jeb@eisx.UUCP (08/17/84)
<> Reprinted from this week's issue of OLD CARS WEEKLY: Houston, Texas, Aug. 3, 1984 ... Two turbine cars built by Andy Granatelli will be sold at an auction here next week. Auctioneer Mitchell Kruse said the machines, an Indy 500 race car and a custom Corvette, will be offered "basically without reserves." The unique Corvette was made for Herb Orlowitz, a Boca Raton Fla. businessman who wanted a very fast, street-legal sports car. It is powered by a 1,000 hp Pratt & Whitney engine that idles at 20,000 rpm. Reports said the black and silver Corvette can move from standstill to 55 mph in 2.8 sec. A top speed of over 200 mph is claimed. In 1982, the Corvette was sold to Milton Verret at a Phoenix auction. The Beaumont, Texas businessman paid $550,000 for it, outbidding baseball star Reggie Jackson. It was the highest price paid for a car at auction at tht time. ------------------------------------------------------------------ My comment: wouldn't you love to have a beast like that just long enough to take it to a NJ State MV inspection station? When they test the exhaust, you could just goose the turbine a little and melt the probe right off. Jim Beckman ATTISL, South Plainfield, NJ eisx!jeb