ACC5000 - Accurate Miniatures 1/24 Corvette Grand Sport Sebring 1964 - WWHP111440

ACC5000 - Accurate Miniatures 1/24 Corvette Grand Sport Sebring 1964 - WWHP111440

Preowned, Resealed, Mint

The Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport was a secret factory racing programme initiated by chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov in 1962, intended to produce 125 lightweight race-prepared Corvettes to take on the Shelby Cobras and international competition. Only five were ever built before GM management shut the programme down. Armed with a 377ci small-block fed by Weber side-draft carburetors producing around 550hp, the Grand Sports debuted to great effect at Nassau in late 1963 before three cars were entered at the 1964 Sebring 12 Hours. This kit represents Grand Sport #2, entered by the Mecom Racing team and driven by A.J. Foyt and John Cannon at that race.

Original 1995 Accurate Miniatures tooling — one of only five 1/24 car kits the company produced before closing. Widely regarded as the finest Corvette kit ever released in injection-moulded plastic.

Box contents:

• 140+ parts in white plastic
• Clear sprue
• Aluminium-plated plastic sprue (engine and detail parts)
• Photo-etched fret (hood louvers, seatbelts, detail parts)
• Dark grey plastic sheet
• 4 rubber racing tyres
• Waterslide decal sheet — primary marking: Grand Sport #2, Mecom Racing, A.J. Foyt/John Cannon, 12 Hours of Sebring, 1964; additional decals included for earlier race appearances in the car's career, including engine compartment stencils