[PODCAST] Corvette Today #250: The Legend of the Corvette SS

Jan 27, 2025

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[PODCAST] Corvette Today #250: The Legend of the Corvette SS

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The Corvette SS was a purpose-built racer created under the direction of Zora Arkus-Duntov and was raced by John Fitch in the 1957 12 Hours of Sebring. This Corvette was donated back in the day to the Indianapolis 500 auto museum, who announced last year that the car and several others would be sold at auction. This week on the Corvette Today Podcast, Corvette racing historian Jan Hyde takes the guest chair across from your host Steve Garrett to talk all about it.

Many people do not know the story of the Corvette SS and maybe have never heard of it. It was the first purpose-built GM racecar and personal project of Zora Arkus Duntov.

It was raced in 1957 at the 12 Hours of Sebring by John Fitch. A number of technological features were first tested on this car, including fuel injection. This car will be sold at auction at Sotheby’s in Miami in February 2025.

Your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett, is joined by Jan Hyde, Corvette race car historian and founder of Registry Of Corvette Race Cars.com. Jan gives us the complete backstory of this legendary Corvette. You’ll learn about it’s origins, it’s development, it’s racing pedigree and the estimated price it will sell for at auction.

Learn about an integral piece of Corvette racing history, the Corvette SS, on this episode of CORVETTE TODAY.

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1 COMMENT

DougR Jan 28, 2025 At 1:47 pm

IMHO the legendary Corvette SS should be in a museum, and run on a track from time to time, for all to appreciate. I am concerned that it will instead end up in some financially well endowed person’s private collection.

If someone donates such a priceless item to a museum, and that museum subsequently decides it doesn’t want it any more, shouldn’t that museum try to find a new home for that item at another museum that does want it and can do it justice? It seems crass and opportunistic to simply put the item up for sale to the highest bidder.