Bob Land’s 1962 Corvette
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Profile ID: 42330
Year: 1962
Make: Chevrolet
Model: Corvette
Markets: Muscle Car, Performance, Sports Car
Vehicle Type: American
Contact: Ronald Cambra
Vehicle Story
‘62 Corvette
Owner: Bob Land
Chassis: Roadster Shop “Fast Track”
Corvette IFS and IRS
Suspension: Roadster Shop Independent Front: air bags
Independent Rear: Roadster Shop Penske coilover shocks
Steering: Roadster Shop power rack-and-pinion
Brakes: Wilwood 6-piston calipers, 14” dia. ball milled, vented and cross-drilled rotors
Wheels: American Racing (Hopsters) custom one-off polished
Front: 18” x 10”
Rear: 20” x 14”
Tires: Mickey Thompson (Sportsman S/R)
Rear: 31” x 18.00”-20”LT
Front: 26” x 10.00”R-18”LT
Engine: GM LS3 Crate
Headers: Hedman block hugger
Exhaust: Cambra Speed Shop custom
Radiator: Champion aluminum
Transmission: GM4L80E automatic w/ Lokar shifter
Rear end: Roadster Shop Ford 9-inch 3rd member with Corvette Z06 IRS
Glass: Corvette Central windshield, door glass, back glass and weather stripping
Body trim: J & D Corvette
Headlights: Corvette Central
Taillights: J & D Corvette
Exterior door handles: Corvette Central
Mirrors: J & D Corvette
Paint and Bodywork: Cambra Speed Shop
Body mods: Rear quarter panels were widened 1 1/2” each side to allow for tire width clearance.
All bodyline creases were increased for more definition, dovetail spoiler was blended into the rear.
Power Windows: Nu-relics
Instrumentation: Classic Instruments
Paint: sealer, primer, basecoat and clearcoat PPG Cambra Rootbeer metallic.
Interior: Bill’s Upholstery leather tan/brown two-tone leather carpet dark brown door panels tan/brown two-tone.
Build Sheet
Manufacturers
- American Racing Equipment - Hopsters - polished, custom one-off wheels Front: 18” x 10”, Rear: 20” x 14”
- Billet Specialties - Valve covers
- CGS Motorsports - Mufflers
- Champion Cooling Systems - Aluminum radiator
- Chevrolet Performance - GM4L80E automatic transmission
- Classic Instruments - Gauges
- Corvette Central - Exterior door handles, headlights, windshield, door glass, back glass and weather stripping
- Hedman Performance - Block hugger headers
- Lokar Performance Products - Shifter
- MICKEY THOMPSON TIRES & WHEELS - Sportsman S/R Front: 26” x 10.00”R-18”LT, Rear: 31” x 18.00”-20”LT
- Nu-Relics Power Windows - Power windows
- Penske Racing Shocks - Rear coilover shocks
- PPG Industries Inc. - Sealer, primer, basecoat (Cambra Rootbeer metallic) and clearcoat
- Roadster Shop - “Fast Track” Corvette IFS on air with power rack and pinion and IRS with Penske Coilover shocks, Ford 9-inch 3rd member with Corvette Z06 IRS
- Texas Speed & Performance - GM LS3 crate engine
- Wilwood Disc Brakes - 6-piston calipers, 14” diameter ball milled, vented and cross-drilled rotors
Shops
- Cambra Speed Shop - Complete build, bodywork and paint - Rear quarter panels were widened 1 1/2” each side to allow for tire width clearance. All bodyline creases were increased for more definition, dovetail spoiler was blended into the rear
Services
- Bill’s Auto Upholstery & Window Tinting - tan/brown two-tone leather, dark brown carpet, door panels tan/brown two-tone
- J&D Corvette - body trim, taillights and mirrors