CORVETTE® VETTE RACING TEAM 1982 '82 CORVETTE® GAS DOOR EMBLEM PATCH

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HEARTBEAT of AMERICA CHEVROLET CORVETTE® 1982 '82 CORVETTE® VETTE GAS DOOR EMBLEM PATCH
This is a very special HEARTBEAT of AMERICA CHEVROLET CORVETTE® 1982 '82 CORVETTE® VETTE GAS DOOR EMBLEM PATCH, you will receive the patch as shown in the first photo. Please note that there are color variations due to settings on different PCs/Monitors. The color shown on your screen may not be the true color.
Cool info on the '82 Corvettes®.
The 1982 Corvette® was the last of a generation.
The body shape dated to 1968 and the chassis to 1963.
In honor of the 1982 status, Chevrolet® offered a special Collector Edition which was the first Corvette® with the base price exceeding ,000.
Production in Bowling Green began in '81; 8,995 cars were built that year. The new plant closed in October of '82 to begin retooling for the '84 Corvette®
Wheelbase: 98"
Track: 58.7" Front / 59.5" Rear
Height: 48" Coupe
Length: 185.3"
Width: 69"
Polar White
Curb Weight: 3,342 lbs
VIN Numbers: 1G1AY8786C5100001 through 1G1AY8786C5125408
Pratt & Miller Engineering and Fabrication is a company formed by Gary Pratt and Jim Miller in 1989. Based in New Hudson, Michigan, they have been one of General Motors official racing teams since 1999 when they were key in the development of the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R. Today, Pratt & Miller constructs, maintains, and runs the United SportsCar Championship
Corvette Racing team
with Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs as well as the Pirelli World Challenge Team Cadillac CTS-Vs. The company also built the Pontiac GTO.Rs and Pontiac GXP.Rs, and later the Chevrolet Camaro GT/GS.R for various teams in the Rolex Sports Car Series. The company built and ran the Chevrolet Corvette C6.R in the American Le Mans Series as well. The company also did work on the development of the Qvale Mangusta and Ford GT. Since their alliance with General Motors, Pratt & Miller have won numerous championships and famous racing events. Corvette Racing has won their class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans eight times, claimed the overall victory at theRolex 24 at Daytona in 2001, and won seven straight American Le Mans Series championships. Team Cadillac won the 2005 Speed World Challenge in the team's debut season, while The Racer's Group, running Pratt & Miller-built Pontiac GTO.Rs, won the Rolex Sports Car Series championship in 2006. GM Racing's Katech-built LS7.R small-block engine was also named the 2006 Global Motorsport Engine of the Year. Katech built the C5-R and LS7.R engines that powered the C5-R and C6.R Corvettes in the GTS/GT1 classes of ALMS and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. After Le Mans 2009, Corvette Racing switched to the GT2 class and decided to bring the engine builds in-house. Corvette Racing won the 2012 and 2013 American Le Mans Series GT Team's and Manufacturer's Championships.
The Chevrolet Corvette, known colloquially as the Vette, is a sports car manufactured by Chevrolet. The car has been produced through seven generations. The first model, a convertible, was designed by Harley Earl and introduced at the GM Motorama in 1953 as a concept show car. Myron Scott is credited for naming the car after the type of small, maneuverable warship called a corvette.[3] Originally built in Flint, Michigan andSt. Louis, Missouri, the Corvette is currently manufactured in Bowling Green, Kentucky and is the official sports car of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
This item will make a great addition to your SSI Shoulder Sleeve Insignia collection. You find only US Made items here,
the original SSI shades of color may vary from different US-Made batch/location and/or PC settings. All US-Made Insignia patches are NIR compliant with LIFETIME warranty;
Vette Racing Team is not included
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