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1965 Fuelie Corvette Convertible - National NCRS & Bloomington Gold
I’ve decided to sell my ‘65 white/red fuelie. It’s a rare and original, award winning car when you read the attached article (3 PDF files) and see the background below. Estimated by Roy Sinor in 2005 to be one of less than 17 ‘65 fuelies with F40 suspension, radio delete and knock-offs. Roy was the fourth owner of the car. I have 200+ color pics taken during the frame off restoration (between 1997 and 2001) and the link below has 50 pics I took of the car today which are each roughly 3 meg in size and can be enlarged if you click on a given pic.
This was almost certainly a car built for the ‘65 astronaut program since it was delivered to the CAC Zone office in Jacksonville. With that said, we have not been able to confirm that an astronaut chose the car since they could also choose more practical everyday cars as well. Alan Shepard of NASA (Apollo 14) did drive a white '65 fuelie convertible built in Dec 1964 like my car but that car had base wheels and a radio. Gary Summerville bought this car around May 1997 from the owner since 1970, Joseph Teal of Florida. I have pictures of the car back to the 70’s and it has knock-offs in all pics. Car comes with 5 original Kelsey Hayes knock-offs. Car has been driven just 2,725 miles since 2001 restoration. I have all judging sheets for the grades shown below:
Bloomington Gold Certified in 2001. Points available of 8,475 with
just 260 lost. Gary Naber was stamp judge. - Summerville
NCRS Chapter Top Flight in 2005 with score of 97.2 - Whitt
NCRS Chapter Top Flight in 2002 with score of 97.8 - Pyzel
NCRS National Top Flight in 2001 with score of 97.6 - Summerville
Chip's Choice Display Car (Barn Finds) - Carlisle 2011
Past well known corvette owners include Gary Summerville who restored the car, Dan Pyzel (who had the well respected Tom Ames repaint car in base/clear to improve car) and my brother, Richie Whitt, who bought the car in 2005 from Roy Sinor, past NCRS Judging Chairman. Jerry Bramlett tuned the fuel injection for Gary during the restoration. My brother always tells me this car is the best fuelie he has ever driven and he has owned several fuelies over the years. My brother's '64 triple black fuelie convertible sold for $120,000 plus Mecum auction fees in 2017 and it did not have original knock-off wheels like my '65 and of course the '64's are not as desirable as the '65's.
My price on the car is $115,000 USD.
Last edited by 2003pilot; 07-30-2018 at 09:57 PM.
Reason: Edit number of restoration photos and added mileage
I can remember back when these cars were new and that is just how they looked - nearly all of them had whitewalls. Now blackwall tires are the norm and sports cars but I still like the whitewalls or at least gold stripes.
07-12-2018, 10:30 PM
1965 Fuelie Corvette Convertible - National NCRS & Bloomington Gold
