Custom 1966 Corvette Land Shark Sells For 911 Turbo Money

It was just a few weeks ago we brought you news of a stunning1966 Chevrolet Corvette Custom Convertible, called the 'Land Shark', that was going under the hammer at Barrett-Jackson. The stunning Frankenstein's monster of a Corvette blended the best aspects of several generations of Corvette in onemagical resto-mod packagecreated by Jeff Hayes, a master Corvette builder of some renown. We knew the Land Shark would fetch some prime money, too, but we didn't expect it to sell for three times the value of a 2020Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. That's just what happened this past week as lot #177 sold for an incredible $198,000, the second-highest lot of the evening.

In case you missed what made the Land Shark so special, the 1966 C2 Corvette Convertible rides on a custom Coffman chassis. The front suspension was borrowed from a C5 Corvette and the rear from a C6. The brakes, meanwhile, were donated by aChevrolet Corvette Z06, as were the staggered chrome wheels measuring 18 inches up front and 20 in the rear. 540 horsepower is produced by a GM LS3 Hot Cam crate engine under the hood, sent to the rear wheels via a four-speed automatic gearbox.

Both the interior and exterior have been meticulously detailed, with red leather, carbon fiber, Vintage Air switchgear, and an AutoMeter gauge cluster inside and a silver/gray metallic paint job offset by a black Haartz soft-top roof.