1957 CORVETTE SEBRING RACER MULE CAR

[bashton]

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A friend and I owned this car back in the mid-late 70s.

It was the first factory 57 Fuel Injected car built and had the famous cold air box, big brakes and suspension. It was the rest car for the Sebring racers and was supposed to have been destroyed, however as was the custom back then it "slipped out the back door" later to show up at Elkart Lake racing.

My friend bought me out on this car and collected all of the very rare hard to find parts for the car and later sold it to Tim Partridge who owned Lectra Limited repo wiring harness company. The last I knew of the car was painted up to appear as a Sebring racer and offered for sale.

Does anyone know where this car is today and who owns it?

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Not sure if it is the same car, but Tim Partridge still owns a factory fuel injected 57 with extensive race history that he showed at the Chevy Vettefest show several years back after I met him and invited him to be a special feature, right up front.

Tim is not the owner of Lectric Ltd, as Ken Hannah is, and Ken is also the former co-owner of the Chevy Vettefest show. Ken has owned many 57's Corvettes over the years and he now has a really neat "Resto-Mod" 57 Corvette that sits on a modern chassis, that is white with blue coves and Halibrand style wheels.

Cool car, any way you look at it!

Bashton
MCACN managing Member

[Vettefinderjim]

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A friend and I owned this car back in the mid-late 70s.

It was the first factory 57 Fuel Injected car built and had the famous cold air box, big brakes and suspension. It was the rest car for the Sebring racers and was supposed to have been destroyed, however as was the custom back then it "slipped out the back door" later to show up at Elkart Lake racing.

My friend bought me out on this car and collected all of the very rare hard to find parts for the car and later sold it to Tim Partridge who owned Lectra Limited repo wiring harness company. The last I knew of the car was painted up to appear as a Sebring racer and offered for sale.

Does anyone know where this car is today and who owns it?

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HI DARRYL,
MY PC IS IN THE SHOP AND I LOST JERRY'S PHONE. CAN YOU SEND IT IN A PM OR I WILL CALL IN THE MORNING. I TRIED TWICE TO CALL HIM. NO LUCK. I WANT TO TRY AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.
THANKS,
JIM