Famous GM Engineering EX 4607 Prototype 1988 C4 VIN EX4607 CO titled

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1988 Corvette Engineering Prototype VIN EX4607 – matching numbers now for sale. From the Prototype Collection of British Corvette Historian Tom Falconer Featured in Corvette Fever January 2010. If you missed the Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Fleet Auction in January 2009, here is your chance to buy one that was not there, and unlike their salvage titles, this Prototype Corvette is now properlyColoradoregistered . Unique GM Engineering test mule with VIN plate EX4607 built 1986 to test all the new-for-1988 features. After it had fulfilled its testing duties atGM Engineering Milford and Warren Michigan, it should have been crushed, but instead it was sent toHawtal-Whiting Design & Engineering Co inEngland to assist Lotus Engineering with the packaging, wiring, hydraulics and instrumentation interfaces of the the King of the Hill DOHC LT5 powered ZRI, Here it was first UK titled onVIN EX 4607 and remained continuously road registered in the UK for almost 23 years. As well as in the windshield VIN location, EX4607 is stamped into the vertical face of the front LH frame rail and EX4607 is also on stamped engine block pad. CPC Engineering and EX4607 prototype stickers are still attached to the suspension components, on the ovesize 13" brake discs, hood panel, the right hand door and many other positions all over and under the car The CPC Engineering stickers record preliminary part numbers, issue dates and most importantly the exact weight pf prototype parts in grams. The unused 17” spare wheel carries a tire embossed ‘not for sale’ and like the jack carries a CPC Engineering sticker. The car is rich in interesting detail including the message found above the upper inner fender – “Ron- first shot 88 ‘Y’ W/H upper 1/19/87 – Lowell”. EX4607 now has 66,300 miles recorded and drives beautifully. It has the ‘impossible’ combination of 17” wheels, 13” heavy duty brakes with TH700 R4 automatic transmission. It now runs Kumho Ecsta 275/40 ZR17 on the unique prototype 17” rims, the front brake discs are still the original prototype units, and all the original prototype zero-scrub forged aluminum suspension is in place and properly aligned. The engine is smooth and powerful, the air conditioning is cold, the Bose radio and cassette and all speakers and amps working too. EX4607 is an important piece of Corvette history, and the key vehicle in the first major upgrade of the C4 To earn the prestigious NCRS American Heritage Award, in 2011 Tom shipped EX4607 to Wildwood NJ for the Spring Regional for preliminaryassessment by NCRS judges. After a day of rigorous examination by the C4 Judging Team, EX4607 was accepted for the American Heritage Judging at the Novi MichiganNationals. Tom Falconer drove it there on the NCRS Road Tour from Boston, on UK plates, a completely trouble-free 900 mile drive, despite daily temperatures in the 90s After further examination at Novi in July 201, EX4607 duly collected the prestigious NCRS Award as a significantand important part of Corvette history . In January 2016 EX4607 cleared US Customsin Denver CO, Federal and Colorado duties and dues ere all paid, and was EX 4607 was Colorado titled. EX4607 featured in Corvette Fever January 2010, American Car World November 2009, NCRS-UK Corvette Torque Autumn 2009 and is on the Remarkable Corvettes GM Prototypes website. Seller Tom Falconer, who has written12 books on the Corvette, also owns the GM Styling Mid-Engined XP-987 GT 2-Rotor Prototypefrom 1973, the ex-Jeff Beck 1983 London Motor Show 1984 Export Corvette, the 1983 Frankfurt and Geneva Motor Shows 1984 Display Drivetrain and the 1969 Royal Agricultural Show Ford 4000 working Cutaway tractor.