Z06FEVER

Hey guys, just sharing this cool link I found about a 1964 rear engine corvette concept. You can really see the C3 design in 1964. Really neat, what is your opinion?http://www.corvettes.nl/gm_prototypes/xp819/

MrJlr

That was AWESOME!

Thanks for sharing!

Mick71

I wonder if it wheelies really easy...
Thanks for the link! I love reading about concept vehicles.

mysixtynine

Talk about easy to work on engine ....

Kid Vette

I prefer the 1968 Astro II XP-880 concept car. Both show the styling genius of Larry Shinoda.

Easy Mike

Help please. After the XP-819 ended up with Smokey Yunick, didn't GM eventually go to Smokey and try to get the car back and/or required him to cut it up? I believe I read something by Karl Ludvigsen to that effect.

Z06FEVER

I believe this is true. The car was acutally suppose to appear last year at the Bloomington Gold show but never showed up or it did and I never saw it. Im not sure who owns the car right now or if its even in existence.

Kid Vette

Experimental 1964 Rear Engine Corvette Prototype XP-819 Shows Its Stuff at Amelia Island

Kid Vette

1964 Corvette XP-819

LeMans Pete

Very cool!

Not to doubt Kevin McKay, but I'm curious why the manifolds are flipped on McKay's restoration compared to this older picture.

The13Bats

It handled like a bumble bee with a wrecking ball tied to his butt, on a test it almost killed a seasoned driver it was shelved right then.....I heard it was cut both ways......people do build replicas

LeMans Pete

Mr. Bats,

Give Kid Vette's article a read, it will explain how Kevin McKay was able to restore the original XP819.

karlcars

Yep, this astonishing car is well covered in my new Corvette book, including the amazing story of its rescue and restoration.

I think the restorer didn't have access to those great photos of the car in chassis form. Otherwise he would have rebuilt it accordingly. I didn't have them either! They are awesome!

For a review of my new book click here:

http://www.legendarycollectorcars.co...ed-sports-car/

Karl Ludvigsen

Easy Mike

I admire your work. Always have. Thank you.

LS4 PILOT

I bought your first book like in 1979 I think from Waldons Books , been rereading it and nearly worn the thing out .....I think it is leather covered.

About same time I also bought another cool book...with Mitchell's silver racer on the front.
entitled Corvette. Sports Car of America, limited first edition printing, by MB Anttonic. , this book has beautiful color pages of XP819 as found in Smokeys secret stash in his garage . I also bought this book in college ....see what I was studying ....he hee.

Fred