The elusive Can Am found pics !

[71 can am]

The corvette summer was a very radical custom, no way it could have any practical use on a race track, In my opnion a cool supercar, Has to look good & run good, In other words, A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing, Just stick on the #'s & go raceing, Then put it in the competition class in the Concourse same day. Been there , Done thst.

[olredalert]

-------The blue Bill Mitchell Vette behind the Olsen car went thru our dealership (Classic Motors) way back in about 1977/78. Used it to go back and forth to work on occasion. One of our buyers dug it up down around Louisville in the country.

-------Pete,,,The dome was actually an extended fuel injection lid that came thru the hood. Kind of like the first instance of a "shaker" design although there was no attempt at any cool air deal........Bill S

[PeteLeathersac]

VERY cool these cars....kind've executive perks for the GM boys! . Where's a picture of the 'shaker' dome....too cool this thing! . Is the 396 car there somewhere too and is the original lump still w/ it? . What's the build date of the 396 car....and if indeed a '64 it must predate Z16 production so would be nice to see some in depth look at the components? ~ Pete

[olredalert]

Pete,

--------The "dome" car is the Corvette next to the Corvette Summer car. You can see the fuel-unit lid poking thru but not by much. It also had a one-of chrome ring around the edge of the hole.
--------The sidepipes you see wernt functional as the car was built. It had under-the-car exhaust with turndowns at the aft end that you could hardly see. When Mike Yeager(Mid-America Corvettes?) bought the car at B/J he gave it to a very talented friend of mine up here in Detroit for a bit of fluffing and they came to the conclusion that the sidepipes should be active not passive. Werner Meier (my pal) had exact duplicates except functional made. They cost Mike a fortune but, I guess, its only money!!!.........Bill S

[DOWOP5]

I live in Upstate New York, 45 minutes from Cooperstown. Some of you may have heard about the Corvette Museum that was once located there. It shut down about 4 years ago. Anyway, it was a cool place and a friend and I went once a year. The guy who owned the museum had a movie theater in the museum with "Corvette Summer" playing and he had the actual car sitting in the theater. Pretty cool, you could watch the movie and look at the car at the same time.

[PeteLeathersac]

Thanks Bill....love these S.O. cars! . Cool sidepipe update....hope nothing melts the f'glass? . I meant closer pics of the 'dome' car....got any? . And the 396 car....any info on that one? ~ Pete

[Verne_Frantz]

Pete,

" I think I remember reading one included an early Type 'O' casting 396....in a '64 car?."

Do you have any more real info on this?

thanks
Verne

[olredalert]

------I dont have the catalog in front of me but I believe that the pearl pink 396 automatic coupe will be for sale at Bloomington Gold this June. If anyone has Danas catalog near at hand maybe they could take a look.

-------Found the catalog and I was right, Bunkie Knudsens car, built for his wife will be at B/G this June as well as another styling 64 Vette that has a bunch of mods to it that Im not familiar with.......Bill S

[PeteLeathersac]

Bill, that's the one, I'd forgotten it was the pink one. . So it is a 396 in a '64 car....is there any info available on it yet or does anyone have? .

Verne, I have no info myself, only know of the S.O. cars going to GM brass of the era....kind've like getting the key to the executive washroom? . I always loved the look of the 'dome' car and always thought this is where the idea for the '67 SS427 domes came from....don't think I knew it was a 'shaker' before....too cool! . I always wondered about the 396 car being a '64 so if it's coming up at BG, it'll be nice to read any available info on it. . Does anyone know if it's the original engine still with it?

~ Pete