Tuesday, January 13, 2015

a very rare Corvette is up for sale, a 1956 SR-2

This car, #2522, had the highest priority with no cost spared. Work began in May ’56 modifying the body, brakes and suspension. Special windscreens were installed for driver and passenger. The parking lights were removed allowing air to flow for front brake cooling.

 Dr. Dick Thompson completed the six hour race with a respectable finish. Jerry Earl continued to race the SR-2 throughout the 56-57 seasons and sold the car in 1958 to Jim Jeffords.
I don't know wtf a "Private Treaty" is, (might be so the new owner remains anon/mystery) but it's something semantically chosen instead of saying, Ebay Auction. Why he's trying Ebay instead of auction house companies like Mecum, Russon and Steele, or Barrett Jackson is a mystery, but it's likely just opportunistic greed. It's not really the Ebay where you bid, and the competition bids, until someone is willing to pay the most and wins the auction. Not anymore, now people just say "Here's the buy it now price".

Don't expect that this is going to sell, or is anything more than a publicity stunt to get people spreading the word (guilty) that this is possible to pry loose from a collector for a ridiculous price. Like that is a surprise.

It's got a fuel injected 327, 30 over. Jim Jeffords bought it, brought it to Nickey Chevrolet, and Auggie Pabst was his backup driver.

3 SR-2s were made, one for Harley Earl's son, one for Bill Mitchell.

Images from Ebay

Not even in the realm of worth over 2 million. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=most+expensive+corvettes it's not a 53, or the Bill Mitchell vette, not an L88, or a ZL1, nor is it a Gran Sport. 

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