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Has different motor a long block, original block included in sale. Has reflective tape of coves that comes off. Owner has the original wheels....
The History of this car with photos
One Owner, One Driver 1957 Chevrolet Corvette, in its original Onyx Black paint. 283 single 4 barrel 3 speed transmission. My father bought this new. He ordered it in April 1957 and it didn’t arrive to Randolph Chevrolet, in Camden, NJ until September 1957. after a summer GM strike. My father actually picked his Corvette up, when the train brought it in to Philadelphia. Then he drove it in for dealer prep. The only options he ordered were heat and wide white wall tires with full wheel covers. It is a radio delete car.
This Corvette has been garage kept from new. Always driven with love, never raced and well maintained. It turned 100k when he had to stop driving. I got to drive him in it only then, when I was 50. Clear, original 1957 New Jersey Title. $60,000.00 Serial # 6101
Love the photos. What people forget is that it took quite an unusual person to buy a Corvette in the 50s and 60s. When I bought mine at the tender age of 17 in 1966, the common refrain was: "why would you want something like that..it can only hold two people...."
"In a wreck you have no protection...the car will shatter". This was 1966. Think what it would have been like in 1957. Perhaps some of our more senior brethren can chime in on this phenomenon. Remember, this was pretty conservative, post war America. Owning a Corvette was sort of living on the edge.
I like cars like this. Quite a commitment to own a car that long. It may have a few blems, but the history gives the car a lot of gravitas.
Last edited by Dan Hampton; 03-20-2019 at 09:47 PM.
Love the photos. What people forget is that it took quite an unusual person to buy a Corvette in the 50s and 60s. When I bought mine at the tender age of 17 in 1966, the common refrain was: "why would you want something like that..it can only hold two people...."
"In a wreck you have no protection...the car will shatter". This was 1966. Think what it would have been like in 1957. Perhaps some of our more senior brethren can chime in on this phenomenon. Remember, this was pretty conservative, post war America. Owning a Corvette was sort of living on the edge.
I like cars like this. Quite a commitment to own a car that long. It may have a few blems, but the history gives the car a lot of gravitas.
Unusual person, that is being kind. I bought my first Corvette, a 62, in 1969. My Dad, (love him RIP) " Have you lost your mind?" My girlfriend, "the top leaks a lot, and there is to much wind!" My, best friend, "COOL, bang a gear!'
I know exactly what you mean. Back then everyone wanted a 2 door hardtop muscle car.
03-20-2019, 06:31 PM
1957 Corvette Original one owner car
