1963 #6 & #28 Yenko Corvettes that raced at Sebring

[68 DANA]

Thanks for thread.....great read!

How about this #81 car?

[JoeC]

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/

[tkam]

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?

[JoeC]

Originally Posted by tkam

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?

Don Yenko was a pilot so maybe he liked to have the radio to communicate with the pits.

Gulf Oil Research had some smart engineers on staff. They were using an all mechanical on board diagnostic system that recorded time, rpm, and mph and linked it to the position on the track. It plotted the info on a circular graph inside the car. That was in 1963