A sapphire black Corvette ZR-1 Spyder, which made its debut during the 1991 North American International Auto Show, rests atop the first RAMPBOSS Vehicle Display System ever sold in North America, inside the cylindrical yellow dome of the National Corvette Museum.
This twist of firsts have come to rest atop the world's most stylish and versatile vehicle display system first sold in 2005 to Les Stanford Chevrolet in Dearborn, Mich., one of the nation's leading Corvette retailers. Stanford agreed to donate his RAMPBOSS to the museum last month.
RAMPBOSS display systems are now in use at dealerships across North America and western Australia. Both V1 and V2 models have been used at Detroit's famed AutoRama, Ford World Headquarters under the new Shelby GT500, Super Bowl XL in Detroit and Super Bowl XLI in Miami, among others. Many RAMPBOSS clients have immediately realized the portable display can pay for itself IF customers agree to rent the display and provide set-up/knock-down services to various automotive event organizers and party planners who are very enthusiastic about what the RAMPBOSS system brings to the party.
The RAMPBOSS also has been displayed at the Nokia Theater in Fort Worth, Texas, where two Dale Earnhardt Jr. commemorative NASCAR's were unveiled on the stage before 2,000 invited guests; two SEMA shows bolstering new product launches; and most recently on center stage at the Detroit Opera House. The next scheduled "performance" for RAMPBOSS will be on the front porch of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art on June 20, where it will again proudly elevate the new Lexus IS-F high-performance sedan.
Bob Hellmann, manager of Displays and Facilities for the Corvette Museum, called about 60 days ago to express interest in acquiring a new RAMPBOSS V1 for the museum. Hellmann, along with museum colleagues and resident Corvette enthusiasts, chose the ZR-1 Spyder from more than 65 other classic Corvettes — in the museum's version of American Idol.
Les Stanford Chevrolet General Sales Manger Scott Montgomery, says, "Mr. Stanford jumped at the chance to help the museum, and we all feel their like-new V1 will be a great asset, and very useful display tool for the museum."
Stoney says he is humbled and flattered to have played a role in what amounts to another historic first in a long tradition of firsts for the Corvette brand. "I smile every time I think about the hundreds of thousands of museum visitors over the coming years who will not only see the ZR-1 Spyder, but any other uniquely special Corvettes to eventually be featured atop our state-of-the-art display platform," Stoney says.
