1st Corvette to finish 24 Hours of Le Mans 1960 Cunningham #3 & Ride My Car Story with Lou Costabile

[@briansd2772]

This is a history lesson I would have enjoyed in school. Thank you Professor Lou!

[@loucostabile]

Hi Brian SD, Yes, a topic like this in History Class would have helped me pay more attention in school for sure :-) Lou

[@paulkirkland1535]

@@loucostabile : Lou,LOU once again you've knocked it out of the park! One of my all time favourite cars from the 60's. A "fuelie" Corvette how beautiful is that. And one that not only ran but won Le Mans in 1960! Is that true Americana or what. This is what the true meaning of American ingenuity is hands down. Have a gr8 God blessed day guys.

[@bartricky5894]

I never knew that one actually finished 24 hrs. I use to take my '62 up to watch the Sebring races when they had the Corvette Corral. Thanks Lou.

[@loucostabile]

Hi BartRicky, Happy to read you learned something from this episode :-) I'm learning all the time, and I find that to be so much fun, Lou

[@georgemattar1182]

Chip Miller was a pioneer in the Corvette collecting hobby. In 1974, he paid about $6,000 for a 1966 model with the 425 hp 427. His friends thought he was nuts. Oh well. He also owned the lowest mileage 1953 model for many years. Chip was total class act and died far too young. Great car restored by Kevin, who turns out the finest restorations on the planet. Thank you Lou.

[@loucostabile]

Hi George, Thank you for viewing & sharing your knowledge, Lou

[@ImTheDaveman]

Holy Moley AND HE GOT IT AUTOGRAPHED By the Driver as well? HIGH FIVES, LANCE! Damn fine car restoration on an amazing car! And High-Fives to you, Lou for featuring this piece of history magnificence!

[@loucostabile]

Hi ImTheDaveman, High fives all around :-) Happy to share this rare treat with you, Lou

[@mgn5667]

I love those years vettes...The 1960 Corvette 24 hours of Lemans Performer ****...Cool as Ice.. thank you Lance thank you Lou..!

[@loucostabile]

Hi Mgn, Happy to read you enjoy this rare treat with me :-) You're welcome, Lou

[@jf6395]

Wow, beyond cool....Thanks Lou for sharing this with us

[@loucostabile]

Hi J F, Happy to receive a "Wow" from you :-) My pleasure sharing this special treat with you, Lou

[@Scalihoo]

Full 1960 corvette experience, no LS swap here.. cool 😎

[@loucostabile]

Hi Florida Scot, Happy to share this rare treat with you, Lou

[@abdulamatos]

Now tbis has to be top 5 best My Car Stories wow awesome piece of history nice job.

[@loucostabile]

Top 5 = Winner :-)

[@jasonmaiden5026]

Fantastic car! Sounds amazing! So glad you were able to have him start it up!

[@loucostabile]

Hi Jason, Happy to share this special car with you :-) Lou

[@richmcintyre1178]

What a great car and an awesome story. Another Lou special to enjoy with my morning coffee. Thanks, Lou.

[@loucostabile]

Hi Rich, Happy to bring you the morning episode :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome, Lou

[@StupidFastTruck]

Love this car, In fact I ordered my new C8 in American racing colors to give homage to it. Glad I stumbled on your video. Thanks!

[@loucostabile]

Hi Stupid Fast Truck, Happy to read "Love this car" :-) Glad to read you're inline for a C8 with a cool look. Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@customkey]

Lou, you never fail to inform and inspire. This is an incredible feature and I thank you and Lance Miller for sharing this with us. THIS IS LIVING!

[@loucostabile]

Hi customkey, High praise for this episode, and happy to share this rare treat with you :-) My pleasure sharing with you, and you're welcome, Lou

[@cookcars1]

Thanks for recording this, Lou. I have read about the story of this car before and it is a great one. So glad you and Lance took us along on a ride in this historical machine. Big thanks to Chip and Lance Miller for bringing this one back. I will be buying the DVD.

[@loucostabile]

Hi cookscars1, Happy to read you'll be purchaing the DVD, and I believe you;re really going to enjoy the story, Lou

[@CorvetteStingRayLane]

Awesome Corvette. Thanks for sharing Lance Miller!

[@loucostabile]

Happy to read you enjoy this car :-)

[@goneshootin61]

An historical corvette . Another nice one Lou !

[@loucostabile]

Hi Steve S, Happy to share this rare treat with you :-) Lou

[@alejandrogrillet931]

Hi, from Venezuela, nice good looking race car. Thanks for the driving experience. That is history worth saving and conserve. Thanks Mr Lou for the video,

[@loucostabile]

Hi Alejandro, My pleasure sharing this speical treat with you :-) Glad you enjoy this car, and you're welcome, Lou

[@tct9mm151]

The 60 Corvettes are amazing!! They have the most sexy body lines ever. GREAT VIDEO LOU!

[@loucostabile]

HI TCT9MM, You're right about sexy body lines.....don't tell my wife I said that :-) Lou

[@jamesmay5810]

So fine, Lou. Thank you for this grand moment in history.

[@loucostabile]

Hi James May, Happy to share this historic car with you :-) Lou

[@tippey2011]

Wow Lou what a car and owner! Loved this piece of automotive history and racing. Such a awesome History lesson this is and I really enjoyed it so much. I was only two years old when they ran this race so I would have not been old enough to remember it. But the story behind this car and the race was so interesting! Thanks for sharing Lou!!

[@loucostabile]

Hi Steve, Happy to receive a "Wow" from you :-) Glad to share this rare treat with you, and you're welcome, Lou

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

A very rare and historical Corvette!!

[@loucostabile]

Agreed, a special treat sharing this one.

[@plymouthduster2252]

Great video Lou love watching your channel. I had read in one of Tom Cotter's barn find books about him finding one of the 1957 Corvettes that was used as test cars on the Bonneville Salt Flats and then repainted and sold. The guy who ended up restoring it put it back to the way they had it when it was being used as a test car when it was new.

[@loucostabile]

Hi PlymouthDuster 225, That's a cool car story :-) Thank you for viewing & sharing, Lou

[@urideamabal]

Lou, I do believe that this could be my favorite My Car Story episode. 👆🏁

[@loucostabile]

Hi Uri Deamabal, High praise :-) Lou

[@jakespeed63]

Very special episode for me. Been to/raced at LeMans(our Porsche team won GT class 2004) and...met John Fitch on several occasions at Limerock Park Conn. and Sebring. Such a cool slice of history. Thanks for sharing. p.s. you need a microphone wind blocker.

[@loucostabile]

Hi jakespeed63, Happy to read this is a "Very special episode" for you :-) My pleasure & you're welcome, Lou P.S. I need alot of stuff :-)

[@gregfoster4541]

Another great one, you never cease to amaze me Lou, thanks so much for sharing and as always "Howdy from Texas "!!

[@loucostabile]

Hi Greg from TX, Happy to read you enjoy this episode with this rare treat :-) You're welcome, Lou

[@dennisazzopardi2089]

Great Story Lou.

[@loucostabile]

Thank you Dennis :-)

[@JeffKing310]

What a great Car Story - thanks Lou! Awesome Vette. Also, congrats on passing 80k subscribers!

[@loucostabile]

Hi Jeff, Happy to share this rare treat with you :-) Thank you for the congratulations on 80K, Lou

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

A very 😎 racing history lesson!!

[@loucostabile]

Fun to share the story of this car :-)

[@kamikaze2666]

Gm made some beautiful car’s in their day

[@loucostabile]

Hi Salvia Officinalis, Happy to read you appreciate this car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@bryantcurtis2665]

I should be in bed. These videos from Lou are too compelling though.🔧❤️🚗🏁

[@loucostabile]

Hi Curtis, However......after watching this one, you'll have sweet dreams :-) Lou

[@danconlan64]

as usual you always show great stuff . at first glance i thought it was 61 or 62 by the front end

[@loucostabile]

Hi Dan, Happy to read you enjoy this episode :-) Glad to share this rare treat with you, Lou

[@danconlan64]

@@loucostabile Since there's not to much to do these days you videos are something I really look forward to. thanx

[@abefrohman1759]

Awesome car with a great story.

[@loucostabile]

Happy to read you enjoy this episode :-)

[@pablocespedes9585]

Thanks for sharing this car Lou! Very interesting Vette, the fact of it using a Rochester fuel injection instead of a carburetor for Le Mans, means that these fuelies are efficient! Maybe they were a big cost for a production Vette but they must be reliable

[@loucostabile]

Hi Pablo, Happy to share this rare treat with you :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome, Lou

[@georgeshadrick640]

what a my favorite GM's peace out

[@loucostabile]

Happy to read this one is a favorite :-)

[@atlcorvette]

Automotive royalty❤️

[@loucostabile]

Happy to share this rare treat with you :-)

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

Impressive sounding!!

[@loucostabile]

Just the way we like it :-)

[@motorTranz]

Wow, just wow!😍

[@loucostabile]

Wow x 2 = Winner

[@elizabethcherry920]

I went to look for that movie, the quest and I can't find it. I would like to see that movie.

[@loucostabile]

Hi Elizabeth, Here is a link to try. Lou www.corvettecentral.com/accessory/books-1/videos-cd-roms/dvd-the-quest-111864

[@Merylstreep1949]

Hard to believe there was a time where these cars had little value....I remember seeing cars like these in old issues of Hot Rod in the 70s going for next to nothing..

[@loucostabile]

Hi Chris, Seems this one's value has moved up from that time :-) Lou

[@Merylstreep1949]

@@loucostabile yeah just a few dollars...ha

[@davidthompson62]

What’s that car worth Lou? 2million? 5milluon? Being a Original Cunningham race car must make it worth a bunch! Looks like you loved the ride! Thx Lou!

[@loucostabile]

Hi David, No idea what a car like this is worth. YES! LOVED THE RIDE! You're welcome, Lou

[@quagmiredavis4117]

This needs a run thru tail of the dragon 11 miles 322 curves my 65 396 /425 corvette loves tail of dragon runs good after a good run

[@loucostabile]

Sounds fun :-)

[@quagmiredavis4117]

@@loucostabile check it out tail of dragon on you tube

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

A Fuelie too!!

[@loucostabile]

Rare & cool :-)

[@Pollock1961]

i missed out, i was born in 61

[@loucostabile]

So close....

[@Pollock1961]

reminds me of hot rods to hell

[@loucostabile]

Nice :-)

[@Pollock1961]

WOW

[@loucostabile]

Happy to receive a "WOW" from you :-)

[@RowdyMornings]

Would you happen to know what exhaust mufflers this car has?

[@loucostabile]

I don't know, but I do know it's a loud one....just the way we like it :-)

[@RowdyMornings]

@@loucostabile yeah they sound great. Just hard to find or are non existent now..

[@dougauzene8389]

Omg!Dr.Dick"FlyingDentist" THOMPSON'S Vette LIVES! Me!Dad!&[Rip!]Mom'sFAVE! WE!Saw lt!Riverside,Goleta Rac'd Many Yrs:G'wood, 2!

[@loucostabile]

Hi Doug Auzene, Happy to read this car brings back memories :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@dougauzene8389]

@@loucostabileTruly! Made MY Day, LOU! My! Pal, #3?[Seriously!] ANY: Doubts[hope!not!but!]RE: #3 "Dick[Rip!]Thomps'n"??? LOU! P.m. ME..Anytime! TY!

[@ljkoh20052000able]

Why does it have two (2) seats, if its a race car?

[@loucostabile]

Hi Leonard, Good question. I'm not sure. Maybe a Viewer with knowledge can share, Lou

[@quagmiredavis4117]

No tag ... you would have no issues where I live ... if deputy or sheriff stops you just give a ride .... and no issues or tickets ... just a grin On their face as they leave ..... and some stop by shop . For repeat ride later ...... lmao 🤣 🤣

[@loucostabile]

:-)

[@dianacrow7509]

"Toots"

[@loucostabile]

Thank you for sharing.

[@gelandewagen4376]

I have such a car in the driver San Francisco game and like bro

[@loucostabile]

Very cool :-) Thank you for viewing & sharing.

[@dougauzene8389]

WhoPee-Bfd; KID!:60yrs,l: HveWtch'd,The:DICK"Flying Dentist"THOMPSON#3:Yer 1960!Le!Mans! & Seca!,17- Mile Drive! Goleta, P'mona, [road course] Riverside; U?

[@davidweiner5468]

a 3 speed manual

[@loucostabile]

Yep