Reeves Callaway is the son of Ely Callaway, the inventor of the “Big Bertha”. While he could have been content making the best in golf products, he has a need for speed. That is why he began building fast cars in 1977. Starting out with turbo kits for German exotics, he discovered that Corvette owners like to go fast also. GM was so impressed by his attention to detail, that his twin-turbo engine became a factory option in 1987.

To show the world what his cars could do, he drove a 1988 example from his shop in Connecticut to the Ohio Transportation Test Track. After swapping the tires he went  254.76 mph in a car with full interior and Air Conditioning. It would hold the production car land speed record until the Bugatti Veyron went faster 20 years later. Using lessons learned at high speeds, the AeroBody was developed to address drag and downforce issued GM couldn’t have predicted when the car was designed in the late 70s.
Before Mr. duPont hired me, I was a marketing manager at one of the world’s biggest Corvette parts companies. At one of our shows in 2006, I passed on an opportunity to trade my new 2007 Indy Pace Car Corvette for an AeroBody, and it was a huge mistake because they are selling between 80 to 90 grand to collectors.

Mr. Callaway has allowed his son Peter to take over, and they were both shocked when I sent them this listing. Father and son said it is a great bargain for a piece of history. Ordered and built for ...