{"id":460156,"date":"2004-04-01T06:30:50","date_gmt":"2004-04-01T14:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=102786"},"modified":"2024-12-02T20:38:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T20:38:12","slug":"where-are-the-brutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/where-are-the-brutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Where are the Brutes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recent discussion in these pages about a supposed sixth Grand Sport racing Corvette rang two bells with me. First, I can confirm at least part of the story. Zora Duntov himself once told me that he\u2019d built an extra GS, in secret, for Chevrolet engineers to play with.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But he ordered\u2014no other verb for it\u2014that I not talk about it. He meant to hold the revelation for a book he was planning. 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