| New in the box
amazingly accurate Exoto replica of the 1964 Grand Sport Chevrolet
Corvette ... Sebring racer #3 with drivers Delmo Johnson and David
Morgan ... Designed in Grand 1:18 scale.
This
Grand Sport is an award winning miniature replica in grand 1:18 scale
... No less than 250 precision parts are required to hand assemble this
gem ... Superb features include a highly detailed V8 small block, fully
wired and plumbed -- Authentic design suspensions on independent
diecast tubular chassis -- Beautifully detailed interior with real
carpeting -- Highly detailed instrument cluster -- Genuine fabric
seat-belts -- Lovingly designed Halibrand Mags -- New! photo-etch
windshield wipers, side grills, aluminum rear fender extensions,
exclusive Firestone tires, exclusive roof antenna, exclusive rear
window glass with vent openings, and much, much more ... This is master
modeling at its best ... Ready to display ... This replica is NEW IN THE BOX and FACTORY FRESH. Exoto item #RLG18025.
Sebring
1964 was the first real test for the privately campaigned Corvette
Grand Sports. Chevrolet was no longer around to supply parts and
provide assistance. Factory support had never been official, but their
absence was instantly felt.
Delmo Johnson purchased the #14 car
from Grady Davis, after Don Yenko drove it at Augusta. Preparation
began immediately for Sebring. Externally the newly renumbered #3 Grand
Sport appeared to be as well prepared as any other car in the field.
Wearing the #3, the Mecom car was the only Grand Sport to feature ducts
to aid with brake cooling in the top of the Plexiglass rear window.
Other distinctive features added to the Coupes for the Sebring cars
included leather straps on the engine lid and fender extensions so that
the wider rear tires wouldn't extend beyond the bodywork. Also unique
to the #3 car at Sebring is the whip antenna used for radio
communications and the fact that #3 ran with clear headlight lenses,
where every other time a Grand Sport raced it carried fiberglass lens
covers! Delmo Johnson qualified the Coupe twelfth, immediately behind
the Gurneys Cobra. He got off to a poor start but immediately started a
climb back up through the field. Right from the early laps, something
wasn't quite right -- the Coupe would wander all over the track, "but
it got you from corner to corner" according to Johnson. Mechanical woes
led to a number of pit stops and the pairing of Johnson/Morgan finally
finished thirty-second overall. Johnson reported about the Grand Sport:
"Brute horsepower. It was like a dragster -- the only car I ever drove
that would lift the front wheels off the ground in all four gears."
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