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Old 11-07-2012, 02:45 AM   #11
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This car is currently owned by Dan Hampton. Don't have a clue what it is worth but I would have certainly taken the 120k. Don't know what he gave for the car though. Dan is on the Corvette forum pretty regularly.
Thanks for the comments, Fred. The actual high bid was $110,000. Some have argued that the St. Charles venue was not the best place to sell the car, but my opinion is--and I still maintain-- that Dana et al. did a great job in promoting the car and there was enough national exposure through his website to bring any interested party to the table, regardless of geography.

The market, as someone suggested, may be somewhat thin for old drag cars, but being a Corvette, I would have thought it to be at the top of that particular food chain. It is a very interesting car with a lot of provenance and personality and it has been fun to own.

Currently, it is being displayed at Dana's new museum/headquarters in Walworth, Wisconsin. It serves no purpose sitting in my garage, as my intent has always been to get it in front of the public.

I appreciate the kind words. BTW, it did run a Pontiac OHC six very late in its career but the National Records were set with the GMC 292 (301) not the Pontiac.

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Old 11-21-2012, 03:15 PM   #12
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Here are some old shots of the 'Pizza Man' Corvette in action back in it's heyday...notice the added hood scoop and the different classes it ran in.








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Old 11-30-2012, 06:25 PM   #13
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Here's a few more oldies of the 'Pizza Man' Corvette that I ran across...








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Old 12-02-2012, 07:43 PM   #14
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What a great piece of drag racing history and a beautiful car, you couldn't duplicate it today for $120,000.00.

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