With 300 horsepower packed into a car weighing just 1,850 pounds, this Corvette was built to dominate the racetrack. In 1957, the SS Project XP-64 competed at the prestigious 12 Hours of Sebring.
The National Corvette Museum says the race car project was Earl’s idea but his plan was to drop a Chevy engine into a Jaguar D-type and take the makeshift racecar to Sebring in 1957. Arkus ...