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Jed Stewart: My name is Jed Stewart. I build restomods at County Corvette. Originally, we
specialized in NCRS restorations, Top Flight, gold-level restorations, totally original, factory
correct cars. We're branching into doing quite a bit more restomods now, which is a modernized version
with all the modern technology in a classic style.
1975 was a very important year in Charles Schwab's history. So Charles Schwab reached out to us to
build a '75 Corvette. We set out to build the best 1975 Corvette that's out there. Our body shop's a
phenomenal team. They worked hard to totally restore the body. From top to bottom, this is a brand new
car. They stripped it down to glass, repaired all the issues with the original glass. We added a new
bumper from a later model Corvette in the front. We added a new rear bumper from an '80s Corvette with
an integrated spoiler. We also added a customized LT-1 hood, where we do a little custom work on the
cowl vent and everything. We put a custom Street Shop chassis underneath of it, wheel disc brakes,
Wilwood brakes on it, top of the line. It'll stop on a dime. The engine is a GM LS3. It's got custom
air intake, headers, stainless exhaust. It got a custom tune in the engine and transmission. It's
putting about 450 horsepower.
Transmission is a 6L90. Six-speed automatic. And we have a Lokar sport shifter on it with the modern
tap shifter, so it can operate as a bit of a manual automatic like a lot of the more modern cars. It's
got an Alpine double-DIN touchscreen stereo. It's got a backup camera, the custom speakers, Dakota
Digital gauges in it. Everything a modern car comes with, we've integrated into the older car.
Jed Stewart: Schwab did ask us to do a couple unique design features, one of which being some
tartan plaid in the interior of the car, which is what they use on the winner's jacket for the
tournament. We work exclusively with Elite Custom Interiors out of Chester County, and they do any
kind of upholstery you can imagine. They're phenomenal to work with. Our interior shop was able to
integrate that into the seats and the center console. Schwab requested that we come up with a correct
shade of blue for the car. We had our painter mix up a couple custom shades of blue. It's a bit of a
steel powder blue. Blue and the plaid looks great. The saddle leather looks great. And another thing
they asked us to do was to do a custom rear badge with the Schwab letters to replace the Corvette
emblem. It's a nice touch to add to it.
Jed Stewart: I'm extremely happy with the car. I'm very proud of our team. It's very exciting
that it'll be in such a public showcase, Colonial Country Club, for the world to see. I'm excited to
show off our work.
My message to the winner would be, I hope you enjoy the car. I hope you get the chance to take it out
and drive it and really put it through its paces, because that's what we build them for. We build them
for fun and to be used.
