30 Years of Callaway Corvettes - Special Exhibit opens @ NCM

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30 Years of Callaway Corvettes - Special Exhibit opens @ NCM January 13th, 2017

CALLAWAY CORVETTES
JANUARY 13, 2017 – MAY 5, 2017
A celebration of 40 years of Callaway Cars and 30 years of the Callaway Corvette, an engineering company that is known for its modification of Chevrolet cars, the Corvette sport cars in particular, especially their twin-turbo package that became a Chevrolet RPO (factory option) and their record breaking Corvette, known as The Sledgehammer.

Callaway vehicles planned for display are the very first Callaway B2K Corvette (#1987-001), significant milestone models, including the 1988 Callaway Sledgehammer, Series I and Series II Speedsters, LM-bodied variants, Development cars, Callaway C12 and C16 models, Supercharged C6 and C7 powerhouses, including the latest from Callaway - the SC757 Z06

Also on display will be several bits of automobile from the company's 40-year history.

Stay tuned for images and further details from the opening of this monumental exhibit - and be sure to check it out during your next visit to the National Corvette Museum.

For details on the cars on display or to get into a Callaway of your own, please drop us a note:
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How long will the display be at the NCM? Hopefully it will still be there during the Bash!
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GentleBen wrote:How long will the display be at the NCM? Hopefully it will still be there during the Bash!

Ben, at least through May, maybe longer. :cool
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Thank you to everyone who's checked out this thread and is as excited as we are about this special display of Callaway Corvettes.

I'll be at the National Corvette Museum this week on Monday and Tuesday, and if in the area, please drop by and say hello. I'd enjoy meeting folks from the forum and talking Corvettes - especially 30 Years of Callaway Corvettes.

If able to make it to the NCM, drop a note to say when:
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Pics from today:

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And here's car #15 of the fifteen Callaway Corvette display:

Callaway SC757 Z06 Corvette #001

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Beautiful cars! I love the LM Speedster. Incredible!
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Great pics, thanks.

Seeing the packaging of the turbo on the Sledgehammer, makes me wonder why that wasn't adopted for all B2K cars?

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The turbos are on the same place, the intercoolers however are different. My understanding was that Chevrolet limited the changes that could be made to the hood.

Additionally that would have been way to labor intensive to produce.
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More of what's in-place. Check it out:

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Here's info on each car:

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Thanks for sharing the photos ,
Great to see the exhibit showcase is still there , I remember several of us guys donating/lending their private stuff to the display :thumbs
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WHAT GREAT PICS FROM THE NCM!!
LOVE these cars since I first saw them.....Went out and bought mine (87' B2K #9 with 1st set of installed Brembo's by Callaway) and restored it from the engine out. I drive it often and its capable of going any distance. LONG LIVE B2K!!!
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avcwo wrote:WHAT GREAT PICS FROM THE NCM!!
LOVE these cars since I first saw them.....Went out and bought mine (87' B2K #9 with 1st set of installed Brembo's by Callaway) and restored it from the engine out. I drive it often and its capable of going any distance. LONG LIVE B2K!!!
Your car looks awesome!
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Meet Frieda: The Callaway Race Car

In late 1993, Callaway’s European distributor, Ernst Wohr, entered a Supernatural car in the European GT endurance series. Ernst had lined up Boris Said as his driver and he approached Reeves Callaway for engines, and some of Paul Deutschman’s time to do the bodywork for the car.

In 1994 the Callaway team placed themselves on pole at Le Mans, by five seconds in the Corvette-based model, and did very well. The car ran the rest of the major endurance races that year and it generated orders for three more cars for European customers.

See this car and many other Callaways in our Exhibit Hall, now through May 5.


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Enjoyed seeing most of this exhibit, held over for the C4 Gathering. Chris C. gave an informative presentation on the Callaway businesses and a guided tour of the cars themselves. Many thanks to Chris, Callaway Cars and the owners who made their cars available for the exhibit and for the extension of the exhibit. Good meeting you, Chris. Tom
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My pleasure to have met you in person. We had a nice group for the tour, and appreciate the time spent. :beer
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Thank you Chris!
Got any more photos?
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