cool60

59 Corvette for sale: #match, Inca silver, Red interior, White coves, Power-Glide. Frame off in 1985 3,400 miles since restoration. Everything works. Was in two private collections before i got it. Only thing not original are the coker 2 1/4 wide white radials. Corvette in Florida.
ASKING $59,500

PBChase

Can you send me some pictures of your car? My e mail address is pbchase@sbcglobal.net.

Thank you.

Peter Chase

rkhegler

post up some pics

ZEEEE06

Where in Fl.?

cool60

59 Corvette for sale: #match, Inca silver, Red interior, White coves, Power-Glide. Frame off in 1985 3,400 miles since restoration. Everything works. Was in two private collections before i got it. Only thing not original are the coker 2 1/4 wide white radials. Corvette in Florida.
ASKING $59,500

1959 corvette in venice floridahttp://

cool60

Thanks for checking it out

yowza

Could you post the VIN # ?

Ping10

Very nice car......

zadspal

How long have you owned this car? and Did this car come out of a collection in Georgia (Stone Mountain area)? I knew of one that looks a lot like this car and if so it is one sweet ride! The car I'm talking about was used in the Year One catalog.

ZADSPAL,

cool60

The Vette came to Florida in '97 from Kokomo Indiana with about 800 miles on it. I did locate the person that restored it and have a few pics of the restoration from back then. It was found in Michigan brought to Indiana for restoration. To my understanding it was sold at the Kruse auction in Auburn Indiana in '91 as a #1 vette with no miles on it then. Went into a private collection then sold a year later to another collector. Then to Florida in '97. A good friend bought the vette and I kept it running like my '60. He decided to buy a new vette, he is an older gentleman, and I had told him that if he ever thought of selling it it was mine. And it is.

zadspal

It's always good to hear that much background info on a car. I was hopeing this was the car that I knew before. I was going to offer to dig up a little more documentation for you from a previous owner (sorry). Good Luck with your sell. I think you have one of the most desireable cars on the market. Great Color!

ZADSPAL,

vettebuyer6369

Seeing how there's no VIN on the pad, how exactly do the numbers match?

zadspal

Give us a break! No where in this ad did it say "The VIN# matches the pad. If you need someone to explain this to you again, your probably in the wrong forum. You have a 58 listed in your profile that you claim is "Signet Red" (Humm?) it's way too dark for signet. Signet is almost an orangy red. How do you explain that while you "Worship at the alter of NCRS" (taken from your words in your public profile)? Now that we have all the smart elic talk behind us we can move on to the more realistic conversation here. I'm not trying to create a firestorm of negative remarks. I simply don't understand why some people leave questions and comments that seem negative. Instead let's try to educate others and use this forum like a valuable tool for us all to enjoy.

For those that may not know.
When a C-1 Corvette is called a matching numbers car we assume that the engine, transmission, and any other dated componants are correctly dated and in line with the VIN# build date. Late 1960 is when VIN numbers started showing up on the engine pad. This is a number that is stamped into the right front corner of the engine block just forward to the right cylinder head. Prior to the actual VIN being stamped into the block itself the only number stamped there was "f" then the build date followed by a suffix code. The suffix would tell you how the engine and transmission were configured. Other numbers that are shown on an engine block are called casting numbers. Casting numbers are raised or cast and located on the rear of the block. They recognize the date that the engine was "Cast" or poured. One casting number represents the engine or block type. This number is located on the left rear of the block. The casting date would be on the right rear of the block and would be a letter that represents the month (A for January and so on) and then followed by the day and the last digit would be for the year of casting. The C-1 Corvettes 58-62 came with engines built in Flint. Engines that have a casting number with double digits for the calander year are incorrect and were cast in Tonawanda. Example: 1959 Corvette with VIN number J59S104633 built Thursday Febuary 19th Casting number 3756519. Casting date of A 21 9 this is January 21st of 1959. and the engine stamping date should be from days to weeks after the cast date. In this case it might read F B-11-9 DG. This car would be a base engine powerglide transmission car. Now for other matching numbers. There are many areas that have stamped or cast dates such as distributors, transmissions, rear ends or also known as rear chunks and other areas of these cars that can classify them as being "Numbers Matching". Anyone who knows C-1 Corvettes would certainly know that a Corvette can be claimed to be a numbers matching car even before the VIN was used on the block. I can go to Sears and buy a set of numbers and lettered stamps and put a VIN# on a bicycle but, is this all it takes to make it a "Numbers Matching" bike? I don't think so! Without the dates lined up properly you might as well paint your correct Corvette the wrong color.

cool60

Thank you ZEDSPAL.............. Vin# J59s101497
J = corvette
59 = year
S = st. Louis

pad# F1008DG
DG=automatic
= std 230
= 4 barrel carb
F = flint
1008 = oct. Cast date

John McGraw

I agree completely. It is totally correct to call this a numbers matching car! Just because it does not have a VIN stamp on the pad, it can still be a completely correct and numbers, matching car. Now if it did have a VIN stamp, It would be a whole different matter!


Regards, John McGraw

ZEEEE06

Thank you ZEDSPAL.............. Vin# J59s101497
J = corvette
59 = year
S = st. Louis

pad# F1008D6
D6=automatic
= std 230
= 4 barrel carb
F = flint
1008 = oct. Cast date



pad# F1008D6 is incorrect. It's probably F1008DG which is correct for a 60 with 1x4 and powerglide.

zadspal

ZEEEE06, If I'm correct on deciphering the numbers this car VIN#J59S101497 was born on the 26th day of November of 1958. This was an early production 59 car. The engine assembly date of "f"1008DG (Oct 8th) should be correct for this car. The calendar year is only found cast into the block on the rear and not included in the assembly date stamp. I do agree the D6 is a DG for a base engine/powerglide. With the engines assembly date preceeding the cars build date by 7 weeks is totally correct and is accepted by NCRS.
ZEEEE06 that was a good call to notice the 6 was really a G! Some folks may not have known that and this is the kind of information this forum is here to provide.

I Love the Corvette Forum!
ZADSPAL,

cool60

SORRY ABOUT THE 6 IT SHOULD BE A "G"

cool60

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