Photo: Mid America Motorworks
Unlike most modern supercars, the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is still a front-engined vehicle, the way it's been since its 1953 debut.
That doesn't mean someon hasn't pondered the mid-engine layout. Safety Proposal, a program headed by Frank Winchell, did it back it 1964, but the car never made it past the prototype state, as Zora Duntov was unimpressed by it the design.
The controversial car was then cut apart and stripped five years later and stored in Smokey Yunick's shop in Florida. Fast forward to 2002, Mid American Motorworks, the world's largest aftermarket parts and accessories company for Corvettes, bought the vehicle at an auction in Monterey planning to restore it.
After 11 years, the never-before-seen XP-819 Chevrolet Corvette will be introduced to the world for the first time at the next month's Amelia Concours D'Elegance, but only as a drivable chassis.
"I am looking forward to the day when XP-819 finds its way back home to MY Garage Museum," Mid America Motorworks founder Mike Yager said in a press release. "It will be exciting to show guests a Corvette that I can confidently say they have never seen before!".
This should be more than exciting for Corvette enthusiasts, but we're already looking forward to seeing the completed car, as shown in the picture above. Controversial? Yes! Different? Yeah! Ugly? Hell no!
The controversial car was then cut apart and stripped five years later and stored in Smokey Yunick's shop in Florida. Fast forward to 2002, Mid American Motorworks, the world's largest aftermarket parts and accessories company for Corvettes, bought the vehicle at an auction in Monterey planning to restore it.
After 11 years, the never-before-seen XP-819 Chevrolet Corvette will be introduced to the world for the first time at the next month's Amelia Concours D'Elegance, but only as a drivable chassis.
"I am looking forward to the day when XP-819 finds its way back home to MY Garage Museum," Mid America Motorworks founder Mike Yager said in a press release. "It will be exciting to show guests a Corvette that I can confidently say they have never seen before!".
This should be more than exciting for Corvette enthusiasts, but we're already looking forward to seeing the completed car, as shown in the picture above. Controversial? Yes! Different? Yeah! Ugly? Hell no!
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