May 7, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by Scott. HD wallpaper for backgrounds Corvette Stingray Racer Concept Car 1959 ,397.14Kb, car tuning Corvette Stingray Racer Concept Car 1959 ,397.14Kb and concept car Corvette Stingray Racer Concept Car 1959 ,397.14Kb … By then known as the Stingray Racer, it made its debut at the Maryland Marlboro Raceway at the hands of ‘Flying Dentist’ Dick Thompson, and narrowly missed out on a podium finish. That car is now in the GM Design Studio collection. Soon… HD wallpaper for backgrounds Corvette Stingray Racer Concept Car 1959 ,369.82Kb, car tuning Corvette Stingray Racer Concept Car 1959 ,369.82Kb and concept car Corvette Stingray Racer Concept Car 1959 ,369.82Kb …
Schwinn's finest middleweight Jaguar. your own Pins on Pinterest But now you have a chance to own a visual facsimile of the Stingray racer at a much more reasonable “Buy It Now” price of $59,990 on eBay. 1959 Corvette XP-87 Stingray Racer on display at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California in July 2016. In 1959 Bill Mitchell and Larry Shinoda set out to create a race car based on the Corvette and its intended purpose was to be a test car for the future of Chevy racing. The Corvette Stingray Racer is a sports racing car and concept car that debuted in 1959. The car was developed in the styling studios at General Motors (GM) as a private project of Bill Mitchell, GM Vice President of styling, who personally financed the car's development.The design was based on a sketch by designer Pete Brock, and was further developed by Larry Shinoda. It was completed and ready to take to the track later in 1959, with a fuel-injected 4.6-litre V8 producing 311bhp nestled beneath the sculpted bonnet. Discover (and save!) your own Pins on Pinterest Category: 1959 Stingray Racer. The text below, including the prices, are as written in 1959. Discover (and save!) Legendary Corvette designers Bill Mitchell, Pete Brock, and Larry Shinoda combined to design the equally legendary Stingray racer concept car in 1959.
Apr 4, 2018 - This Pin was discovered by Clifton Utley. In addition to Akerson’s ’58, Welburn brought one of the first Corvettes, a 1953, a perfect ’63 split window coupe, and the 1959 Stingray race car, Leno’s apparent favorite. Even though it was raced as a private entry, Mitchell was pressured by GM to withdraw the car from competition in accord with the AMA ban. May 7, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by Scott. The Stingray racer-concept car was designed by Pete Brock the youngest designer to work at GM at that time, Bill Mitchell, GM Vice President of styling, and Larry Shinoda in 1957.
But as fast as it was developed, the powers that be at GM decided to scrap the racing program and lend no factory support to the endeavor, but that didn't stop Mitchell or Shinoda. your own Pins on Pinterest He refers to it as “the rarest and most valuable” Corvette there is, though it wasn’t officially a “Corvette”. A hallmark of a Gateway Global diecast, the paint is flawless in application and finish.