Corvette: Grand Am vs 80s GTP

After Al's passing IMSA, imo, was just never the same albeit the racing was still good yet I kept looking for his car to come around the corner.

 

Lots of interesting GTP and Group C cars available currently...

Ferrari-powered Spice 1987 Spice Ferrari C2

Porsche-powered March 1985 March 85G Porsche GTP

'82 Jag XJR-5 1982 Jaguar XJR-5

Buick-powered March 1985 March 85G Buick GTP

'84 Jag XJR-5 1984 Used Jaguar XJR-5 IMSA GTP at Canepa Serving Scotts Valley, IID 5792896

962 1985 Used Porsche 962C Group C at Canepa Serving Scotts Valley, IID 9084321

935 1982 Used Porsche Bob Akin 935 LT1 at Canepa Serving Scotts Valley, IID 5122492

935 1981 Used Porsche 935 IMSA at Canepa Serving Scotts Valley, IID 9323526

Nissan 1992 Used Nissan GTP ZX Turbo at Canepa Serving Scotts Valley, IID 5117091

And, of course...

333SP 1995 Used Ferrari 333 SP World Sports Car at Canepa Serving Scotts Valley, IID 10056644

CW

 

PM coming to you, William H.

CW

 

Next to the GTP 'Vette, the Nissan GTP was my favorite...that was a car!!

 

Yep that car was da bomb!!!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2w3OiW63G8]IMSA GT Nissan GTP ZX-T TURBO Walk Around HD - YouTube[/ame]

Another personal favorite of mine was the Eagle MKIII.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovIRVsTTtEw]Toyota Eagle MkIII GTP Demo Laps by Timo Glock - YouTube[/ame]

 

Hearing how much effort and cost it takes to run these cars makes me even more appreciative when I get a chance to see them in person. Living close to Daytona gives me the opportunity to watch them lap the track during the historic racing and exhibitions. I really enjoy photographing them. It must be thrilling to actually get to drive these time machines around the track and if I could I would
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great clip!!! brings back sooooo many memories. doc was great. jr. was rocketship fast and fearless. al was such a credit to Porsche racing NA. miss those days!!!

and by the way...road Atlanta was even a better track back then.

 

bruce is no idiot...clearly he sees the gtp's as investment grade!!

 

AMEN!!!

 

Those were the good old days!!!

 

I thought the Feds got this one...... http://www.canepacollection.com/detail-1981-porsche-935-imsa-used-9323526.html

 

I miss the Indy Car. They were on to something and given enough time, they were going to win. Sadly, it all had to come to an end. The race shop today is a children daycare/pre-school and the Porsche dealership building is a.......(forgive me Al)...a stinking KIA dealership. Thompson Toyota of Doylestown, Pa, took the VW house and has all of it under one roof. I don't think I will ever step foot in the place simply because that will always be Holbert's to me. I do miss seeing the 962 because when you walked it....it just drew you to it. I don't doubt they sold a lot of cars because of it.

 

they did. auctioned off. bruce is a smart fellow and these cars are very serious investment cars.

nice to see the era being recognized through values.

 

Yes they are. K3 Kremer's started at 250K back in the late 70's. I just about bet their at least a mil a piece now.

 

That is sad.

Al was a true "Gentleman Racer", crap I'm getting a tad 'misty eyed' just reminiscing about those glory days.

 

A lot of the value of 935s and other cars of that era depends on their accomplishments.

Some which may have won championships or important races, yes, they're quite valuable
but the swath is pretty wide.

I had a Kremer K2 in Vaillant livery in Europe on the line last year. This car had won
numerous important races across Europe, driven by all the top pilots of the time and it
was quite reasonably priced.

With racing cars, a lot also depends on if the car comes with spares (mechanical, body work, tires, etc.)
because if it does not, obtaining replacement parts is difficult if not next to impossible.

BHW
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a TRUE 935 is well over $600k today and ones w/ serious history are well north of that.

 

Whittington.

http://www.indystar.com/article/20130524/LIFE/305240079/The-racing-Whittington-brothers-their-400-000-pounds-Colombian-weed

 

All us old dogs got carried away from your initial question so here is my take. I can/will assume the DP Corvette is a hoot to drive with a more linear power band. Yet as a boost junkie I think the 'slap in the back' when full boost hit in the GTP 'Vette was just as enjoyable and needed a lot more driver input.

If I am not mistaken both have production based blocks albeit most if not all DP's are aluminum block and not iron like the destroked 4.3 was in the GTP car. I would actually like to know what the cost for a full season was in GTP compared to the current DP cars, I bet they are really close but then again that is just a guess.

I would LOVE to see a 'on track' comparison between the two 'Vettes.

 

The two who served time were released long ago. One of the three died in 2003 - drug overdose. There continue to be rumors about them including possible involvement with a 3 letter agency and a plane that crashed in the Yucatan with 4 tons of cocaine on board.

 

Better time....better racing.

 

Dale, Don & Bill Whittington. More money than God went into that team. And we now how it was funded.

Better racing through contraband.