MAIL ORDER SPECIAL DELIVERY:
JIM ODDY’S 2001 SUMMIT
PRO MOD CORVETTE

Words and photos by Jeff Burk

In years gone by it wasn't unusual for people to order just about everything from underwear to a complete house by mail. These days most mail order is limited to specialty items like the chop-o-matic or some a device guaranteed to give you the thighs of Suzanne Somers no matter what your gender is.

In the racing world, using the internet almost anything from nuts and bolts to a complete engine now can be ordered online. The one thing you probably wouldn't think could be mail ordered these days, though, is a professional race car — but you would be wrong. Jim Oddy, owner of the defending IHRA Pro Modified World Championship team did exactly that.

During the 2000 season Jim Oddy and legendary Australian car builder Murray Anderson got together and the result was that Oddy "mail ordered" a new C-5 'Vette for the 2001 Pro Modified season for his driver Fred Hahn.

Jim and Murray worked out the chassis design that includes a unique rear suspension. Oddy wouldn't say much about the design other than it was "trick."

The chassis itself is a double frame rail design and, from outward appearances, fairly standard looking.

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