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From the Corvette Art Collection of Automotive Artist K. Scott Teeters
1996 Grand Sport Corvette A Salute To Zora Arkus-Duntov's 1963 Grand Sport Racers
About the Print
This parchment paper art print measures 11" x 17".
Signed & numbered by the artist in a series of 500.
Every print is shrink wrapped on corrugated cardboard so that it stays flat and clean.
A delightful gift for the home or office of that special, hard to buy for Corvette person in your life!
Here's what one of our other prints looks like shrink wrapped.
About the Packing & Shipping We pack all of our prints in a flat cardboard box.
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About the Car On This Print
Here's the story about this car from Scott's monthly column in VETTE Magazine, The Illustrated Corvette Series.
The new C5 Corvette was behind schedule, but that didn't stop Dave Hill and his crew from dishing up the stunning '96 Grand Sport option. The 1963 Grand Sport was arguably the ultimate "could have been great" Corvette. And while the '96 Grand Sport option was a long way from the 2,000-pound 1963 road racer, it was "official" and available to the public.
There were three hot-ticket options for the '96 Corvette. As an interim step for the C5 model, there was the new LT4 engine that was available on all manual transmission Corvettes. This 330-horsepower option put the '96 Corvette in the 13.5-second quarter-mile range. Then there was the Collector's Edition with its Sebring Silver paint and ZR-1-style 17-inch wheels. And for the historic racing crowd, there was the Grand Sport option.
In 1963, then Chief Engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, built five, 2,000-pound Corvette replica race cars to battle Carroll Shelby's 298 Cobras. When the GM brass found out about Duntov's back door racing program, the axe fell and the five Grand Sports were thankfully sold and not put into the crusher.
In the late '80s Corvette racer and engineer Dick Guldstrand built modified Corvettes that he called "Grand Sport 80," followed by his stunning "GS90 Corvette" in the mid-'90s. But for some odd reason, Chevrolet stayed away from using the Grand Sport tag until 1996.
The Grand Sport option was available on the coupe for $$3,250 and on the roadster for $2,880. Included with the Grand Sport option was the $1,450 optional LT4 engine with 330-horsepower. The most noticeable features were the Admiral Blue paint and bold white stripe that ran over the hood, top, and tail, and the blacked-out ZR-1 5-spoke wheels that wore Goodyear P255/45ZR17 tires in the front and P315/35ZR17 tires in the rear. Rather than use the ZR-1's wide rear body parts, the rear tires were covered with fender flares designed for Japanese export Corvettes. The roadsters all had smaller tires and no rear fender flares. The interior could be either all black, or red and black with embroidered "Grand Sport" trim. Other GS details included black brake calibers with raised Corvette lettering and special serial number sequences, similar to the ZR-1. Red hash marks were added to the driver's side front fender as a salute to the racing '63 Grand Sports.
The new LT4 engine also saluted the Grand Sport with a bright red throttle body with "Grand Sport" lettering. All of the other Corvette performance options were available with the Grand Sport.
A loaded Grand Sport coupe cost nearly $45,000 and a roadster went for over $53,000. To insure exclusivity, only 1,000 Grand Sports were built - 810 coupes and 190 roadsters. The Grand Sport option was part of the 3-part swan song for the C4 Corvette. Duntov would have been very happy.
A Personal Note From the Artist...
I am often asked, how I got into drawing cars. Well, I was one of those guys in school that was always drawing cars on my book covers and along the margins of my notes. When I graduated from Collingswood High School (in Collingswood, NJ), I thought I wanted to be a draftsman. It didn't take long for me to realize that my heart belonged to illustration.
I kept drawing drag racing and muscle cars and in 1975 had my first illustration published in "Drag Racing USA" magazine, and have never stopped.
Eventually, in the early '80s, I went to Philadelphia College of Art and studied illustration. After I put together a portfolio, I began my freelance career. In the early '90s I had the unique opportunity to work in the "Boys Toys" R&D Department at Tyco Toys where I worked on Tyco RC, Tyco HO, Matchbox, and Matchbox Collectibles product lines. Not only did I have receive a first-rate education in product design and development, I worked with some of the most talented and creative people I have ever known.
No, it wasn't like the Tom Hanks movie, "BIG," but I did share many wacky times there.
All along though, I kept my hand in the magazine biz and am currently a contributing artist and writer for "VETTE Magazine". And I now produce a monthly online newsletter called "The Corvette Report" with all kinds of juicy tidbits for the Corvette enthusiast.
I also enjoy researching the best mix of cool gear and art for motorhead enthusiasts of all ages and maintaining and updating the the Corvette Gear eBay store, as well as our other websites that are listed below
Thanks for stopping by and please bookmarks us!
Scott
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