Vehicle Description
1967 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Recreation - Brilliant Blue
Lacquer Paint with Painted Pure White Stripe, All Clearcoated -
Steel Gray Leather Seats - All Custom Leather Interior with Leather
Bound Carpets - Extensive Powder Coating in Mercedes Silver Color -
Full Tubular, Power-Coated 4 Inch Frame - CNC Fabricated Aluminum
Components: Suspension, Alternator and Vintage AC Brakets - Engine:
350ci Chevrolet V8 - Aluminum Heads - Hydraulic Roller Cam - 9:5:1
Compression Ratio - Tuned Port Injection - Richmond 5 Speed Manual
Transmission - Stainless Custom Built Headers - Stainless Brake
Lines with Aircraft Fittings - Stainless Fuel Tank with Internal
Pump - Hidden Air Conditioner - Power Steering - Power Brakes with
ABS - Custom Aluminum Radiator - All Aluminium Suspension
Components, Coilover Shocks - Ron Francis Wire Panel - Auto Meter
Gauges in Custom Dash Panel - Removable Roll Bar - Power Windows
with Discreet Switches - 10 Disc player with 4 Channel Amp. (hidden
in trunk) - New Tinted Glass with roper Date Codes - Real Glass
Rear Window - Simpson Racing 4-Point Seat belts Integrated Into the
Roll Cage - Speciality Wheels by Bassett Industries - Original Cast
Aluminum Halibrand Spinners - One Off Gas Filler with Custom Grand
Sport Engraving - 11-Year Build Using Only the Best Components Only
5 original C2 Grand Sport Cars exist! The Corvette Grand Sport name
is iconic and describes the top-of-the-hill Corvettes throughout
the production history of America's premier sports car. The Grand
Sport name was first introduced in 1963 when Zora Arkus-Duntov set
out to build the ultimate road racing car by transforming the new
second generation Corvette (C2). Initially, the project was
code-named Lightweight by Corvette engineering staff and
appropriately so. While these hand-built cars closely resembled the
production Stingray, that is where the similarity ended. These
race-specific cars were dimensionally smaller than the production
Corvettes and featured thinner body panels along with an
all-aluminum space frame and a long list of aluminum components
that trimmed the weight of these cars to nearly 1900 pounds.
Coupled with a specially built 377cid Chevrolet small block V8 that
turned out 550hp, these coupes were set to dominate the road racing
circuits. Duntov and his team had planned to build 125 of these
cars but after only 5 cars were completed, GM brass ordered a halt
to the project that Chevrolet Marketing had dubbed the Grand Sport.
In an effort to cut production costs, GM executives cited the
corporate-wide ban on racing as their reasoning for canceling the
program and ordered the 5 completed cars to be crushed. Duntov
quickly sourced the cars to private racing programs before they
could be destroyed. These very special Corvettes proved to be
highly successful race cars in the capable hands of renowned
drivers such as Dick Thompson, A.J. Foyt, and Roger Penske. Today
all 5 of these cars still exist in private collections and are
worth millions as collectibles. Enthusiasts who are a little short
on the funds to own an original Duntov Grand Sport can purchase
recreations produced by specialty builders such as Mongoose,
Superformance and D&D Corvette. Featured here for sale is a
1967 Corvette Coupe featuring a D&D Corvette body and much like
the original Duntov Grand Sport Corvettes, this 11-year project was
built from the ground up and is highly detailed. We believe the
D&D design to be superior to others. The D&D Corvette's
body accurately duplicates the original Grand Sport and has been
professionally painted a brilliant blue lacquer paint with a pure
white racing stripes that were painted on as well, no vinyl stripes
here! The paint was applied over well-executed bodywork and was
finished with a multi-layer clear coat and expertly polished to a
deep luster. Featuring wide body fenders, fitted fender flares,
functioning body scoops, and the aerodynamic clear headlight cov
