'63 Corvette Grand Sport Roadster
Chronology of Chevrolet Corvettes (1963)
Timeline of events tracing the history of General Motors' Chevrolet Corvette automobiles.

Suspension Close Up 

Oh, just look!

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Front Logo 

Original 63 Corvette Logos are worth a fortune by themselves

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Early Corvettes 

Corvette Resources

Plus Great free Corvette stuff for your computer!
1963 Grand Sport Corvette Press Article - Corvette Action Center
Press article featuring historical information on the legendary Grand Sport Corvettes.

Six GS? im Champlin, 71, a retired employee of what was once called Plant Protection at GM's Milford Proving Grounds, says he destroyed the sixth Grand Sport, probably in late 1964 or early 1965. AUTOWEEK'S SEARCH FOR the rumored sixth Grand Sport Corvette has borne fruit yet again-in unexpected fashion.

When we suggested the existence of a sixth Grand Sport Corvette (AW, July 21), a howl went up from the keepers of conventional wisdom.

"Everyone knows there were only five," cried the faithful.
Corvette Grand Sport - Recreating a rare Corvette racer
The Corvette Grand Sport: The Mongoose that's capable of eating a Cobra.
Chevrolet Corvette information, specifications, history, and images. High Resolution, Wallpapers, Destop Images.
Chevrolet Corvette information, pictures, wallpaper, statistics, and history. High Resolution, Wallpapers, Destop Images.
SPEEDtv.com - Gallery
1963 CHEVROLET CORVETTE COUPE RONDINE CONCEPT CAR 1600000.00 0/5 Stars Login to rate this image Barrett Jackson Scottsdale Highlights
The one and only 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Rondine Edition. Built

A Winner Again! Boomer's Rock Group's Lens of the Week! 

One of the Boomer's Favorites!

Well, what isn't to like about this fabulous Corvette, or ANY Corvette for that matter, especially to the Boomers who loved, bought, cherished and promoted them!

Passenger Front Oblique 

Other side of the hood

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On a Test Drive 

Too precious to take out in regular traffic...

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Being a GOOD Sister... 

I got him his OWN Peculiar Aristocratic Name:

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His Peculiar Aristocratic Title is:
Bishop Lord James the Furtive of Fiddlehope in the Marsh
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Rear Logo 

Some people would sell their firstborn just for this!

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Zora the Legend 

Zora Arkus-Duntov: The Legend Behind Corvette (Chevrolet)

Amazon Price: $31.16 (as of 01/09/2009)Buy Now

From Amazon: Zora's engineering gifts were remarkable, although not always fully appreciated at GM. Though he never stopped rebelling against the culture at GM, Zora remained tirelessly focused for over twenty years on improving the Corvette and making it a legitimate sports car capable of winning races. Burton's book brings us inside the walls of GM and inside the mind of this automotive engineering genius to understand the motivations behind this classic David and Goliath struggle.

Oblique 

Proud Corvette owner & master mechanic

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All dressed up and nowhere to go...

Take a Look at this Page 

Tell us what you know!

Everyone has an opinion about the Delorean, and about John Delorean. Many people know a LOT! Tell us what you think!

Fabulous Set 

The History of Corvettes 

Corvette Grand Sport (Motorbooks Classic)

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Tour the tracks of the early sixties where the five Grand Sports made history. Drivers Dick Thompson, Roger Penske, A.J. Foyt, and others are captured in classic shots from Sebring, Nassau, Watkins Glen, Daytona, and Road America. See Shelby's initial reaction to the Grand Sport, plus nearly 300 photos of the cars, engines, chassis, drivers, and action at the track.

Corvette on Wikipedia 

The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car that has been manufactured by General Motors (GM) since 1953. The car was originally designed by Harley Earl,...

Amazon Spotlight 

Vintage American Road Racing Cars, 1950-1970

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Review
SAH Journal - for the Society of Automotive Historians, October/November 2005 (circ.: unavailable)
"It's exceedingly difficult for me to understand how a book so wonderfully comprehensive can be so very entertaining. How could such a book crammed with hard facts and cold figures and exact measurements be such a magic-carpet ride back to the halcyon days of American road racing? I'll just answer my own question if you don't mind. 'Let Harold Pace and Mark Brinker loose to research and write Vintage American Road Racing Cars 1950-1970 and you have a real masterwork.'"

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Hugo wrote

in reply to mv2112
Mine is a roadster as seen in the link.
It is the one from Proteam that I bought.
I have now put 2000 miles of fun on it and have had no issues, it sits beside a Duntov Lightweight , a couple of 63 FI Coupe's and the rest of the midyears 64-7

Reply Posted January 04, 2009

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mv2112 wrote

in reply to Hugo

I believe it's # 12 of the 12 total " Roadster " style , and # 53 of the total 124

produced . No contradiction , just confusion .

Reply Posted December 10, 2008

samie-wilson wrote...

very nice Corvette lens. Great job!

ReplyPosted December 08, 2008

samie-wilson wrote...

very nice Corvette lens. Great job!

ReplyPosted December 08, 2008

spindigg wrote...

Hey great lens. How can anyone not like the Corvette. Great Work. 5 Stars for the Giant Squid. :-)

ReplyPosted November 25, 2008

Lensmaster

Hugo wrote

A few conflicts here though
12 of 12 then 53 of 124 ?????
An Auto box?

I would like to see some proof of authenticity

I have car 53 built in Ohio titled as a 63 using the original 63 bircdage on tubular chassis that is also in the registery .

We put the wheels on and hooker pipes to make it a little bit more of a hotrod and she shares garage space with a Duntov Lightweight Grandsport Coupe a 63 Z06 , Fuelie, 340HP and 300HP; yes I have an addiction.

Here is mine at Vette Fest in April

http://www.chevyvettefest.net/gallery_spring2008_archive.htm

Scroll through the vette only pics.
Nice job though

Reply Posted October 30, 2008

mysecret2prosperity wrote...

Hello Vette Lovers,

Great page and information. I too love Corvettes...I purchased the 1996 GrandSport Coupe #417 back in 1997 and used both for Show, drag racing and SCCA road racing...The car has only 12,500 and looks like the day it left the show room...Love the Car and information

ReplyPosted September 08, 2008

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BFuniv.com wrote...

I saw one on display in Laughlin Nevada. I thought it had the big block, but that small block would probably make for better balance in the turns. Thanks for sharing.

ReplyPosted August 28, 2008

wstrauss73 wrote...

Hi Margaret,

Great job on this lens (all of your lenses are great actually).

With all the info and pics you have provided, it makes me want to get in one to take it for a spin.

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Great lens! That's one of my favorite cars and I'd love to own one someday soon. Thanks for such a wonderful lens. Keep up the fantastic work. Internet Marketing Blog

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My brother has a '63 Corvette Grand Sport.  Eat your heart out!

He is taking offers on this 63 Corvette which is now for sale. Contact me if you are interested!


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