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From the Corvette Art Collection of Automotive Artist K. Scott Teeters
John Greenwood's Spirit of Sebring '76 IMSA Corvette John Greenwood's "Batmobile" IMSA Corvette
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.
Packages are sent via USPS Priority Mail for speedy delivery.
All print orders are processed in 1 to 2 business days.
We will ship world-wide, but rates are based on your location.
For outside the U.S. shipping, e-mail lightoak@comcast.net for a shipping quote and include your name and FULL mailing address.
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.
John Greenwood was described as "the perfect Corvette guy." He was well financed, blue-collar, and liked getting dirty working on his race car. Also, he was good at building very powerful big-block Chevy engines. In a field of factory-supported SCCA A/Production and Trans-Am cars, Greenwood was a classic underdog the Grumpy Jenkins of road racing. John had been beating up Porsches and BMWs since the early '70s with his homemade, 8,000 rpm ZL-1 Corvettes. His "Spirit of Sebring '76" Corvette was to be the wildest ride of his career.
Although the car was called a "tube framed" car, John started with a stock Corvette steel birdcage frame that was first gusseted for added strength, with the tube frame then welded on. The front suspension used stock mounting points, but was lowered using 25 percent stiffer springs, adjustable Koni shocks, and various size anti-roll bars. The rear suspension used 2.73: 1 gears, coilover shocks, twin A-arms, and anti-rollbars to eliminate squat. Hurst-Airheart NASCAR disc brakes with dual master cylinders provided excellent braking. With the huge factory-option pontoon fenders, John was able to use Sterling alloy wheels 11" x 15" in the front and 17" x 15" in the rear, with Goodyear Blue Streak tires 24.5 x 10-15 on the front and 28.0 x 17-15 on the rear.
Greenwood's ZL-1 engine was bored to 467 cid and made over 700 hp @6,800 rpm and 620 lb-ft of torque at 4000 rpm. The engine used a stock crank, Carillo rods, Isky roller rockers, a dry-sump oil system, and a Lucas fuel injection on a magnesium cross-ram manifold. Transmission was a blueprinted M22 "rock crusher."
John wanted to make a street version of this car. But federal regulations, safety, and liability concerns of the day prevented him. In '76, Greenwood and Dick Smothers won Sebring and took the pole position at Le Mans, but engine trouble took them out of the race. John's Corvette hit 211 mph on the Mulsanne Straight! Not bad for a street racer from Detroit.
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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This eBay store was created in October 2007. We have another eBay store, "Dude's Motorhead Shop" that has been open for business since April 9, 2000, has over 1,776 feedbacks, and a 100% positive feedback.
Also, you can visit our IllustratedCorvetteSeries.com website where we have hundreds of Corvette art prints from the first Vette in 1953 to today's Corvette. All illustrated by automotive artist, K. Scott Teeters.
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