1967 Chevrolet Corvette

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 Americas 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 Corvettes 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