Project, "Slider", a 1964 Grand Sport Corvette

[tyoneal]

Hello:

I wanted to introduce the new project, "Slider". It will be a 1964 Grand Sport Corvette.

It gets its name from the Sci-Fi, TV show that was on a number of years ago, where there are multiple parallel universes of earth, each having evolved slightly differently, where one choice could change how that world evolved. In this show a group of people would, "Slide" from one earth to another composing the different episodes. (If you're lost, here is a link that might help: http://www.answers.com/topic/sliders)

Most "Grand Sport" Replica Corvettes you see are based on one of the original Grand Sports built prior to GM's decision to pull out of Corporate sponsorship of Racing. The 1963 Corvette Grand Sport was one of the biggest casualties of this decision as there were only 5 copies of the car ever built. It was scheduled to race against the Ford Cobras, but 125 copies had to be produced to officially compete against them. The Corvette Grand Sport, was promptly discontinued and the 5 that had been made were sold off to individual racing teams.

Prior to GM pulling out of Racing, Gulf Oil was a big sponsor of the Factory Racing Corvettes through the latter part of the 50's and early part of the 60's. Once Gulf and GM parted ways, Gulf formed a relationship with Ford and sponsored the Cobras and GT40's of the mid to late 60's

This project's premise is, "What would have happened had GM NOT pulled out of Racing, and continued their relationship with Gulf Oil for the Factory Corvette Racing Teams?"

This is the "Alternative Universe" this car is from.

I contacted Ben Hermance about putting a Rendering together. Below is the initial Rendering I just received. (There will be some slight modifications to this, but for the most part this is what it will look like.)

Enjoy!

Ty O'Neal