MECUM AUCTION ANNOUNCES BOB MCDORMAN COLLECTION |
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Friday, 01 May 2009 | |
1955 Corvette Roadster Test Mule, 1964 Ozzie Olson GM Styling Car to be Auctioned at Original Spring Classic in May MARENGO, Ill. - Mecum Auction announces the McDorman Collection - 25 unique vehicles from noted collector and Chevrolet dealer Bob McDorman - will cross the auction block during Dana Mecum's Original Spring Classic Auction, May 13-17, 2009, in Indianapolis, Ind.
McDorman has an impressive collection in Canal Winchester, Ohio, and occasionally works through his extensive collection of nearly 300 cars to sell duplicates and make room for something even more unique. Included in the cars up for bid is the world's first true high-performance Corvette: the 1955 Corvette Roadster Test Mule EX-87 (Lot F208). In the early 1950s, Chevrolet Chief Engineer and three-time Indy 500 winner Mauri Rose had Daytona legend Smokey Yunick install an experimental V-8 engine into a 1954 Corvette test mule, which was given the factory designation EX87. When testing was completed, the mule was given to Zora Duntov at Chevrolet Engineering to prepare for a high-speed record run at Daytona Beach in January 1956. Duntov modified the Corvette by increasing the engine displacement from 283 to 307ci and ordering a special camshaft that became the famous "Duntov cam." The Corvette Roadster Test Mule hit a record 163 miles per hour at GM's Arizona Desert Proving Ground in 1955. Today, the Corvette has been restored to its original configuration as Duntov's famous record run car. Also crossing the auction block is a 1964 Corvette Coupe Ozzie Olson GM Styling Car (Lot F210). Custom built by Bill Mitchell for industrialist Ozzie Olson, founder of the Olsonite Toilet Seat Company and famed sponsor of a series of Dan Gurney-built Eagle Indy 500 race cars, the 1964 Corvette Coupe features a 327/300 HP engine, automatic transmission, unique side exhaust, air conditioning, Pearl Blue exterior, Blue Line tires on chromed wire wheels as well as custom taillights, floor grates and vanity mirrors. # # # Schedule: |
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