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68 DANA 01-30-2020 12:30 AM

1963 #6 & #28 Yenko Corvettes that raced at Sebring
 
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Searching for information on the 1963 #6 and #28 Yenko corvettes that raced at Sebring. Where are they now?

I believe the #6 car has been restored but not sure on #28.

Thanks

JoeC 01-30-2020 09:42 AM

the #6 and #28 is the same car
it was not Don's car but he did drive it

here is a thread on it
https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=158091

68 DANA 02-01-2020 04:27 AM

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Thanks for thread.....great read!

How about this #81 car?

JoeC 02-01-2020 10:59 AM

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that is the Z06 that was raced by Alvin Forsyth Chevrolet

Forsyth was a Chevy dealer from the Pittsburgh area and was in the Steel Cities region of the SCCA along with Gulf Oil’s Grady Davis and Don Yenko

The Yenko/Gulf Oil Corvette Racing team had two new 1963 Z06 Corvettes , one blue one white. Grady drove the blue one on the street sometimes but it was also raced
(attached a pic with PA licence plate)

all 3 of these Z06 Corvettes have been found and restored

here is the story on the Alvin Forsyth Chevrolet Z06 #81

https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2013...-corvette-z06/

firstgenaddict 02-08-2020 09:18 AM

Both of those cars have 2 bar knock offs, do you know the date of the event?

bashton 02-11-2020 03:11 PM

Car is owned by Larry Sachs in New York. Larry has owned it for quite a while now.

Bashton

tkam 04-23-2020 09:47 PM

In the original 2 photos the #81 Forsyth car appears to have a radio antenna installed on the roof .....I have not seen this on many of the Z06 race cars....was this a common modification?

firstgenaddict 04-24-2020 02:09 PM

something else crazy about the #81, although it was ordered as a race car it has power windows.
as an aside The 63 Z06 race car with the front clip knocked off that Dave, Guy, and I pulled out of a Colorado barn a few years ago also had power windows... power windows in ordered race cars?

L78racer 04-24-2020 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by firstgenaddict (Post 1495960)
something else crazy about the #81, although it was ordered as a race car it has power windows.
as an aside The 63 Z06 race car with the front clip knocked off that Dave, Guy, and I pulled out of a Colorado barn a few years ago also had power windows... power windows in ordered race cars?

these cars stopped with passenger side to pit wall correct?
maybe an easier way to pass water etc. to driver on pit stops? easier for driver to communicate to pit crew on stops?

TimG 04-24-2020 02:39 PM

Easier to pick up time slips at the drag strip. Delmo Johnson liked to listen to the radio in his ZO6 Corvette while warming up pre-race at Sebring.


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