Trip to Cali - L88
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From: NYC NY
Lets qualify this statement right here and now, neither of these L-88's would be what they are without the help of Dave Herlinger at Corvette Repair in Mtn View, CA who did chassis and drivetrain restorations on the "race" AIR L-88 his brother Jim owned and helped Radke with his car by giving him rare and unobtainable parts for his restoration. Chris Springer like Kevin McKay is a great bodyman but for drivetrain and mechanical restoration Dave is one of the best! Dave NEVER gets the credit he is due on these cars and I hope one day he has the time and money to finish the restoration on the #1 Garner/Guldstrand L-88 AIR race car that he owns that is documented as THE FIRST 1968 L-88 built in St Louis where the real Corvettes were built! Here is a link to Dave's shop: http://www.corvetterepair.org/
It was not my intention to credit or not credit those involved with the restoration of this or any of the A.I.R. cars for that matter. Since these cars spark a lot of interest on the forum I was only offering a link to some more pictures. Sorry if you or anyone else was offended. That was certainly not my intention. I have since edited the post to reflect that.
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Joined: Dec 1999
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From: Sierra Foothills CA
Lets qualify this statement right here and now, neither of these L-88's would be what they are without the help of Dave Herlinger at Corvette Repair in Mtn View, CA who did chassis and drivetrain restorations on the "race" AIR L-88 his brother Jim owned and helped Radke with his car by giving him rare and unobtainable parts for his restoration. Chris Springer like Kevin McKay is a great bodyman but for drivetrain and mechanical restoration Dave is one of the best! Dave NEVER gets the credit he is due on these cars and I hope one day he has the time and money to finish the restoration on the #1 Garner/Guldstrand L-88 AIR race car that he owns that is documented as THE FIRST 1968 L-88 built in St Louis where the real Corvettes were built! Here is a link to Dave's shop: http://www.corvetterepair.org/
