*The* Daddy 1957 Corvette SS (PIC)
09-16-2010, 10:31 PM
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*The* Daddy 1957 Corvette SS (PIC)
***Disclaimer**** SebringBill is correct. This is the Stingray, not the daddy (SS). Sorry about that. Long drive back from Detroit, we're tired.
We were at the GM Heritage Center yesterday touring the various facilities and thought of our C2 brethren, so we took a snap just for you.
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This car helped elevate Corvette. History on wheels.
Oh, and then we saw the Mako.
TONS of GM Americana, quite an experience for us. To say the least.
All of our other pictures from the Heritage Center are on our facebook if you want to see them. Heritage Pics
We were at the GM Heritage Center yesterday touring the various facilities and thought of our C2 brethren, so we took a snap just for you.
.
This car helped elevate Corvette. History on wheels.
Oh, and then we saw the Mako.
TONS of GM Americana, quite an experience for us. To say the least. All of our other pictures from the Heritage Center are on our facebook if you want to see them. Heritage Pics
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09-17-2010, 06:48 AM
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The second picture, I believe because I can't see it all, is the "Mako Shark," a prototype that I think was made by Larry Shinoda.
Love the passenger side mirror on the SS. Wish mine had one for backing in my one car garage.
Love the passenger side mirror on the SS. Wish mine had one for backing in my one car garage.
09-17-2010, 08:57 AM
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Now, with the above thoughts in mind, does ANYONE KNOW the status of the (previously wrecked) 57 Corvette Super Sport??? The Super Sport WAS NOT the SS. It looks very much like a production 57 Vette, but with several unique Design Dept features. This was a one of a kind FI 57 Design/Concept car which didn't receive much noteriety and eventually got wrecked (extensive frontend damage) and sat neglected for MANY, MANY years. Anyone know anything about its status??????????
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Now, with the above thoughts in mind, does ANYONE KNOW the status of the (previously wrecked) 57 Corvette Super Sport??? The Super Sport WAS NOT the SS. It looks very much like a production 57 Vette, but with several unique Design Dept features. This was a one of a kind FI 57 Design/Concept car which didn't receive much noteriety and eventually got wrecked (extensive frontend damage) and sat neglected for MANY, MANY years. Anyone know anything about its status??????????
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09-17-2010, 07:22 PM
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The SS was a crash project to get the car to Sebring. Some of the finshing work was done inside the transporter as it sped to Florida. The car retired after a few laps with suspension failure, not really much help to the Corvette image.
Some claim the car's space frame came out of a D-type Jaguar. I wouldn't go that far, but it's plausible that they brought a Jag frame to Warren Tech Center, measured it and built their own version.
The Sting Ray, on the other hand, was an SCCA national champion in an open (non-production) class. And Bill Mitchell did it with a small team, some of them volunteers. The basic car was sound, it just needed development time.
Some claim the car's space frame came out of a D-type Jaguar. I wouldn't go that far, but it's plausible that they brought a Jag frame to Warren Tech Center, measured it and built their own version.
The Sting Ray, on the other hand, was an SCCA national champion in an open (non-production) class. And Bill Mitchell did it with a small team, some of them volunteers. The basic car was sound, it just needed development time.
09-19-2010, 05:16 PM
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The SS was a crash project to get the car to Sebring. Some of the finshing work was done inside the transporter as it sped to Florida. The car retired after a few laps with suspension failure, not really much help to the Corvette image.
Some claim the car's space frame came out of a D-type Jaguar. I wouldn't go that far, but it's plausible that they brought a Jag frame to Warren Tech Center, measured it and built their own version.
The Sting Ray, on the other hand, was an SCCA national champion in an open (non-production) class. And Bill Mitchell did it with a small team, some of them volunteers. The basic car was sound, it just needed development time.
Some claim the car's space frame came out of a D-type Jaguar. I wouldn't go that far, but it's plausible that they brought a Jag frame to Warren Tech Center, measured it and built their own version.
The Sting Ray, on the other hand, was an SCCA national champion in an open (non-production) class. And Bill Mitchell did it with a small team, some of them volunteers. The basic car was sound, it just needed development time.
"The Jaguar D-Type, like its predecessor the C-Type, was a factory-built race car. Although it shared the basic straight-6 XK engine design (initially 3.4L and eventually uprated to 3.8 litres in the late fifties) with the C-Type, the majority of the car was radically different. Perhaps its most ground-breaking innovation was the introduction of a monocoque chassis."
The space frame used as a reference for the SS was from a 300SL.
