The Story Behind ALEX VAN HALEN's 1986 Corvette Guldstrand GS80

February 22, 2007, 17 years ago

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The following report is courtesy of Wayne Ellwood from Vette Magazine:

This Guldstrand GS80, serial number 008, was originally built for VAN HALEN drummer Alex Van Halen and is date stamped as having been completed on August 15, 1988. The car received quite a bit of press coverage when new, thanks to its famous owner, but there is much more to the vehicle than its celebrity parentage. Perhaps most important, it illustrates some of the running changes made to the GS80 series over the years. And, for anyone trying to extract a little extra performance from an L98 C4, the lessons of the past can still be quite instructive."

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