windows
showing what was going on inside. No doubt, the Cutaway Corvette created quite
a spectacle at the Motorama.
From there, the history of the Cutaway Corvette becomes
quite muddy. Apparently, with its Motorama duty done, the display was stored
for a period of time, then donated to a college in Africa for use at its engineering
school. At some point, the car was again placed in storage, where it languished
for some 30 years until the school rediscovered the one-of-a-kind coupe and
put it up for sale.
Initially purchased and returned to the United States
by Johnnie Van Niekerk, the
