History making L88
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History making L88
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That car wasn't a Grand Sport. It's just painted in the Penske colors, like #001. There was a good article on the history of this development car in a recent issue of Corvette Magazine. I might be able to scan it in if anyone's interested in reading it.
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Originally Posted by Scooter70
That car wasn't a Grand Sport. It's just painted in the Penske colors, like #001. There was a good article on the history of this development car in a recent issue of Corvette Magazine. I might be able to scan it in if anyone's interested in reading it.
The GS's, for one, had a different hood.
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