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2003 Dick Guldstrand Signature Edition Z06 50th Ann. 427CI Extremely Rare Collector

Ok, I almost have to post this without looking. I swore I would never sale this car. As the title says 2003 ZO6 Dick Guldstrand 50th 427CI. You don't get much more rare than this car. This is an actual collector car. I do have a collector car loan against the car through local credit union and can pick the title up at the local branch. The original build plan was to produce 50 of these cars but according to research only 3 were actually built. With a MSRP $100,485 Dealer Order, which was double the standard ZO6 in 2003, it is quite understandable that planned production was not met especially since stocks were down for quite a while after 9/11. Interesting enough the original owner was a female artist from Florida that passed away at age 70 in 2014. I do not drive this car due to it's rarity and yes it is completely original and bone stock. I have owned it for a couple of years and bought it with 24,500 miles and it currently has 26000 miles. I am the second owner and purchased it through an estate consignment. I assume she really wanted the color combo. I can't imagine her ordering this car for the 500hp (tunable 560hp) natural aspirated performance and handling package that came with this package. Also what I find very cool is it was ordered through the same Iconic Dealer that special ordered the Apollo 12 astronaut's Black and Gold C3s. Dick Guldstrand himself a Corvette racing legend and builder. Known to most as Mr. Corvette and influenced many changes in model years and design ideas. Some of which you see directly in this car with its 427 engine found in C6 ZO6 and interior accents later found in some anniversary edition C6 cars. Since my divorce I have decided to change how I spend the remaining years of my life. I have sold all of my cars, hoping to hang on to this one, but I will be on the seas and no way to enjoy the car. This is not a divorce sell but it is the only reason this car is being sold. There are many links below for additional information. However, the build number is not accurate in the articles. The engine serial numbers have been confirmed through Katec that 6 engines total were built. However 3 engines have been verified to have been installed in 2001 and 2002 Corvettes. What is uncertain is whether there were 2 or 3 of these cars sold. Dick himself drove one, but it may have been a prototype. This car is believed to be number 2. Not sure what has happened to Dick's car, but the other has been located in Southern California, condition unknown. Prior to my purchasing this car, I had to order a collector car appraisal. It is priced way below the appraisal. It should be re-appraised since that appraisal was based on the data at the time with the assumption that 50 of these cars existed. Now however, the game changes substantially with 2 possibly 3 including the prototype car being produced. A collector car appraisal is the only way you can get a loan and properly adjusted insurance on this car as it is not old enough to be a classic.

WOW!! GLWS. :cool:

Definitely a unique car. Best of luck with the sale.

One very cool C5! GLWS! :cheers:

Wow! I've had a 1:18 diecast of this car since I was a kid. I always assumed it was some custom diecast. I never knew the car actually existed! This is really cool. GLWS!

Dick was at Carlisle a few years ago with one of these cars. I walked up and started talking with him and I told him I had a C5Z. He was very nice to me and asked me if I wanted to open the door and sit in the car. A great honor to meet and talk to Corvette royalty. GLWS to the OP.

BluegrassMotorsport

My son has the die cast model as well, and also how I recognized it when I stumbled across the car. They are also collector items. My son also plays a game called Forza and the car is in it as well.

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Originally Posted by got2hav1 (Post 1600221257)

Thank you. The car he took to Carlisle and many other events was the prototype which he kept.

Open to partial trades but also reach out to collectors and show them what you found. I would bet they will throw in a finders fee. Other than the museum, very few people know these cars were even produced. Damn near everyone that has seen it thinks it is a custom. .

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Originally Posted by Sgt.Dozer (Post 1600327512)

Amazing... So all of the different body panels etc are straight from GM? This is incredible. Never knew these existed. :flag:

It appears the front lip is missing from the car? Rare car regardless. GLWS.

This would be a great corvette museum car

This would be great for a rich Seattle techie. Washington Huskies....purple and gold. Dick Guldstrand is a legend. GLWS!

It may appear gold and purple in pics but it is actually gold and blue. I will say this though, it really has to be seen in person, Pics do it no justice. In person it grabs you...

wow! Amazing car, and cheaply priced IMO

Vetteindy, I have discussed it with the museum as they plan on building a Guldstrand exhibit.

Beautiful car ! Is it still available ?

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Originally Posted by 4210077 (Post 1600678671)

Beautiful car ! Is it still available ?

yes it is still available

Dick Guldstrand was a true quality gentleman and a total straight shooter. Anyone that had the chance to get to know Dick or work with him and his team on a car project was very fortunate. He always pushed GM execs to go further, faster, and wilder.

During the design and development of the C4 ZR1’s he was an internal consultant to GM and strongly advocated making the ZR1 a much more extreme car than the base C4’s but GM was scared to death that if any such high performance Vette with a more aggressive body and aero features was actually built, the sale of base Corvettes would plummet.

The success of todays GS, Z06/Z07, and ZR1 cars are exactly what Dick advocated as the smart moves by GM in the late 80’s and 90’s and into the C7 era.

His creativity and and dedication to Corvette excellence are legendary in the worlds of Corvette design and Corvette racing. His special project cars like the one for sale here were his way of chiding GM suits and saying, “this is what YOU should be building.”

This is a very special piece of Corvette performance car history that any Corvette owner can take great pride in acquiring and enjoying.

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Originally Posted by B747VET (Post 1600746823)

Thank you B747VET for your comments about both Dick Guldstrand and this car. Life has an uncanny way of throwing curve balls at us at times. When I bought the car I was building quite a collection. This car being the pride of the collection and accomplishment. I tried to hang on to it no matter what. It is just no longer within the alignment of my stars to keep holding on.

Wow , good to hear that Dick actually built a couple. Thanks for the history. The prototype was at Laguna in Aug 2002 along with Dick as he was trying to get sales of them started.Ill see if I can find a pic.

ttt for this fantastic Vette :flag:

I'm confused LS7's weren't out until 2006, and have rectangular port heads and 4 bolt throttle bodies. This still has cathedral heads and a LS6 intake? Isn't this just a sleeved ls1/ls6?

I had the rare chance to meet Dick Guldstrand before he passed away. He was still running his shop Guldstrand Motorsports out in CA. I think in Burbank if not mistaken.

After meeting with him, he gave me a poster and one of his 1:18 Die Casts of his Gold/Blue C5. Both autographed. I also had a close look at his Guldstrand C5 in person. He offered for me to take it out for a spin, but I respectfully declined and allowed one of his friends take me out in the passenger seat. It was a blast!!

What a great guy he was!! And I am honored to have met him.

Good luck with your sale.

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