Corvette Grand Sport 1963 Ford Gt Transmission

To compete better on the gt class circuit arkus duntov took the 63 corvette a step further with the development of the 1963 corvette grand sport.

Ferrari f8 pista price kit car transaxle. 30 concerned about ford and the shelby cobra duntovs program included plans to build 125 examples of the corvette grand sport to allow the model to be. 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. There is also a book about the cars corvette grand sport 1963 1967 by david friedman.

The grand sport was a lightweight version of the 1963 model featuring an aluminum block 377 cid v8 engine that developed more than 550 horsepower. The book is well researched and even has pictures of the cars construction inside gm. The grand sport engine bay is also large enough to accommodate a period correct 377 inch small block.

This 1963 corvette grand sport is part of the inventory of hillbank motor corporation a unique dealerbroker of high end classic american performance muscle and sports cars and one that specializes in corvettes ford gt 40s and shelby cobras. The 1963 corvette grand sport project designed to go toe to toe with fords shelby cobra on the track was killed off after just five examples had been built when the suits caught wind of arkus. See all 94 photos 1963 corvette grand sport with a lt 1 62l corvette v8.

Ford and its partnership with carroll shelby which resulted in the original shelby. Photo and details borrowed from wikipedia. The original 1963 chevrolet corvette grand sport program was initiated in response to one specific competitor.

It is a factory built car professionally done and titled as a 1963 model there is not to many of these grand sport reproductions that can say that. Concerned about ford and what they were doing with the shelby cobra duntovs program included plans to build 125 grand sport corvettes to make them eligible for international grand touring races. With the prices of the real cars making them impossible to own a kit car company dd grabbed my attention several years ago when they began producing grand sport.