This wild 'D" Modified was built by John Teverbaugh and Robert Kirkland to run at Bonneville for the 1957 - 1959 seasons, and was known as an innovative racer in terms of design, style, and engineering. First on the punch list is the beautifully desi... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.
Mercury Engine in a Corvette? Now I've seen it all!! Beautiful car and would definitely catch my attention on the salt whether it's 1957 or 2057.
Great car, shame it wasn't restored to how it raced, The first thing I noticed when looking at the engine bay was the modern suspension and rack and pinion plus the other modern crap. it really cheapens a historic racer and makes it seem like a modern 'Kit Car'. If I remember correctly they had it listed on ebay for $750,000 shortly after the resto. On the positive side I like it and I saw it at the Petersen last year. my crappy pics. SANY0179 by Jimmy Bs 1925 Chev, on Flickr SANY0178 by Jimmy Bs 1925 Chev, on Flickr
Internet rumor has it that the car is currently on display at a Disney PIXAR "Cars 2" themed amusement park in Hollywood: I wonder how that happened?
pretty cool, i can see a definate european style to it. looks like it should be racin around le mans or monte carlo or something
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