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Originally Posted by Zeke
Where does Harry Mann Chevrolet fit into your story? I bought many parts there for my C1 project shown in post #6988.
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?????? I assume me, as some of you guys know I share all kinds of stuff in the Corvette/Chevrolet world about anything cool car related or about back in the day (Dealerships of the era, the culture, the racing, the speed shops, etc. etc.).
We lived in Torrance 1963 and in the mid 70s moved to Hacienda Heights over the hill from Whittier, which that part of the City of Torrance off of Avalon became Carson 1968. My father worked up in Los Angeles on Pico Blvd. (the picture of the Dana Chevrolet tuner Corvette in this thread page 339/340, this car was a 1968, dealer painted on the performance lot by Dale Armstrong (Drag race Hall of Famer) to the Riverside Gold and modified for my father and I believe is the 81st 1968 Corvette with the special J-56 HD brake package (only small block ever factory installed, until the later ZR-1 cars, as my Father ordered that (the other 80 cars are all L88s). The Picture was taken at his Company on Pico.
His 1964 Drag race B/SP C2 car was a Harry Mann car my Father raced in AHRA (pictured in the JD Corvette 1960s late catalogs), and also my 1967 Camaro. As he came home down the Harbor Freeway, if he needed parts, he generally stopped there, as it was on his direct way home. I share on the internet one story, when he went to test drive the new C3, after his C2 was impounded for racing in the Sepulveda Tunnel under LAX airport. His 1957 Corvette he claims was bought to at Harry Mann, but I have no records on that.
I have also shared much with the Corvette World on Harry Mann's operations, and helped many with the Dealership frames and which is which. I do keep the race records of their cars quiet, as each time I have shared a race record, magically the rich guys end up claiming they found the car, and then try to sell them for high dollar profits. I am not a fan of that crowd, as I am just a rabid enthusiast.
Harry Mann was the dealership for the Celebrities, he would go out of his way for a high profile star or celebrity, like getting Steve McQueen his Corvette and others.
What do you want to know?