Grand Sport Corvette- Ahead of its time and Ultimately Scrapped

[dykstra]

Brock Yates was such a colorful character and writer. I would have loved to sat down and had a couple beers with that guy.

[dykstra]

Originally Posted by olredalert

----It was our privilege to restore Grand Sport No.1 at Classic Motors in Hinsdale, Il. There was a whole bunch of stuff from the Tech Center that escaped to Hinsdale to make the car as close as possible to original. We finished it in 1979 literally the day we took it to Bloomington Gold. The crowds around the car were unbelievable all weekend long. It appeared in Corvette News in the Feb/Mar issue on the cover with a really in depth article as well. We painted it red as the only real customer we had for No.1 was Jerome Shinkay and he loved red. Just how historic the GS's were wasn't quite as extreme as today.....Bill S

I remember Richard or you letting me sit in that bad boy when I was 6 years old!! RIP Shinkay

[JoeC]

in 1963 Chevy lent GS #004 to the Yenko Gulf Oil Corvette team to run in CM class
shown with the two Yenko Gulf Oil Corvette team Z06 Corvettes that ran in AP
In 1963 the Grand Sport looked like a stock Corvette

[TimG]

There are lots of nice GS replicas out there, I wish someone would replicate one that looks like the early coupe above that closely resembles the stock Corvette.

[Steve Shauger]

Here's a fantastic thread started in 2020. I encourage everyone to use the SEARCH icon on the toolbar. It's amazing what information has accumulated on the various topics and threads in the 23 years of the site. This is a huge benefit over other social media platforms.

Grand Sport link: https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...ht=grand+sport

Great pictures

[Steve Shauger]

The #4 car is located in this museum, Naples Fl. I will be visiting friends in Naples late March and will be sure to take a tour of this car and the collection.

https://revsinstitute.org/the-collec...e-grand-sport/

[olredalert]

Originally Posted by Steve Shauger

Here's a fantastic thread started in 2020. I encourage everyone to use the SEARCH icon on the toolbar. It's amazing what information has accumulated on the various topics and threads in the 23 years of the site. This is a huge benefit over other social media platforms.

Grand Sport link: https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...ht=grand+sport

Great pictures

----Thanks so much, Steve, for bringing this back to the top as it's a great thread.....Bill S

[napa68]

Originally Posted by TimG

There are lots of nice GS replicas out there, I wish someone would replicate one that looks like the early coupe above that closely resembles the stock Corvette.

Roy Sinor was selling this car last year. It looked to have painstaking detail


https://www.sinorprestigeauto.com/ca...s-004-tribute/

[TimG]

The one Roy had was certainly nice. I visited with him about that car.