When GM pulled the plug on racing the Grand Sport Coupe in 1964, the three Coupes were sold off and the remaining two Roadsters were apparently scheduled to be destroyed!
 
Luckily, these beautiful and highly potent Roadsters survived, though they weren't seen until 1965 when one appeared at a Notre Dame University auto show. The press at the time mused, "Just think what a Grand Sport equipped with one of Chevrolet's new 427 NASCAR engines... would do." A very fortuitous statement indeed!
 

 

 
It is interesting to note that while Chevrolet never officially participated in racing the Grand Sport Coupes, a number of the body and mechanical modifications applied during their short racing career made their way onto the Roadsters. The photos above were taken at the factory on April 2, 1964, soon after the cars were completed.