TheSaint

I came over this picture when searching the net.
I have never seen this car or heard of it before
Anybody know the story of why this car was made?

62Jeff

Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicle (CERV) I

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette_CERV

During the 1980's CERV I and CERV II were owned by a Houston corvette restorer, K.D. James, and I had the opportunity to visit the cars on his showroom in Houston.

Jeff

TheSaint

It sure looks like an old open wheel race car but there is several Cerv cars i see

Dan Hampton

Cerv1. Did Corvette almost enter Indy car or Formula 1?

Not under Frederic Donner's watch. AMA ban was in full swing. No way, no how.

Ron MN Blue

Was Zora thinking Pikes Peak?

JohnZ

Zora made several runs up Pikes Peak with the car, and many 200-mph laps on the circular track at the GM Proving Grounds.

Vette Daddy

Pretty neat car to sit in and look at. I had the opportunity last year. Mike Yager let me inspect it at MAM. Cool piece of history.

sub006

The engine was far too big for Indy or F1. Zora had the CERVs built to experiment on the test track with IRS and mid-engine concepts. CERV II helped perfect some of Jim Hall's Chaparral engineering.

I saw CERV I when it was in the Cunningham Museum in Costa Mesa. Along with one of the six Bugatti Royales and the ONLY four cylinder Jaguar XK engine prototype.

shooter1951

I believe Mike Yager has one in his museum now at Mid America.

JohnZ

Correct - Mike owns the only CERV I.