James Garner Corvette Racing
1968 Chevrolet Corvette
James Garner is greeted by Dick Guldstrand upon
arrival at the
The Guldstrand R&D shop was a beehive of activity in preparation for the
1968 Daytona 24 hour race
The spare "promotional" car was titled
and street driven. It was to be used for spares for the #44
and #45 car. Restoration is currently under way to return the car to the state
it was in this photo
Enthusiasm was high during the preparation of
these cars for Daytona
James Garner with Bob Wingate. Wingate was
instrumental in pulling this L88 Corvette deal together
Traco was the shop next door that prepared the
motors for the 3 cars. Dave Herlinger still has one of them!
Racing tales in the making.
The happy group around Bob Wingate's aluminum head L89 fire breathing street
car
The whole crew is in on the action
After the Daytona race a special appearance by
James Garner and 2 of the cars was held at Clippinger's
A good sized crowd including beauty queens turned
out to see James Garner and the cars
The Clippinger showroom with someone making a
fashion statement
Jim Herlinger with Dick Guldstrand in front of
the restored #44 at the 1999
The restored #44 car at
The #44 restored chassis before the body was put on
The #45 car as found by Dave Herlinger
An autographed group shot
See
Tom Jacobson's AIR
photo album Bob
Ryan's 70's racing photo album
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