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- Cocktail Shaker Awarded as Trophy to William Mitchell's Corvette SR-2, 1956 - The Corvette SR-2 was designed and built in 1956 for racing driver Jerome Earl, son of General Motors design head Harley Earl. The SR-2 featured high-performance brakes and a heavy-duty suspension with rotary dampers. Two of its features, fuel injection and a four-speed gearbox, made their way into production Corvettes. GM designer Bill Mitchell had a similar SR-2 built for himself.
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Cocktail Shaker Awarded as Trophy to William Mitchell's Corvette SR-2, 1956
The Corvette SR-2 was designed and built in 1956 for racing driver Jerome Earl, son of General Motors design head Harley Earl. The SR-2 featured high-performance brakes and a heavy-duty suspension with rotary dampers. Two of its features, fuel injection and a four-speed gearbox, made their way into production Corvettes. GM designer Bill Mitchell had a similar SR-2 built for himself.