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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Corvette / November 2004

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What's Up with Grand Sports?

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Tom in Missouri - 26 Nov 2004 01:14 GMT
It seems like people buying old Corvettes have divided into a few camps:

1. NCRS / Bloomington Gold type restoration
2. Hot Rod/Car Craft restoration - where it looks mostly right
3. Street Machine rebuild - very little stock
4. Grand Sports

And the Grand Sports all seem to say the same - replicating those rare Grand
Sports.  But few do.  Like this one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4504970473&rd=1&ss
pagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT


If he was replicating a Grand Sport, then why does it have a 388 stroker and
a C4 suspension and a bunch of other things that definitely are not
replicating the car?

And in effect, all he has done is built a custom Corvette, and wants
$75,000.  And probably someone will buy it somewhere, even though no one
wants a custom Corvette of any other type.

Such as
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4502183065&ca
tegory=6168


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4503107656&ca
tegory=6168


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4502177261&ca
tegory=6168


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4503492374&ca
tegory=6168


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4504034027&ca
tegory=6168

Bob G. - 26 Nov 2004 16:36 GMT
>And in effect, all he has done is built a custom Corvette, and wants
>$75,000.  And probably someone will buy it somewhere, even though no one
>wants a custom Corvette of any other type.

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Guess it boils down to what floats your boat....

Personally I prefer Corvettes that look basically correct
but never did get upset with mild flares etc...

BUT I would LOVE to have, say a,1962 that was set on a modern
suspension and had a LS1 under the hood...      

Just my opinion...

Bob Griffiths
Diode - 29 Nov 2004 22:37 GMT
Tom in Missouri spoke thusly:

> It seems like people buying old Corvettes have divided into a few camps:
> 4. Grand Sports

Dunno, but there sure was a whole flock of them at Carlisle this year!
All lined up in two rows.  Looked pretty cool...

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Shut up, Dave.

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