A
‘94 Callaway, you ask? Check your Black Book, because the $33,000 B2K option
was gone with the arrival of the new generation LT1 small-block, which was deemed
not conducive to turbocharging so new car buyers could no longer order the Callaway
twin turbo through their Chevrolet dealership. Ah, but one could still purchase
(then and today) one of Reeves Callaway’s Aero bodies for their LT1 Corvette
at a cost of $7,300 (sans shipping costs and installation). Or they could buy
the ZR1 Aero kit for $1,050 more.
Actually,
Tim McKeon had just sold a real 1991 Callaway, one of the twin turbocharged
B2K-optioned Corvettes. His was a coupe and one of the last cars, so it was
badged as a Callaway 500, a $600 option. september 26, 1991, was the date of
the 500th Callaway built, but just 58 saw production in ‘91, the last season
for the illustrious twin turbo. But McKeon, who is the current president of
the National Corvette Restorer’s Society, got a call one day in 1993 from "Corvette
Mike" Vietro,
