Ron Fellows 2007 Mosport white C6R: Chassis #003
Jul 28, 2023 14:43:48 GMT -5
406 Silverado and deafpanzer like this
Post by tatocorvette on Jul 28, 2023 14:43:48 GMT -5
Hello,
By now you may get the feeling I like Corvettes, don't you?
This one was finished in 2018 but was started way back, a decade before.
Ron Fellows is one of the most important drivers and primary responsible for bringing the Corvette Racing program up and running. Also one of my all time favorite race car drivers as well. By 2007 he was retiring from active racing driving, but to remain very active as a team's consultant for years to come. To celebrate his accomplishments, GM offered a Ron Fellows Special Edition Z06 Corvette, each one personally signed by him. In the 2007 Sebring 12 hour race, the #3 car (Chassis C6R-005) he was co-driving with Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen was painted white with maple leaf red hash marks, like his special edition. But Canadian Ron Fellows was also known as the "Mayor of Mosport" as the Ontario venue was his home track. So for the 2007 IMSA Grand Prix of Mosport, held on August 26, they surprised everybody by entering a third C6R (Chassis C6R-003) in the Ron Fellows special edition white color scheme. Andy Pilgrim was his co-driver for that race. Since both main cars were in the race as #3 and #4, this car raced as #33. The car came in 3rd place behind the other 2 Corvettes completing 116 laps. The race was only 2 hours and 45 minutes and the weather was good. So at the end of the race the car was not as dirty as after a long endurance race like Sebring, Daytona or LeMans. That's why I did not weather it. This car, chassis # C6R-003, was eventually sold to an european private team (Luc Alphand) in 2008. Unfortunately, this car it was destroyed in a massive transporter fire in 2009. Rumor has it that it is in kind of semi-restored but un-driveable condition in a private collection.
Started with the Revell 1/25 C6R. Speedline decals. Too many mods to list. I think only the windshield, back glass, headlight covers and tail lights are the only non modified kit's parts in this build.
If you concentrate looking at the pictures, you can hear it idling....
Hey! Look who came to play! My first C6-R (fully detailed) built over 10 years prior!
The wiper is in raised position in the yellow car. That's why it looks weird from this angle
This type of race cars don't have a VIN #, but they must have a manufacturing plate with a serial number and manufacturing date.
You can't see it but as per the 1:1 the home made plate says:
Corvette Racing
Pratt & Miller Engineering and Fabrication
Chassis # C6R-003
Manufacturing date: 9-28-2005
Here is a link to a progress thread on the Scale Motorsports forum with progress pictures and videos: race-car-models.proboards.com/thread/1305/ron-fellows-2007-mosport-white
Hope you like it!
Thanks,
Ismael "the Corvette guy"
By now you may get the feeling I like Corvettes, don't you?
This one was finished in 2018 but was started way back, a decade before.
Ron Fellows is one of the most important drivers and primary responsible for bringing the Corvette Racing program up and running. Also one of my all time favorite race car drivers as well. By 2007 he was retiring from active racing driving, but to remain very active as a team's consultant for years to come. To celebrate his accomplishments, GM offered a Ron Fellows Special Edition Z06 Corvette, each one personally signed by him. In the 2007 Sebring 12 hour race, the #3 car (Chassis C6R-005) he was co-driving with Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen was painted white with maple leaf red hash marks, like his special edition. But Canadian Ron Fellows was also known as the "Mayor of Mosport" as the Ontario venue was his home track. So for the 2007 IMSA Grand Prix of Mosport, held on August 26, they surprised everybody by entering a third C6R (Chassis C6R-003) in the Ron Fellows special edition white color scheme. Andy Pilgrim was his co-driver for that race. Since both main cars were in the race as #3 and #4, this car raced as #33. The car came in 3rd place behind the other 2 Corvettes completing 116 laps. The race was only 2 hours and 45 minutes and the weather was good. So at the end of the race the car was not as dirty as after a long endurance race like Sebring, Daytona or LeMans. That's why I did not weather it. This car, chassis # C6R-003, was eventually sold to an european private team (Luc Alphand) in 2008. Unfortunately, this car it was destroyed in a massive transporter fire in 2009. Rumor has it that it is in kind of semi-restored but un-driveable condition in a private collection.
Started with the Revell 1/25 C6R. Speedline decals. Too many mods to list. I think only the windshield, back glass, headlight covers and tail lights are the only non modified kit's parts in this build.
If you concentrate looking at the pictures, you can hear it idling....
Hey! Look who came to play! My first C6-R (fully detailed) built over 10 years prior!
The wiper is in raised position in the yellow car. That's why it looks weird from this angle
This type of race cars don't have a VIN #, but they must have a manufacturing plate with a serial number and manufacturing date.
You can't see it but as per the 1:1 the home made plate says:
Corvette Racing
Pratt & Miller Engineering and Fabrication
Chassis # C6R-003
Manufacturing date: 9-28-2005
Here is a link to a progress thread on the Scale Motorsports forum with progress pictures and videos: race-car-models.proboards.com/thread/1305/ron-fellows-2007-mosport-white
Hope you like it!
Thanks,
Ismael "the Corvette guy"
