This Experimental 200-MPH Chevy Could Sell For $2 Million - Yahoo Autos (blog)
Anyone who’s a Corvette fan should know this comic book-worthy name: Zora Arkus-Duntov. If you’re up on Chevrolet lore, you’ll know that Arkus-Duntov indeed holds superhero status thanks to his role as the “Father of the Corvette. Labeled simply as a 1960 Chevrolet CERV I, the ground-scraping, Formula One-looking blue and white bullet looks like it leaped out of the frames of a “Speed Racer” cartoon. And that’s no idle comparison when you consider that with Arkus-Duntov at the wheel this land-shark hit 206 mph at GM’s Milford Proving Grounds in 1964. Long tucked away in a series of high-profile private collections, this is the first time the... “The rap sheet of what this car did is a mile long, and much of it was with Zora actually behind the wheel, not to mention other racing greats,” says Squindo, noting that the collectors who took care of the car were the kind of men who would have... “First and foremost, though, this car contributed greatly to Zora’s racing mentality while he was at Chevrolet,” he says. Source: www.yahoo.com
