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The cobra continued to be developed and improved while the grand. Working directly with chevrolet duntov motors racing icons plus other sources superformance took their time and made sure that everything was scrutinized. Father of the corvette and others at chevrolet launched a plan of building 125 ultra light corvettes called the grand sport. These were the corvette stingray and shelby cobra.
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Both had to impress chevrolet and ford respectively but since the cobra was 50 lighter it naturally ran away from all the corvettes. It was raced it for two seasons and won virtually every race it entered. Sadly they were forced to race in the prototype class where they faced superior mid engined specials. We have two corporate locations one in irvine california and the other in tempe arizona.
Out of all the classic roadster sports cars this has to be the one id have in my dream garage and this pic. Superformance takes all that is lust worthy in a vintage race car and leaves the rest in the past. These were the corvette stingray and shelby cobra.