SEPTEMBER 2019 VOL. 43 N0. 09What do you do when your favorite Corvette is the Grand Sport? Well, in Michael Sabo’s case, not having the
expected $10,000,000 that one might demand of the remaining five—if they were for sale—he opted to have one of
the Duntov Motor Corporation continuation series. Amazingly faithful to the original design, Mike’s Grand Sport is
the 16th in the continuation series. There are a handful of “deviations” that allow this Grand Sport, while remaining
faithful to the original design, to reflect Mike’s personal tastes in performance. We are confident that had the racers
back in the day had today’s reliable 586 lb-ft of torque at 5,400 rpm and 700 horsepower at 7,000 rpm the Grand Sport would have been even
more legendary ... it that’s at all possible. Photography by Chris Shelton.contents
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Cruiser
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EX87 Corvette28
The Same As
It Never Was
They say things just
aren’t what they used
to be. Thank goodness
for that.44
50th
Anniversary
of the Baldwin-
Motion SS-
427 Phase III
Supercars
Joel “Mr. Motion” Rosen
& Martyn L. Schorr,
founder of Vette, created
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Headlining Act
Replacing the
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The All-
Aluminum 427
Big-Block Chevy
Engine
The holy grail for
Chevrolet racers52
C6 Deceleration:
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Options
Big-brake kits that won’t
make you bleedLIFESTYLE
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Corvettes
Gather at 2019
Amelia Island
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