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Fun #142 - Florence Knudsen's Pink Pearl '64 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray
« on: January 11, 2012, 04:27:39 AM »
For 1 point, tell us two things about this seemingly-ordinary car.

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Identify the the vehicle (make, model and year - should be easy), and the person for whom it was constructed.

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Re: Fun #142
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2012, 09:02:47 PM »
I know this isn't correct, but my immediate thought when I saw this Corvette...

"Hey Look ... Mary Kay DID offer Corvettes to its members!"

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Re: Fun #142
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2012, 03:58:06 AM »
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Re: Fun #142
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2012, 02:46:01 AM »
"Pink Pearl", a 1964 Corvette Sting Ray.  This one was specially-built by Chevrolet, with much input from its Engineering and Styling teams. Then-Chevy General Manager "Bunkie" Knudsen ordered it up in the spring of 1964 for his wife, Florence.

It's got a 396ci "Mark IV" big-block engine, equipped with hydraulic lifters. Not only was this one of the first 396-inch big-blocks built by Chevrolet (in advance of its mid-1965 regular-production debut), this is the only 396 known to have been installed into a Corvette by Chevrolet with hydraulic lifters, as the production 396 for the '65 model year-a one-year-only option-had solid lifters

It sold in November 2010 for $280,000. 
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Re: Fun #142 - Florence Knudsen's Pink Pearl '64 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2012, 03:15:56 AM »
A correct and detailed answer.

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