Re: early corvette race car pictures
While researching Indy wrecks last May, I remembered seeing this page:
www.indymotorspeedway.com/500d-64.htm
Michael
Yes the car was a 63 Z06 (ser#6844) and was converted to a 64. Note the hood and no split window but has the SS A pillar. When we asked Doug Hooper he said "You guys don't think they gave us a new car every year, do ya". when we restored it we made the decision to put the split back in it. It's frighting to see how stock it was when it went to Bonneville. Look at the picture with the door open and you can see that it has all of it's interior. Also look at the engine compartment, you can see a lot of little things they did. We were told that this car was his "driver" and was the last of the ZO6's he received.
By this time in 1964 Mickey had separated from Chevy and
hooked up with Sears and had sold the car to Norm Burger " Corvette Service Co." He then barrowed the car back from his good friend Norm Burger to use for Sear's tire test's.
At the next Indy 500, Mickey's driver Dave McDonald was killed on
M/T-Allstate tires and that ended Thompson's relationship with Sears.
Yes the car was a 63 Z06 (ser#6844) and was converted to a 64. Note the hood and no split window but has the SS A pillar. When we asked Doug Hooper he said "You guys don't think they gave us a new car every year, do ya". when we restored it we made the decision to put the split back in it. It's frighting to see how stock it was when it went to Bonneville. Look at the picture with the door open and you can see that it has all of it's interior. Also look at the engine compartment, you can see a lot of little things they did. We were told that this car was his "driver" and was the last of the ZO6's he received.
By this time in 1964 Mickey had separated from Chevy and
hooked up with Sears and had sold the car to Norm Burger " Corvette Service Co." He then barrowed the car back from his good friend Norm Burger to use for Sear's tire test's.
At the next Indy 500, Mickey's driver Dave McDonald was killed on
M/T-Allstate tires and that ended Thompson's relationship with Sears.
www.indymotorspeedway.com/500d-64.htm
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