Chevrolet Corvette "Cobra Killer" Grand Sport by Superformance
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- GM killed off the 1963 Corvette Grand Sport project, designed to beat Ford's Shelby Cobra on track. But Superformance builds a "continuation" model Grand Sport. That's this muscle time machine.
It took a decade of legal wrangling with General Motors, obtaining the original molds and design documents, and finding an authentic Grand Sport body to use as a baseline.
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so is the car made 100% from scratch down to the frame and doors and firewall or is it using a c2 vette shell?
DYFEA definitely using a shell
DYFEA I think they’re making them 100% from scratch using the the old molds for the body
Each car is 100% from scratch on the company's own rolling chassis, and built under licensing agreements with the original models' trademark owners, GM, Shelby, etc.
@@drive thats so awesome, i was HOPING youd say that
Yeah -- it's a lot of money (around $175k as shown), but the quality's there.
SUPERFORMANCE makes high quality products.
Better quality than anything Chevy or Ford ever made
Literally breathtaking - a true #ThrowbackThursday classic. Thanks for sharing 👍
Strangely that is the car Carrol Shelby blamed for ruining the Cobra......... he told a story of how the Cobra was always going to be no bigger than 289 but when the Grand sport came out Ford rushed through development of the 427 because they thought it would be built in big number and as Shelby put's it "Ruined the handling of the Cobra"
The 427 was built for Le Mans. That’s how ford won in 1966-1969
That car screams "Get Out Of My Way!".
That is one sexy beast!
Just flat out stunning, damn, right down to the color !
I love side pipes
Cobra's were so fast because they weighed 2400 lbs and made 600 horsepower. 1hp/4 lbs they were a track car only, There were millions of corvette's sold.You see them everywhere but I've yet to see an original cobra out on a cruise. Its a rich mans toy.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the original Cobra's you're talking about didn't make 600 horses. Not even the 427s, and the 289s were the ones that won races. They have made a couple million vettes in almost 70 years, but they ain't all 60s models. Still a rich man's toy to have a C2 Corvette.
Top Demais !!👍😃
Nice one!! 😁👍👍
You are feeling feedback through the steering wheel. At hi speed's this feedback help's get you through curve's confidently & feel traction or loss of same. Something lost in the electric steering of today.
I’d be locked up in 3 days. Granny’s in their Oldsmobile’s , I’d race em all
I will own one, one day!!!🧐
I got one for sale
I see now I've got to build a four-car garage to house my Cobra, GT-40, and now, my Corvette Gran Sport, plus my daily driver.
Bobby Tucker - you forgot the Daytona
You’ve got a lot of money my friend
if only superformance could make an affordable Ferrari 250 GTO similar to how they build the Grand Sports and Cobras.
I knew this was possible I knew it!!!
The "Cobra Killer" Grand Sport Corvette is what inspired the Guldstrand GS90 C4 Corvette in the early-mid 1990's. I remember that car on the cover of an issue of Motor Trend, and I believe they included a pic or a sidebar or something about this 63 Vette in the article. www.speednik.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2018/08/guldstrand-gs-90-coupe-vs-convertible-2018-08-07_01-27-11_046919.jpg
a guy i know has 1 of 30 something made 1965 Ford/Shelby GT 350R9(the real deal) the car that ate Corvettes up on the track.
Correct, everything Shelby was producing was destroying the Corvette even the GT350. The only thing left to do was go back to Europe and settle the score with Ferrari. The rest is history.
@@kc-km8du its a shame the grand sport program was shut down by gm because when the Grand Sports were dialed in they were kicking absolute ass. in nassau speed week they were 10 seconds a lap faster than Cobras and Ferraris. The Grand Sports struggled long distance endurance racing though the car was in lack of a better term, too powerful for its own good long distance atleast, the car would break down and retire before it could finish simply because it was that fast and not exactly built to withstand it for a very long amount of time. but in a short race the Grand Sport was an absolute monster.
Probably my favorite corvette ever
Superformance are the best of the best. If i had the money. Id buy their car and nothing else.
2:10 on the rack in the background
Is that a blue series 1
Does Superformance make a right hand drive for left hand lane roads?
I am surprised on your comments on the steering since its a rack and pinion.
where is this store?
Want.
The steering issue is due to the high profile tires
Love the car always have but I'm a Ford guy the ,gt 40 is awesome too
Everyone knows GM killed the Grand Sport after seeing what Shelby was about to do with the 427. You can't rewrite history.
That's the Ford-fan theory. Another is that GM pulled out of factory-backed motorsports in '63 because -- with U.S. market share closing in on 55% -- GM management was concerned the government would break up the company (under the Sherman Antitrust Act), and so was becoming more sensitive about adhering to the so-called "gentlemen's agreement" (created after the '55 LeMans tragedy) that was supposed to keep U.S. automakers out of motorsports.
@@drive It came straight from the mouth of Carroll himself followed by the words it was a shame because it would have been fun to compete against them. Shelby already dominated North America and went on to win the GT class at Le Mans by 64. What I would take as fan theory is the story about Shelby Racing Team drivers flipping coins to see who would win. Perhaps you are right, but maybe Shelby was the nail in the coffin.
@@kc-km8du Carroll was the greatest, and an epic smack talker. No doubt he had the upper hand in racing, and an excellent partner-in-mayhem with Hank Ford II. Chevy was dealing with a boardroom full of GM stiffs. Would have been fun to see what happened if Chevy/Pontiac stayed in it for real. (Furtive boxes of parts to TransAm teams, nothwithstanding.)
Same people refused to put a motor above 400 inches in a midsize car!
Everyone knows? How much winning do you honestly think the 427 cobras did? The 289s did all the heavy lifting in competition.
ABS brakes?
Cantik corvette no2 ni,baru mahu tanya cobra tiada yang berbumbung ke...hahaha,ni pun mantap...
Man that is
From that era Corvettes had drums. Discs came later in c2's.
That is a continuance of a C-2.
The original Grand Sports had Girling fixed caliper disc brakes, originally solid rotor, very much the same as the Cobra.
Your right foot is the DJ. Yes
Wait, Superformance is a South African company?!! Wow, Africa Pamberi!!! Proudly African.
Only one way to see if an original Grand Sport would "kill" an original Cobra, and that is to put one up against the other on the track.
I'd rather have the LT4 supercharged power plant in one, I like how my '18 ZL1 runs with it, I can only imagine how much better it would run in a car weighing 1000 pounds less
id rather have one with a 377 550hp like the original cars, something about 60s race cars and american ones in particular, sound so nasty i absolutely love it. for me the 377 is the only way to go for this car.
Motion performance gt
Very nice, but cobra killer it's not
No it's not , how many decades did it take to catch up w the AC Cobra lol
@@timlink341 true
@@timlink341 it did beat the cobra though.
It beat up the Cobras.
It beat the cobras easily, I believe I read that it was 10 seconds ahead of the cobras and Ferrari GTO’S at Nassau speed week in the Bahamas
You can hear a South African :D
I'm not sure why all these blue ovals are ripping this car? Only five were produced and never really had the backing to compete. At least it was an American car!
Is it me or does it look like there's a lot of play in the steering
The leather straps and the hood gotta go. An original hood is the only thing I'd want changed. Other than that, it is a wicked beast.
It's actually not a "Cobra Killer". It's not even close to the sexiness of the Cobra.
Did beat them by like 10 seconds though.
Sovereign Knight your right it was wayyyy sexy
It beat them by 10 seconds at Nassau speed week in the Bahamas. And the Ferrari GTO’S it beat by 10 seconds as well
Cobras are good looking but it’s always bugged me that they don’t look good as a coupe which yeah that sounds stupid but I looked it up what a Cobra coupe looks like and it’s pretty goofy looking. And they Cobra got its looks from the AC ACE which is British and not Fords design
It was down because it was not competitive. And this is a kit car?
Sean Ryan - it’s a complete rolling chassis ready for drive train
It would depend on the cobra replica's build now, if this Corvette is faster. When they raced in the mid 60's as the true builds, the Corvette had no chance other than a horrible race car driver in the Cobra. The Corvette wasn't even in the same league then.
Les Grant they weren’t in the same league... it was better
But I love cobras, I love the grand sport and the cobra
10 seconds faster at Nassau Speed Week, the Grand Sport beat both Ferrari and Shelby
Not worried about crashing a priceless car, just a $200,000 custom
What's the cost
The rolling chassis (no engine) starts at $114,000. This one is a bit more than $175,000.
@@drive Fuck that man ill get a viper ACR instead. I'd rather have a Toyota supra with a clean built motor than this thing 🤔
well thats cause youre a generic, tasteless, sack of common dog shit.
@@drive to rich for my blood but sexy af
That's a lot for a replica. It does look cool.
Ac cobra killer ? History says no lol
Plum Bum history says yes in Nassau speed week in the Bahamas, I read that it was 10 seconds faster than the Ferrari GTO’S and cobra
Lol
Cobra or Gran Sport? Hmmmm. Cobra, I think. I think. I'm not sure. Oh dear.
why not to offer the Cheetah?
That's nine but what does something like that cost
michaelpace64 - $185k
A guy down the road from me has one of their Cobra replica's. It has all aluminum 427 with a 8 throttle body EFI setup that's looks a lot like the race engine. It's way nicer than any real Cobra I've seen. No clue where he got the aluminum FE from but it sound angry as hell.
Cobra killer!!??? No way
Cobra killer lol
not really a "cobra killer" since they never actually raced against each other.
and certainly never raced a cobra daytona coup.
They did race a Shelby cobra. At Nassau speed week in the Bahamas they were 10 seconds faster than the cobras and the Ferrari GTO’S
No “ Grand Sport” can run anywhere near a Cobra. Absolute B.S.
Jonathan Bachman That was the hope.
You need to do some research.
You are also missing the point of what superfirmance is trying to do
Actually it was built to beat the “baby” Cobra (289), the problem was that it was leaked to Shelby pretty quickly so he had enough time to respond with the 427 Cobra before the Grand Sport could hit the track. When GM heard about the 427 Coba the pulled the plug on the Grand Sport. So it never became the Cobra killer GM was hoping for.
@@jameswestfall8028 The Grand Sport was ten seconds faster than Cobras and Ferraris at Nassau Speed Week. The Grand Sport was cancelled because of GMs self imposed racing ban, the only reason the program even took off in the first place was because Zora did it behind there backs. Carrol said himself that the 427 hindered the handling of the Cobra and the 289s actually performed much better on the track than the 427, so actually a 427 Cobra would probably lose by an even larger margin to a Grand Sport than the 289s did.
why are bouncing around in the seat , you having a seizure lol
Because that vette sits as high as a 4wd pickup...
AC Cobra all day long
Nico Five’0 even tho this can beat it easily?
I’m not saying anything is wrong with the cobra, I love the cobra and this, these are both iconic pieces of history
I’m not saying anything is wrong with the cobra, I love the cobra and this, these are both iconic pieces of history
1st, there is no corvette with original chassis that is a cobra killer. 2nd there was no corvette in the era of the cobra that could come close , especially at lemans. 3rd good luck with the cheetah ....hahahaha...
gatorayde2005 there is. There was 5 original corvette grand sports in 1963. At Nassau speed week in the Bahamas they were 10 seconds faster than the cobras and Ferrari GTO’S
cobra killer...🤦🏾♂️
Rob 72 indeed it is a cobra killer
It beat the cobra and Ferrari GTO’S in Nassau speed week in the Bahamas
These things raped cobras.
Original honestly it's a better investment replicas don't go up in value by much
Gabriel Najerra these aren’t bought for the blue chip value, they’re bought for the ride.
@@f2detaboada i know but if you don't drive it often and then decided to sale it your gonna have a hard time selling it since it's a replica I've seen a dealership drop the price of Ferrari testa Rosa replica down to 17 thousand dollars because it's been sitting there for over 6 years
I wouldn't buy a Ferrari Testarossa replica in the first place, I *would* buy a licensed continuation car. The biggest difference between a replica and a licensed continuation car is that these cars go on the serial number record of the company that originally produced them. Another continuation car company is Revology, they do Mustangs, and their continuation Mustangs have all the latest tech luxuries. So technically speaking, and I truly mean in a technical sense, these are pretty much originals.
@@f2detaboada it sounds cool and all but most these companies make replicas and it isn't made by the real company
And that's what turns off alot of buyers
needs 1000 whp
and i fyou wnna get serious go see a gold coast moffat mustang ......
What race did this corvette beat the cobra? Answer: none....fake media
answer: Nassua Speed Week, beat Ferraris and Cobras by ten seconds lmao.
Is Chris Harris gone??
just say kit car.
You don't understand what a kit car is
80% of kit cars went unbuilt. The rest look like they were built by Mickey mouse. This is a professionally built replicar.
"C-o-n-t-i-n-u-a-n-c-e"
**** an airbag. California politicians, and their politics ruined cars like this.
Joke
Ugly front end
how so
BlaBlaBla, what a bunch of copy cats.