Re: Grand Sport #1
Tim,
------Thats the guy I bought the speedo from. Remember talking with him for probably two hours trying to get that speedo away from him.
------A Detroit GM gearhead employee named Tom Turnas actually bought the car from Richard with Classic Motors money. The chassis went to Detroit for Tom to restore as he had heavy access to hard parts from the past from within GM. He found a 377 stroker motor and sidedraft intake with gigantic Webers. 55s I think. You could stick your whole hand down one of the barrels. The body was done by a very talented guy in Batavia,Ill. I remember his first name was John.
------The car went to a good friend and customer named Jerome Shinkay. Hes the big collector I mentioned before, I know he still loves cars but has gotten a bit burned out over the years. Among the cars we took in trade was a 1500 mile fly yellow Ferrari Daytona Spyder that we sold him in the first place, a 100 point 1960 black Mercedes 300SL, probably 7 or 8 big block and fuelie Corvettes, 2 or 3 LS6 Chevelles ,and I remember an absolutely unbelievable 3600 original mile bright blue 69 396/375 Nova. Jerome kept the Grand Sport for a number of years and then sold it to a guy named Jim Purvis who tore the whole car apart and restored it back to its Bahamas Speed Weeks glory. I think the car has been done at least one more time in an attempt to make it even more correct..............Bill S
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