Anyone here familiar with Mid America Industries Grand Sport replicas?
12-08-2020, 10:03 PM
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12-08-2020, 10:26 PM
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You have that right Jim !! Gary at Mongoose over the past few years has picked up at Jeff's shop a number of GS projects that Jeff collected the money for and did not finish. When I visited Gary back in September 2020 he showed me another GS coupe he had picked up from the MId America estate . It was another not finished but fully paid for Jeff Leach production. I'll miss talking with Gary about the Mid America follies !!! ------ Ken
12-08-2020, 11:43 PM
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Jim I'm not sure. I know one just sat there for awhile as there was a law suit against Jeff going on. The coupe was there when I was there in September. I should be going there soon to pick up my GS so I will take a look when I am there. -- Ken
10-13-2022, 11:28 AM
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10-13-2022, 11:35 AM
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Ken it has been a while do you still have your GS? Jim good to see you here as well. I sold mine to a guy in Norway built a 71 Road race corvette it is now floating around on youtube and now I have a rust free 72 Camaro that keeps me busy. Jeff Leech past away a couple years back.
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Yep, I'm still here and my MAI GS keeps me company down in my shop. My bride's D&D GS went to NC 3 or 4 years ago.
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10-13-2022, 09:21 PM
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Wow a definite voice from the past !! I am currently Grand Sport less. Sold my Mongoose back in May it's now in Michigan and my D&D about 5 years ago. I still have my 66 and intend to keep it for awhile !! In Jan 2023 I will have owned the 66 for 51 years !! -------- Ken
10-13-2022, 09:26 PM
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10-13-2022, 09:43 PM
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Wow a definite voice from the past !! I am currently Grand Sport less. Sold my Mongoose back in May it's now in Michigan and my D&D about 5 years ago. I still have my 66 and intend to keep it for awhile !! In Jan 2023 I will have owned the 66 for 51 years !! -------- Ken
06-17-2023, 02:18 PM
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Hi there
I take the c4 engine out of the car, and she will have a older 350 engine with 4x45DCOE Weber carbs. All rebuild with alu heads. The tranny is still the 6 speed zf. Not total assamblyed by now. Anyone interested?
06-17-2023, 02:33 PM
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I boght Kevins MA grand sport. No sucsess to get it registerd in Norway, so it is now for sale. You can say i gave up on Norway.
I take the c4 engine out of the car, and she will have a older 350 engine with 4x45DCOE Weber carbs. All rebuild with alu heads. The tranny is still the 6 speed zf. Not total assamblyed by now. Anyone interested?
I take the c4 engine out of the car, and she will have a older 350 engine with 4x45DCOE Weber carbs. All rebuild with alu heads. The tranny is still the 6 speed zf. Not total assamblyed by now. Anyone interested?
06-19-2023, 06:56 AM
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06-30-2023, 11:33 PM
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If you have the old frame still on the car you can fill in an request, but you will need to use a simular type frame to the factory spec, -no tube frame. - so in my case this case is finaly closed. So even the fact that the MA grand sport is the most solid build of the replicas, -in Norway they say tumb down.
07-02-2023, 01:03 AM
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Oh, well i try to make my way around. I bought a 64cpe that was in real bad shape in the fiberglas.🙃 So I try to build this as close to the GS look as I can. -But with factory frame. Anyone know where to get clear headlamp-covers?
07-02-2023, 10:10 AM
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what if you just swapped the frame to an original C2 chassis and get the car street worthy? Then you can upgrade the stock chassis with aftermarket stuff to be even better than the C4 stuff... just a thought
07-06-2023, 11:35 AM
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Yes, that is a good idea, I try to check it out,! I sure like to buy the lamp covers from you, can you bring them along in September? What price are you thinking?
07-09-2023, 05:27 PM
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If you have the old frame still on the car you can fill in an request, but you will need to use a simular type frame to the factory spec, -no tube frame. - so in my case this case is finaly closed. So even the fact that the MA grand sport is the most solid build of the replicas, -in Norway they say tumb down.
The General Motors factory did design, fabricate and produce a C-2 TUBE chassis. The GM Tube chassis’s were structurally tested and fabricated specifically for the C-2 body. I recommend that you find a way to appeal their conclusion by presenting the following documentation that will clearly illustrate and describe the Similarities of the MA tube chassis and the GM tube chassis.
Publications
- CORVETTE – American’s Star- Spangled Sports Car
Date: 1978
Chapter 13 – Grand Sport Adventure –Tube Chassis photos and details.
- CORVETTE GRAND SPORT STORY
Date: 1989
Chapter 1 – Birth of the Grand Sport – Page 20, 21, Full details of the GM Tube Chassis and photos of the pneumatic testing structure use to perform the stress evaluation of the Tube chassis design.
Your Mid America Tube chassis meets the established requirement that you must use a Similar Type of Frame as to the GM fabricated C-2 Tube chassis.
07-11-2023, 02:51 PM
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Please do not give up on getting your MA tube chassis car registered. The evaluation group is wrong when they have concluded that tube chassis’s are NOT “Similar type to factory spec” as indicated above.
The General Motors factory did design, fabricate and produce a C-2 TUBE chassis. The GM Tube chassis’s were structurally tested and fabricated specifically for the C-2 body. I recommend that you find a way to appeal their conclusion by presenting the following documentation that will clearly illustrate and describe the Similarities of the MA tube chassis and the GM tube chassis.
Publications
Date: 1978
Chapter 13 – Grand Sport Adventure –Tube Chassis photos and details.
Date: 1989
Chapter 1 – Birth of the Grand Sport – Page 20, 21, Full details of the GM Tube Chassis and photos of the pneumatic testing structure use to perform the stress evaluation of the Tube chassis design.
Your Mid America Tube chassis meets the established requirement that you must use a Similar Type of Frame as to the GM fabricated C-2 Tube chassis.
The General Motors factory did design, fabricate and produce a C-2 TUBE chassis. The GM Tube chassis’s were structurally tested and fabricated specifically for the C-2 body. I recommend that you find a way to appeal their conclusion by presenting the following documentation that will clearly illustrate and describe the Similarities of the MA tube chassis and the GM tube chassis.
Publications
- CORVETTE – American’s Star- Spangled Sports Car
Date: 1978
Chapter 13 – Grand Sport Adventure –Tube Chassis photos and details.
- CORVETTE GRAND SPORT STORY
Date: 1989
Chapter 1 – Birth of the Grand Sport – Page 20, 21, Full details of the GM Tube Chassis and photos of the pneumatic testing structure use to perform the stress evaluation of the Tube chassis design.
Your Mid America Tube chassis meets the established requirement that you must use a Similar Type of Frame as to the GM fabricated C-2 Tube chassis.
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