 1958 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster |
"The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car that has been manufactured by Chevrolet since 1953. Today it is built at a General Motors assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, but in the past it was built in Flint, Michigan and St. Louis, Missouri. The National Corvette Museum and annual National Corvette Homecoming are also located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. |
 1984 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Body, Chassis, Electrical Shop Service Repair Manual 
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Taking its name from the corvette, a small, maneuverable fighting frigate (the credit for the naming
goes to Myron Scott), the first Corvettes were virtually hand-built in Flint, Michigan in Chevrolet's Customer Delivery Center, now an
academic building at Kettering University. The outer body was made out of then-revolutionary fiberglass, selected in part because of
steel quotas left over from the war. Underneath the new body material were standard Chevrolet components, including
the "Blue Flame" inline six-cylinder truck engine, two-speed Powerglide automatic transmission, and drum brakes from
Chevrolet's regular car line.
The first generation is most commonly referred to as a "solid-axle", based on the fact that independent rear suspension (IRS) was not available until 1963. The first generation started in 1953 and ended in 1962. The second generation, or mid-year, was designed by Larry Shinoda with |
major inspiration from a previous unproduced design called the "Q Corvette" by Peter Brock and Chuck Pohlmann, and under the styling direction of Bill Mitchell, started in 1963 and ended in 1967.Introducing a new name, Corvette Sting Ray, the 1963 model year Corvette was the first year for a coupé with its distinctive split rear window and non-functioning hood vents as well as an independent rear suspension. The split rear window was discontinued in 1964 due to safety concerns. Because they made the design too busy, the hood vents were also cut. Power for 1963 was at 360 hp (268 kW) hitting 375 hp (280 kW) in 1964."
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1957 CHEVROLET CORVETTE ONLY 1500 Produced WORLD WIDE HUGE 1/6 VENETIAN RED 283 CI FUEL INJECTED
ENGINE MAKES A GREAT GIFT FOR THAT 1957 CORVETTE FAN MAKES A GREAT FATHERS DAY PRESENT
The opening hood reveals a fully-plumbed and wired 283ci V8. The interior is faithfully reproduced with windows that raise and lower with scale hand cranks opening glove box and ashtray, intricately-detailed gauges, working steering, working shifter and pedals |
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