Owners of 5 Original GRAND SPORTS ??

[Sam K.]

Has anyone recorded the Owners of the Original 5, from '62 to '09, since
#002 was just passed from RM to the Simeone Museum.
This is a trivia question on the Heritage of the Original 5 Grand Sports.....

[John H.]

Re: Owners of 5 Original GRAND SPORTS ??

Has anyone recorded the Owners of the Original 5, from '62 to '09, since
#002 was just passed from RM to the Simeone Museum.
This is a trivia question on the Heritage of the Original 5 Grand Sports.....

Sam -

Here's what I have in my files - others can fill in the gaps:

#001: Roger Penske, Richard Buxbaum, Gene Schiavone, Rob Walton, Harry Yeaggy.

#002: Roger Penske, Ed Mueller, Jim Jaeger (Bob Craig restoration), Fred Simeone.

#003: John Mecom, Bob Patterson, Tom Armstrong, Larry Bowman.

#004: John Mecom, Jamie Mazzotta, Miles Collier Collection (Bob Craig restoration).

#005: John Mecom, Bill Tower.

[Michael H.]

Re: Owners of 5 Original GRAND SPORTS ??

Sam -

Here's what I have in my files - others can fill in the gaps:

#001: Roger Penske, Richard Buxbaum, Gene Schiavone, Rob Walton, Harry Yeaggy.

For GS #1..... There was someone between Penske and Buxbaum but I can't think of his name. Buxbaum sold to Jerome Shinkay. Shinkay sold to Jim Purvis. I think Purvis sold to Schiavone.

[Steven B.]

Re: Owners of 5 Original GRAND SPORTS ??

IIRC when Buxbaum had it he did the red/red restoration, or did someone before him do it?

[Michael H.]

Re: Owners of 5 Original GRAND SPORTS ??

IIRC when Buxbaum had it he did the red/red restoration, or did someone before him do it?

That's correct. When the car arrived at Buxbaum's Classic Motors", it was ROUGH!! Raced hard for several years, then parked. (possibly outside)

Richard knew that Shinkay would buy it after restoration, especially if it was red.

Purvis bought the car from Shinkay and re-restored it and brought it back to a point in time when it was blue. (it's current color)

1st two pic's are GS #1 the day it arrived at Classic Motors.

[Jim L.]

Re: Owners of 5 Original GRAND SPORTS ??

For GS #1..... There was someone between Penske and Buxbaum but I can't think of his name. Buxbaum sold to Jerome Shinkay. Shinkay sold to Jim Purvis. I think Purvis sold to Schiavone.

Jerry "OJ" Hanna between Penske and Buxbaum, approximately the 1968 time frame. OJ got three "back door" L88 engines for the car simply by phoning Duntov and asking for some help.

Jim

[Wayne M.]

Re: Owners of 5 Original GRAND SPORTS ??

Which VIN was this one ? At Mosport Ontario in Sept 1965 (or '67; I'd have to check my slide dates). Sponsored by Duval Motors (local Montreal Chev dealer). IIRC, this showed up sometime later in Road & Track classifieds for around $5000.

[Sam K.]

Re: Owners of 5 Original GRAND SPORTS ??

Great Pics Michael, Thanks Jim..
Let's put this together & see if we can get it as accurate as possible,
Thanks for your help in advance....

#001 - 11/62 GM builds coupe, 01/64 GM chops coupe to roadster, 02/66 GM sells to John Mecom, ./68 Jerry OJ Hanna ? , ...., 04/80 Richard Buxbaum sells to Jerome Shinkay,.... Jimmy Purvis,...?93 Gene Schiavore,
...... Rob Walton, 06/02 Rob Walton sells to Harry Yeaggy, Cinncinatti.

#002 - 11/62 GM builds coupe, 01/64 GM chops coupe to roadster, 02/66 GM sells to Penske, to Geo Wintersteen, 05/68 Wintersteen sells to Jon Thorne $5000, 04/88 Rick Cole buys for "some One" $500,000, 06/90 Ed Meuller sells to Jim Jarger, 01/09 RM Auction turns down $4.9M - no sale,
12/09 Sold to Dr. Fred Simeone Museum, Philli.

#003 - 11/62 GM builds coups, 03/63 GM lends to Dick Doane, 02/64 GM sells to John Mecom, 01/65 Mecom sells to Allen & Ed Sevadjiian, 07/64 Mike Golas buys coupe, 04/68 Golas sells to Allen Foster, Calif, 06/73 Bob Patterson buys form Golas & Foster,.....Tom Armstrong,.....Larry Bowman.

#004 - 11/62 GM builds coupe, 03/63 GM lends to Grady Davis, 02/64 GM sells to John Mecom, 02/64 Mecom sells to Delmo Johnson, 09/65 Johnson sells to David Greenspan $8000, 01/66 Greenspan sells to Jim White,Toledo
..... Jamie Mazzatta, .....Miles Collier.

#005 - 11/62 GM builds coupe, 03/63 GM lends to John Mecom, 02/64 GM sells to Jim Hall, 09/64 Hall sells to Roger Penske, 12/64 Penske sells to Geo Wintersteen, 01/66 Wintersteen sells to Dave Irwin,Painted Post NY
....Corky, 03/90 Bill tower completes restoration.

Any addition or deletions ??? Let's help out !
Thanks
Sam

[Joseph K.]

Re: Owners of 5 Original GRAND SPORTS ??

Richard Sievers (sp?) of Austin, TX owned GS#001 in the early '70's. I saw it parked behind his house, covered with a tarp. I met Richard through a mutual friend who recommended that I get him to set up the differential from my '67 that I had broken while drag racing.

[Michael H.]

Re: Owners of 5 Original GRAND SPORTS ??

Richard Sievers (sp?) of Austin, TX owned GS#001 in the early '70's.

Yup, that's the name I couldn't think of. Thanks Joe.