From 1987: Ultimate Top Speed Shootout Is a Gathering of Eagles
From the Archive: Gunning for 200 mph and beyond with the fastest street cars in America, among them an AMG Hammer, a Ferrari Testarossa, Callaway Corvettes, and more.
From the December 1987 issue of Car and Driver.
It was hard to believe it was actually happening. At ten o’clock on a summer’s eve, in a garage in the middle of nowhere, the cars began to arrive. One by one, the fastest street machines in America rolled out of the pitch-black Ohio night and through the double-high garage doors, as if drawn by the bright lights inside. The Eagles were gathering.
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The auction site Bring a Trailer has just listed a 1988 Callaway Corvette, but not just any Callaway Corvette.
This C4 Vette was part of Project Sledgehammer, Callaway s program to create the fastest, most uncompromised roadgoing Corvette ever. Its predecessor was part of a
The auction ends on May 23, and bidding has already exceeded $450,000.
Today, a very special Corvette has gone up for auction on Bring a Trailer: the 1988 Project Sledgehammer Callaway Corvette. Anyone who s followed the storied history of the Chevrolet Corvette likely knows about Callaway, a specialty vehicles company that develops performance modifications and packages for production vehicles with an emphasis on Corvettes.