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Returning from Grapevine, Texas. spotted cool car at Gaylord Texan

Discussion in 'Texas' started by wrxrob, Sep 19, 2005.

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  1. wrxrob

    wrxrob Rookie

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    #1 wrxrob, Sep 19, 2005
    Sunday night, 9/11, I arrived in TX for a business trip. I had heard there was going to be an italian car show that weekend. That night, in the valet row, I spotted an interesting classic (Iso Grifo?) that looked something like a replica on a corvette stingray shell, though it looked very authentic at the same time.

    Obviously, I wasn't about to hunt down the owner, but could someone tell me more about this piece of art? A valet guy advised that the car had a 7 liter engine capable of around 400hp.

    Very cool car indeed. Other than that, there was a Fiat 124 in the garage the next day, and a nice Maserati coupe as well.
     
  2. TX907

    TX907 Formula Junior

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    #2 TX907, Sep 19, 2005
    That was probably the ISO Grifo that was at the car show on Saturday. I talked to the owner. It is factory-powered by a hi-performance Corvette engine (350, I believe) with the high-performance auto tranny. The interesting thing is that the engine/tranny combo was supposedly never offered in the Corvette that year, but ISO ordered the combo special for their vehicle. If I remember correctly, the body design is by Giugiaro but at the time that model was produced, the coachwork was done in-house by ISO.

    There are 3 pics of the car in my album from the show:
    http://community.webshots.com/album/447757944zCIGux
     
  3. TX907

    TX907 Formula Junior

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    #3 TX907, Sep 19, 2005
    I forgot what state he was from (TN or MS, maybe?), but he drove the car to the show.
     
  4. wrxrob

    wrxrob Rookie

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    #4 wrxrob, Sep 21, 2005
    thanks for the help!
     

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