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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.
Being Chief of Engineering for the Corvette surely had its perks. In 1969, Zora Arkus-Duntov showed the press his latest "mule car", a completely optioned-out for road-racing ZL-1 Corvette. The public finally had a glimpse of what it was like being in the beast.
Duntov was the best friend that any Corvette owner ever had. First and formost, he was a sports car racer. His "vision" for the perfect Corvette was a lightweight car with a high-revving, high output engine. The big-block 427 was not his ideal. However, the all-aluminum 427 made more power than anything at GM, plus it weighed as much as a small-block!
To show off what the '69 Corvette was capable of at the high end of the performance spectrum, Zora and his team built a Corvette the way any racer would. Starting with a "stock" L88 optioned Corvette, he then added the optional ZL-1. Like racers, they removed anything that didn't look like a race car.
All non-essential parts were removed: bumpers, upholstery, radio, spare tire, headlights, and heater. Then the good stuff was added. Cast-iron exhaust manifolds, mufflers, and pipes were replaced with steel header side exhausts. Racing mag wheels were 15 inches in diameter by 10.5 inches wide with non-D.O.T. approved, racing tires. Using the roadster body with a fixed hardtop roof, the only body mods were huge fender flares, the optional ZL-2 domed hood, and a lip along the leading edge of the hood to keep it from blowing off at 180-plus mph! This car was never driven on a public road, as it was a "research vehicle" only.
Needless to say, Duntov's toy ran like no other Corvette ever had up to that time. With 3.70 gears and a close-ratio four-speed, and not shifting like a drag racer, Duntov could hammer the quarter-mile in 12.1 seconds at 116 mph. In tight corners and heavy braking the '69 ZL-1 would pull over 1g. The suspension was set up to understeer slightly, but a controlled drift was possible. Top speed was somewhere over 180 mph!
Costing over $10,000, Zora's ZL-1 was twice as much as a stock Corvette. The cool thing was that so much great stuff was available from your local Chevy dealer.
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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