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1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray L88 C3

1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C3 in Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans, Documentary, 2015 IMDB

Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin: US

1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray L88 C3

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Sunbar UK

◊ 2020-07-23 21:27

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skywatcher68 US

◊ 2020-07-23 21:42

 https://www.racingsportscars.com/chassis/photo/194679S706401.html

skywatcher68 US

◊ 2020-07-23 21:51

 From http://www.registryofcorvetteracecars.com/greder-3a.pdf:

Quote For 1970, Henri Greder had obtained a “new” Corvette through his connections with
Zora Arkus-Duntov. Actually this “new” car (VIN 194679S706401) had been built in
November 1968, and had been part of Zora’s fleet of test and press cars for over a year
when he sold it to Greder. This Corvette was a yellow L88 convertible with a black
(vinyl) removable hardtop. It originally came with a M40 automatic transmission and “a
ton” of spare parts to turn it into a racing car. These certainly included the M-22
gearbox, as the car was obviously never raced with the M-40 Automatic transmission.

Helped by his mechanics, Henri Greder prepared this Corvette in his own workshop.
Unlike the Opel cars provided to Greder Racing by GM-France, the two Corvettes and
the Camaros that the team also used over the years, were owned by Greder.

At some point during the 1970 season, 706401 was fitted with a ZL-1 engine, either for
the Tour de France only (as stated in “Auto Passion” N°80 of May ‘93) or, more likely,
for both the Le Mans event and the Tour de France. Contemporary reports in the
French monthly magazine “L’Automobile - Sports Mécaniques” (issues for July ‘70 and
Nov. ’70) and the Belgian weekly magazine “Sport Moteurs” confirm that this car had an
aluminum block for Le Mans).


-- Last edit: 2020-07-23 21:51:53

Exiv96 BE

◊ 2020-07-26 01:39

 Stingray was part of he name in the early years of the C3.

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