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The Chevrolet Corvette is probably one of the greatest American cars of all time. It is the pride and enjoy of Chevy in the racing world, capable of taking on the likes of Porsche, Ferrari, and Aston Martin in the GT circuit. But at one point Chevrolet wanted to kill this Corvette Grand Sport and this is its story …
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Which Corvette is the best Corvette? 😎
:)
Donut Media ZR1
68 ZL1
Ha rcr reference
I like the renders of the c8 i guess lol
Zora arkus duntov sounds like the kind of villain who would interrogate you while stroking a cat and wearing an eyepatch while in a spaceship
Sounds like a Soviet teletubby
I mean you're not wrong 🤣
Lol yeah, sounds like a Bond villain who retired from doing evil stuff to build sportscars.
Honestly he's one of the coolest dudes in Automotive history
Of course he's a great guy and the Corvette is amazing
I'm imagining Zora and John DeLorean sitting somewhere having drinks laughing at GM upper management
Yep calling them a gaggle of stupids..
@@vannjunkin8041 That sir is an understatement!
@@Aseutester it really is.
@@vannjunkin8041 They shut down a Great old subsidiary based in Australia after stealing a ton of Australians Money via the state!
The GM board are scum!
@Neal Head "Say hello to my little friend!"
All Hail Zora! Thanks to him we have a Corvette and his dream of a mid engine Corvette is finally here!
Joe Alex yee
Yea after ford gt and ferrari gave a 10 seconds gap in le man that the corvette cry about it. And penalize ford by adding weight and cutting fuel size while ferrari got a air retricter /choke.
Donut needs to make that a Tshirt
Yeah but it looks like ass. Whoever Chevy hired for the 2019 designs should be shot lol
Dream will be a nightmare July 18.
8:50 missed opportunity for "winning races and fitting braces"
I never knew. Thanks for the story. I never knew the cobra had any competition. I drove in SCCA (1500 and 1600 CC Class) races back in the day. Carol Shelby, a friend of my Grandfather, got me my driver's license. Now, I have more respect for this early corvette (which I never knew about nor raced against) when most of them were heavy dogs on the track.
Corvette grand sport:
GM executives: cast it into the fire, destroy it!
Duntov: *no*
Duntov: Fine. I'm just gonna destroy it... over...there.
**drives car home**
'Cast it to the fire, Duntov'
(sarcastically) "HAHAHAHA okay, dad!!"
drives car away!!
Back when engineers still had balls and brains. These days, they have neither. Proof = The Northstar Motor.
Jeff actually stories like this still occur frequently today, thanks for sharing your ignorance on the car manufacturing industry.
GM: "destroy it!"
Zora: "ok boomer"
This is not just a Bumper to Bumper, It's a Up To Speed as well.
Also "I can still dance" by Tigerblood Jewel Music you guys use in video in description attempt #7
War Thunder: How to Corvette
@@R0CKETMAN112 Buy me Forza on PC and maybe I might just friggin do it.
I said the same too... lol... Up to speed disguised 😊
@@shimeih2287 We like stories. lol
@@Donut I really appreciate the lengths you go to give us great content. You guys are a planetary treasure that should be cherished. We will always support you 😊
Donut has enough clout now to film on top of the Petersen Automotive Museum, proud of ya’ll
GM was realy pissed because Zora was showing off the next gen 'Vette body design two yrs prior to production.
I'm imag
"Mo Power behbeh!" Is what I'm screaming when I'm welding from time to time.... My coworkers don't get it. But we do.
Huh funny, just saw a '63 Corvette convertible in action at my local transportation museum yesterday. Such a sweet ride. Especially the.. POP UP UP AND DOWN HEADLIGHTS
Love that song 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rise up weeb car guys
Ew damn weebs
Filthy weebs, what was I thinking smh
*corvette engine starts*
Me: *giggles*
My Ford Friend: *giggles*
Car enthusiasts: *giggles*
The whole world: *giggles*
God: *giggles*
That's the exact reason I get up and go to work everyday. It never fails to put a smile on my face every time that I fire one up and take it for a drive.
Loud cars in general imo
Nice rush pic bro
So true
Well I'm not giggling.
Yes I Am
I had heard about these old lightweight Corvette before. I didn't know they had actually been created. Very cool video about a piece of history I thought was only a legend. Thank you, Donut Media for doing a video on these old school race cars. (:
Imagine if we got back old racing where it also included brands actually mattering
forgot i was watching bumper2bumper halfway through. Felt a lot like an uptospeed episode imo.
Good thing?
Great thing!
@@Donut I do like the complete package. Learn about the cars characteristics and the history. The tempo is mellow enough. Tho i do like the up to speed tempo too it can be jarring for longer episodes.
@@Donut do up to speed on up to speed
Well it isn't a secret Corvette anymore
Damn truth
Hey im the second comment
It literally isn't now lol. Also welcome again to the comment sections lol
I want to see this get mass liked.
Ur back
The racing dentist???" He loved to fix peoples gaps and he also loved gapping people. "Should have been the line
The only dentist that gives gaps and resides at gapplebees
Come on! It should have been 'Winning races and fitting braces'
Cranky Parrot actually that would be an orthodontist (not to sound like a smartass or anything)
Look at you with your big university words:)
Can you imagine if Zora would've gotten to build the mid-engine version that he really wanted to?🤔🤔
can you just think if zorra knew that shelby had a 427 sohc ready !
shaints3 Zora would have figured something out to beat that😂
@@oneeyedjackwya9742 : I doubt it.
really dropped the ball on "Winning races and filling cavities."
"Winning races, and fitting braces" would have been much better.
Dentist don’t do braces tho
This is true. Orthodontist do them once the Dentist says they need them. But some destists do the required training to do so. Very few have.
And upcoming C8 Corvette is Mid-engined. Just like what Zora Duntov want
@@Dylan-wp5kb "is" sorry it's already fixed
Stephen Clark the Ford GT is mid-engined, and it’s still American
Stephen Clark it’s always been their dream to out do Ferrari
Cant wait to drive a street car with no storage at all. Woo.
The corvette was originally supposed to be mid engine anyway
Can we all agree that scrapyards are the saddest places in earth for all car enthusiasts
I was in japan recently. They have such nice cars in scrapyards
Nah I love scrap yards. I love that people throw away cars when 1 part goes bad but there's still 250 good parts in it.. More for me. I always imagine the things i could build if they'd let you have what you want for free 😂
I guess there’s a distinction to be made between scrapyards and junkyards
No. Because there is where we build on a budget~
The scrapyard is simply the place where nightmares can turn to dreams for cars.
@@L00PdeL00P absolutely
That Corvette sounds so freakin good
If you ever wanted to know why Chevy loves Z's in their trim models think of Mr. Zora.
Nice little nugget there!
if i have $200,000 i'd buy this Superformance Corvette Grand Sport over the mid engine C8, my god that is the most beautiful car ever from the US!
The look of the corvette really went downhill after 1982. I agree with ya, if I become a top salesman for my company I'm getting on!!!
Agreed
You noticed it's a kit car behind him ! I was wondering if any one else did .
@@VinnyMartello It went downhill until 1996. I love the C5-C8.
Straight up! Split window has always been my favorite Vette till now. This is one amazing looking car.
Huh, since this episode is about a V8 racecar, I'll have to make VTEC sounds myself.
BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
BAK-IK-IK BAK-IK-IK-KA BAK BAK-IK POP
I was wearing headphones on full bass and you started the car up ❤
I absoutley love that minimalist interior. Gorgeous and functional. Plus that original cross ram 377 🤯 wow.
This is exactly the type of content I want to see. There are many interesting tales throughout automotive history, and Donut has the opportunity to tell them to the masses.
It's interesting how Bunkie Knudsen was involved with the Gran Sport, but enacted the 400 cubic inch ban in A-bodies just a few years later...
They need to do this for the dodge Daytona and Plymouth superbird that people can buy
That would be VERY cool, it's funny how when those cars came out hardly anybody wanted them, I grew up in a neighborhood that's on a hill overlooking my hometown, around 1972 or 73 when I was a kid there was a yellow Superbird or Daytona at a used car lot down the road from my house that I could see from my bedroom window, that car sat there for sale for about 2 years before it finally disappeared, I wonder how long it would have lasted in this day and age.
@@dukecraig2402 The problem was they were $5K when you could get a very fast car for $3K. And you would pay more for insurance than you would for gas, even though they only got 6 mpg around town. I would have bought one, but I wasn't old enough to drive yet.
@@scotth6814
Yea, that was the same problem with all of the exotic American cars of the era when they were new, that all aluminum 427 engine Corvette that they only made 2 or 3 of, the ZL1 or whatever it was called, cost $10,000, that's why they only made 2 or 3.
The Superbirds and Daytona Chargers were never really meant or expected to sell very well to the public, Chrysler was only worried about making the required numbers for them to be NASCAR legal, if they sat around at the factory and dealerships because they wouldn't sell that wasn't something they were worried about.
My point wasn't even about them selling new, it was about them selling as used cars in the 70's, after the first OPEC oil embargo of 72 nobody wanted cars like that because they were gas hogs and expensive to insure, even by the time I was in high school in the early 80's nobody wanted them except for maybe the most exotic one's like a Superbird or Daytona Charger, only the rarest cars like that were really desirable at that point and only really to gear heads, even by the early 80's people just didn't want to have anything to do with late 60's gas hogs, Christ when I was in high school you could buy a 1st generation Camaro for $500 to $1,500 depending on condition and engine option, now those same cars sell for $10,000 in rough shape to $100,000 restored, but for years nobody wanted them, in the first year after the 1st OPEC oil embargo gasoline rose 35 cents per gallon, previous to that it took 10 years for it to rise that much in price per gallon, that's why after 72 nobody really wanted cars like that.
I never thought that I would see Pumphrey yelling steve miller band lyrics at me
Imagine if u found one of the orignal GS's in a barn
Find a original first gen zo6 and its worth a couple million
Kek 45 I’d cry like baby 🤣
I actually no where one of these cars are under a tarp. The man has no idea what he has. I asked him if I could take some pictures and he told me to leave. Amazing car.
@@SS--CAL how do you know what it is if its under a tarp
Pipe dream, @@SS--CAL, not enough survived for one to be under a tarp somewhere. May, however, may be a privateer road racing clone from back in the day. Magazine coverage was pretty heavy back in the late '60's after the story got out. Even that would be mad cool, however!
Love my 2019 Corvette Grand Sport with its MANUAL TRANSMISSION.
This episode was very different. Feels like it's an 'Up To Speed' with more details.. I love you James and all your Donut Media team...
Great content as usual 🔥🔥🔥
When you do the cobra whistle I hear minecraft spiders hissing
Hiss*
@@nawrfsideshawty a
I think you guys could make a great video of the Cadillac vs Lincoln.
It's been an American luxury rivalry for decades.
Ganzo86 I would be down for this. I’d also love a video on the Buick Y-Job, Duesenberg, and/or Packard.
@@nimeshchokshi1921
The problem with that is finding a car anywhere near an SJ Duesenberg to compare, they were simply in a class all their own.
Here in my town, there is a super exclusive car museum. Collier car museum. They have one of the originals. My boss invited me when his Corvette club got the invite for a tour. It was beautiful. The other cars in there are mind blowing. The shop they custom make parts for the cars is so clean you could eat off the floor. Amazing experience for a car guy
I've got to say, the way that car/camera shakes when it's being revved; super awesome..!!!
I expect to see a Group S car in the future, YOU KNOW YOU WANT SOME OF THAT AWD TURBOCHARGED 500+ HP 80's RALLY SWEETNESS. I suggest the humble Toyota 222D
I have a HotWheels Corvette exactly like this one, even the paint job, it's very cool
I bought one also.
"Winning races, and filling cavities."
That actually had nothing to do with dentistry.
Giggity!
I have a poster of a '66 Corvette Convertible cutaway that Zora autographed when I went to Corvettes at Carlisle around April of '94. It is one of my prized possessions.
-- Nice! Editing and special effects work well. Thank you.
Glad you import boys show respect to American muscle. Great channel and a great episode. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
7:05 If you weigh 132 pounds, you gotta be 4'10" or something. I'm 5'10", weight just under 150#, and I'm skinnier than you by far.
He probably meant 232
In 1993 there was of these at Fraser Dante in Roswell Georgia for $100K
How...HOW did they get it to SOUND like that?! Thats one of the most bad ass engines ive ever heard!
6:00 - You don't know Jack. Those fender flairs are as aerodynamic as a barn door. In fact, they are quite similar to a Model A fiberglass fender for hotrods. In fact, that is where Dan Garner got his flares for the very first Grand Sport replica in 1979, right out of the J.C. Whitney catalog.
whats popping my dudes
Dudes my popping whats
How do you do fellow kids?
My popcorn
Not the corvette's headlights
Pussy poppin
it actually got me wondering. Is Bumper2Bumper the replacement for "the new car show"?
Probably this is way cheaper to produce, as he doesn't drive, they don't pay any insurance
@@agustinestebankalinowski9110 We still pay insurance. Pumphrey is just a crap driver so there's no reason for him to drive. lol
Donut Media you didn’t have to kill him like that.
@@Donut oof
Y'all ready to watch the movie that's gonna come out about Shelby.
Didn't know there was going to be one, now I've got something to look forward to since I've lost all interest in the Star Wars and James Bond movies for obvious reasons, oh crap, the thought just occured to me that they might have a transgender LGBTQ house cat play the part.
yea there's a trailer on the movie out already called Ford V Ferrari, I'm fucking excited
I fuckin can't express how much I love this car and I appreciate the respect and honor you give it, thanks to all of you and ZORA!
Could you imagine John DeLorean saying if we drove fast enough backwards around Nolan.... great Scott's !! we could go back in time.. and find James's dad as well... John DeLorean would be like it's the perfect trifecta haha
Guys if you haven't, go rewatch the up to speed Supra video. Don't you agree it needs to be remade?
It technically was remade
..by BMW
..with an automatic
Id rather have a Lexus sc over a supra
@@Dixon_Deep the video needs to be remade lol
Evo too
Anyone else recognize the roof top parking garage and buildings from eBay from classic street rods?
Its the secret roof of the Petersen Museum
James I feel like u always find the most amazing cars and the only thing I found was a 1974 Camaro 350 LT but in my case I think that the best corvette is the Corvette stingray my fav
On one side I'm glad the whole headlight thing was actually said...
It didn't have the flair. But that curiosity is answered.
Hey James, hit up the Petersen Museum and ask Carpo Murkijanian about the 1963 Split Rear Window, he bought back in the mid seventies. It had an Ed Pink, (Builder for Keith Black Engines) 427 in it, when we opened the hood, his jaw hit the Radiator!!!
Most beautiful car that exists.
Okay, “The Flying Dentist” is the best nickname ever.
He's scaring me with the singing, love the vette though
I'm starting to realize that the creators of these mean machines knew what they had built, and at least a few of the cars that were just made to be crushed were saved/stashed in someone's garage quietly!. LOL
And to those who saved such innovative monsters of the day are freakin heroes in my book!. Thanks for sharing as always Donut Media and for shining light on their stories while showing a good amount of appreciation for those classics and those Dr. Frankenstein's who had created such amazing machines it's the best history lesson ever!. 🙏🍻
11:39-11:45 For some reason I kinda felt that. That *"STOP!"* at the end is what got me.
Post Malone’s Velociraptor. I know you have seen my comments already on the other videos but i will not stop till this legendary video becomes a thing. Please Doughnut ❤️
It depends on how much info James can dig up about it.
No one cares about Post Malone.
@@truantray we're interested in his 6x6 velociraptor, not post himself. the thing is sick as fuck. there's even a .50cal mount in the bed.
He mentions how old cars are compared to Post Malone all the time (even though I've never heard a single one of his movies? Songs? Words?)
Say dad, please give me some of that De Tomaso Pantera!
1900 pounds????
Ayeeee dats pretty guud
Had a 63 split window in my garage back in the early 80s, but family gets bigger and it was so small. But a very wicked car.
I'm from Dunkirk NY . the original gone in 60 seconds sorta started and was even partially filmed around here. But a friend of mine and his dad built one of these and its currently on a lift in his gradge .
Make an up to speed on Chevy monte Carlo
*use me as the " WE NEED A SNAKE BITE EDIT ( SIMILAR TO THE LIGHTING, LIGHTING, LIGHTING, EDIT ) BUTTON"*
I'm gonna be honest. Bumper 2 bumper is better than the actual top gear.
Tonight!, James wears a hat, Nolan drinks milk (No homo), and Jessica Is gone
Nolan drinks non-homegenized milk 😂
Chassis #002 lives here in Philly at the Simeone museum. Fantastic car, looks incredible in person.
I've wanted the Superformance Daytona Coupe for probably 20 years. Thank you for featuring them
REMAKE THE SUPRA VIDEO WITH MORE ENTHUSIASM
Pls do Up to speed on Bugatti
Its being written...
This Grand sport was No match for a Cobra, Sure it was competition for the Shelby Daytona Coupes.
The Cheetach was the Cobra SLAYER.
JerseyMikeP ... WTF is/was a "Cheetach"? I've heard of the Cheetah. You know, like Chester.
The Cheetah would, most likely, have raced against the Shelby Daytonas, and it's really unlikely the Grand Sport could have unless it was raced after 1963 in a race that a Shelby Daytona was competing in because the Shelby Daytonas didn't compete in races before 1964, Shelby Cobras did.
@@JW...-oj5iw A one off that was built using Corvette hardware. the first two were built using aluminum, the other ?14? ?16? due to a fire) were built out of fiberglass.
@@beauxguidry5373 ... You may have misunderstood my question. Start at the beginning and you'll see what I did a year ago. Coincidentally, I hauled a guy's Grand Sport a week ago. Carburetor decided to flood out the engine. Probably a speck of grit wedged itself into one of the needles and seats. I would have liked to delve into the problem myself, but it's not part of my job.
@@JW...-oj5iw That WTF is a Cheetah? I answered you truthfully to the best of my knowledge. It is an actual car, that was built by somebody that I can't remember the name to at this moment, in his own garage as an after market item built with Corvette parts.
In my childhood I saw one of these cars. It might have been at Elmer's museum which sadly is no more. I was hooked on it from first sight and always wanted one. Preferably one of the roadsters.
Duntov did a lot more than the GS, there were the SSR's as well. Plus he was responsible for options on the Vette to go racing like bigger gas tanks, suspension options, culminating in the first Z06 option in 1963. Then there's all the parts he made available at the parts counter for racers of all stripes. All ways to get cars and parts into the hands of racers without fielding a "factory" car.
*rev's the engine*, damn i felt that in my throat!
I kinda like it... lol hell LOOKS SICK!!! I LOVE IT!!!! now my "wet dream" Stratos have a buddy!! :P
I only watched the video again today to hear the engine sound
First, I watch these videos and wonder why anyone would dislike it? Second, I now have a new car at the top of my list if I were to somehow get dumb money. You rock Donut!
On a cold stretch of new but un-opened stretch of I-435 on the far west side of Kansas City. I got to ride in GS-001. It was in February of 1985 and it’s owner at the time (Jim Purvis, of Overland Park, KS was at the wheel. It was in its roadster attire and dressed in red.
I was a young recording engineer that was tasked (privileged) to produce the audio for a video feature set to run at a Bloomington Gold Special Collection presentation in a few months from that cloudy, brisk day.
After a few fast full throttle approach and fly-bys on a very closed course! Jim asked me to jump in the rudimentary passenger seat with my location sound gear and a very special microphone with a zeppelin and double windsocks. We again made several run-ups to (my guess) to about 140mph. Since we were very much trespassing at the moment, we wasted no time putting the beast back on an open trailer and beating our way out of there!!!
I had no idea at the time I was fortunate to ride in one of history’s most famous race cars.
- Humbled
(makes Z with hands) ZOLTAN!
ZOLTAN!
1 view and 32 likes... ok.
Are you new to TH-cam or do you just like being unoriginal?
@@spikes_johnson i'm unoriginal
Yeah those numbers never add up.
My roommate explained why that happens. Sadly I don't remember the explanation. Something to do with it only counting views if you watch a certain amount of a video. So people show up, like, and move on, and it doesn't count the view. Or something. Who knows
Day 2 Of Asking donut to do and UP TO SPEED on the Dodge Dart!
It gonna happen 1 day and it will be greate
I can't wait to hear these guys say the Hurst Hemi Darts were the only car available from the factory in grey primer! Do it Pump!
Nice work I know a guy named Dwayne James that bought two mid 50’s Corvette prototypes from a museum. They guy that designed them could not stomach destroying
His work so sent them to some museum for storage including all the paperwork When GM found out about this they sued Dwayne for the return of the 2 vehicles. It didn’t work and the court ruled in Dwaynes favor.
Aye DM... this was some of your best - Thanks for posting
Your welcome for the pizzas Americans
(I’m Italian)
Bruh you didn’t come up with pizza
American laws makes me giggle every time I hear them. Trying to kill their own company. Pfft!!
It had nothing to do with American laws, it was just the upper management of GM
Can’t wait to see the new Corvette. Personally I like the midyear Corvette in 1967 to me was the pinnacle of all Corvettes. My second favorite is the 1970 Corvette. RIP Zora greatest car designer of all time. 🇺🇸
The "flying dentist" liked to fix gaps and also create them😂
I'm not much of a Chevy guy but that red Chevy light whagh is one sexy car
You had me at "Time Keeps on Slippin' Slippin' Slippin'"!
That song is one of my lifelong favorites (I'm 52).
You were only 8 years old when that song came out.
@@theplayernkc I was 9, it came out in August after my June birthday that year.
I lived in Ft. Huachuca, AZ at the time and we only had one radio station, that played that song a whole lot. :)
@@BoDiddly The album dropped May 1976, you were 8 and didn't have a clue what was good music at that age.
@@theplayernkc The album dropped in August 1976, I was 9 and how would you know what I knew about good music? You weren't there.
Also, why is this of any concern to you?
@@BoDiddly You're wrong, the album dropped May 1976 and I was there. I'm 52 years old myself and my older brothers were the ones playing the Steve Miller Band, not me. You may have liked the song at when you heard it, but you had ZERO clue if the song was going to be the hit it was at 8 years old.
"...I mean it this time. Stop!" LOL This guy always makes me laugh. Love this channel.
A mate of mine has an exact replica apart from the engine. It's got a 502 Ci motor which he says pumps out 750 BHP, I have to admit it is seriously quick and probably one of the best looking cars ever made.
This channels editing and narration is A1.
I loved your GM meeting.
Stop racing these bleeping cars. I mean it this time STOP!!
LOL 😂
I love the way he giggles whenever he revs a nice car😂😂😂😂