Corvette Grandsport

Corvette Grandsport

Of the 5 produced, the first to win was driven by Dick Thompson in 1963 at Watkins Glen.

In 1962 Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov initiated a program to produce a lightweight version based on a prototype that mirrored the new 1963 Corvette. Concerned about Ford and what they were doing with the Shelby Cobra, Duntov's program included plans to build 125 Grand Sport Corvettes to make them eligible for international Grand Touring races. After the GM executives learned of the secret project, the program was stopped, and only five cars were built. All five cars have survived and are in private collections. They are among the most coveted and valuable Corvettes ever built, not because of what they accomplished, but because of what might have been.

This body shell is based on the no longer produced Revell kit. We have modified it to make it lower, lighter and to have slightly wider wheel arches.