New 800hp Vintage Toy :)

BowtieBelle · 03-13-2012, 10:11 AM

As some of you guys know, my boyfriend's stepdad passed on a few weeks ago. Don was a great guy-- a mechanic at McCormick Chevrolet in Pigeon, MI for decades who had partial interest in his family-owned drag strip and a deep love of GM vehicles.

When Rich came back from setting all of the affairs in order, he had a big new race trailer behind his Tahoe...

and now we have THIS to play with!

Meet Donna, our '67 Sting Ray! She was purpose-bought to be a drag car by Don; we are going to make her a bit more streetable (Exhaust, remove the roll cage, [thank God he never "tubbed" it] etc) but leave the setup as close to this as we can, since it's really a piece of Corvette/racing history. Check out the custom 24k gold flake paint job! I can't wait to drive her and enter her in a few car shows! She's pretty rare, so I'm a little overprotective and paranoid, but I'm really looking forward to getting my hands dirty with this one

The setup right now is naturally aspirated at over 800hp... talk about a beast!

toesuf94 · 03-13-2012, 10:14 AM

Wow! What a treasure! (And you look great in it too!)

I have driven a '63 and a '65 recently...great driving cars...of course the ones I drove did not have 800 horses.

BowtieBelle · 03-13-2012, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toesuf94

Wow! What a treasure! (And you look great in it too!)

I have driven a '63 and a '65 recently...great driving cars...of course the ones I drove did not have 800 horses.

Thank you!

It's been raced at Summit Raceway Park in Norwalk, Ohio every year for the last 30 years, so we could technically take it up there and easily get a hundred grand for it, but I told Rich if he sells it i'll shoot out his knee caps

And he agrees. He doesn't want Don haunting him. The car was Don's baby!

JoeP@TeamBeckyD · 03-13-2012, 10:51 AM

WoW!!

Awesome!

thespymaster · 03-13-2012, 11:02 AM

WOW.............

CamaroSkooter · 03-13-2012, 02:06 PM

It better be at C5F3

BowtieBelle · 03-13-2012, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CamaroSkooter

It better be at C5F3

Overflow · 03-13-2012, 02:52 PM

That thing is gorgeous!

PeeBee · 03-13-2012, 04:03 PM

Pfuh... just another old Corvette...

that I'd really want !!!!!

Something to treasure, I'd say

BowtieBelle · 03-13-2012, 04:11 PM

I have a love hate relationship with the paint job. It's actually real 24k gold flake... so it's worth a LOT of money. But its' original color was Goodwood Green with a white stinger, which would have been just beautiful

I don't know if we're up to changing the paint, given the car's history-- but to get that same paint job done again would be all of $25,000.

Dznts · 03-13-2012, 04:13 PM

nice.. congrats Belle!

midnighter · 03-13-2012, 04:14 PM

That's an awesome machine.

PoorMansCamaro · 03-13-2012, 04:14 PM

congrats sarah!

BowtieBelle · 03-13-2012, 11:57 PM

Thanks y'all

Sent from my pager using a St. Bernard named Emperor Flufflebum

03-13-2012, 10:11 AM	#1
BowtieBelle They see me trollin'... Drives: 217 ci of fury; Chauffeured by SS Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 13,875 View My Garage	New 800hp Vintage Toy :) As some of you guys know, my boyfriend's stepdad passed on a few weeks ago. Don was a great guy-- a mechanic at McCormick Chevrolet in Pigeon, MI for decades who had partial interest in his family-owned drag strip and a deep love of GM vehicles. When Rich came back from setting all of the affairs in order, he had a big new race trailer behind his Tahoe... and now we have THIS to play with! Meet Donna, our '67 Sting Ray! She was purpose-bought to be a drag car by Don; we are going to make her a bit more streetable (Exhaust, remove the roll cage, [thank God he never "tubbed" it] etc) but leave the setup as close to this as we can, since it's really a piece of Corvette/racing history. Check out the custom 24k gold flake paint job! I can't wait to drive her and enter her in a few car shows! She's pretty rare, so I'm a little overprotective and paranoid, but I'm really looking forward to getting my hands dirty with this one The setup right now is naturally aspirated at over 800hp... talk about a beast! __________________ "Never race anything you can't afford to light on fire and push off a cliff." -CamaroSpike 2011 Custom LT/RS: Bella's Build Thread Last edited by BowtieBelle; 03-13-2012 at 10:24 AM.

03-13-2012, 10:14 AM	#2
toesuf94 Drives: THR #11 E-force supercharged Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cedar Rapids, IA Posts: 4,746	Wow! What a treasure! (And you look great in it too!) I have driven a '63 and a '65 recently...great driving cars...of course the ones I drove did not have 800 horses. __________________ Cars and women are both going to give you problems...but you can pay somebody else to fix your car!

03-13-2012, 11:02 AM	#5
thespymaster Drives: C7 / ZL1 / SS / trucsk Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: G4 CLASSIFIED Posts: 4,528 View My Garage	WOW............. __________________ 2014 C7 Stingray 3LT/Z51 2013 Camaro SS 2012 Camaro ZL1 - 850 HP 2015 GMC Denali 3500HD 4x4 2012 GMC Sierra 3500HD 4x4

03-13-2012, 02:06 PM	#6
CamaroSkooter Retarded One-Legged Owl Drives: 2010 Black Camaro 2SS Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 9,745	It better be at C5F3 __________________ My VIN = 2G1FK1EJ9A9105017 Build Date: 04-23-2009 according to: http://www.compnine.com/vid.php

03-13-2012, 04:11 PM	#10
BowtieBelle They see me trollin'... Drives: 217 ci of fury; Chauffeured by SS Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 13,875 View My Garage	I have a love hate relationship with the paint job. It's actually real 24k gold flake... so it's worth a LOT of money. But its' original color was Goodwood Green with a white stinger, which would have been just beautiful I don't know if we're up to changing the paint, given the car's history-- but to get that same paint job done again would be all of $25,000. __________________ "Never race anything you can't afford to light on fire and push off a cliff." -CamaroSpike 2011 Custom LT/RS: Bella's Build Thread

03-13-2012, 10:51 AM	#4
JoeP@TeamBeckyD 1 Drives: SS,PaceCar,ZL1,1LE,C7Z51,Z06,17-ZL1 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Detroit, Mich Posts: 68,623	WoW!! Awesome!

03-13-2012, 02:52 PM	#8
Overflow Space Shuttle Aficionado Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 30,897 View My Garage	That thing is gorgeous!

03-13-2012, 04:03 PM	#9
PeeBee Drives: "Bee" ZL585, Dark Blue Suburban. Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Luxemburg Posts: 1,244	Pfuh... just another old Corvette... that I'd really want !!!!! Something to treasure, I'd say

03-13-2012, 04:13 PM	#11
Dznts Anabolic Connoisseur Drives: Sold - Blown Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 22,094	nice.. congrats Belle! __________________

03-13-2012, 04:14 PM	#12
midnighter Account Suspended Drives: nothing Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: a hole Posts: 17,904	That's an awesome machine.

03-13-2012, 04:14 PM	#13
PoorMansCamaro Drives: Really Slow Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: PA Posts: 57,205	congrats sarah! __________________

03-13-2012, 11:57 PM	#14
BowtieBelle They see me trollin'... Drives: 217 ci of fury; Chauffeured by SS Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 13,875 View My Garage	Thanks y'all Sent from my pager using a St. Bernard named Emperor Flufflebum __________________ "Never race anything you can't afford to light on fire and push off a cliff." -CamaroSpike 2011 Custom LT/RS: Bella's Build Thread

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