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Old May 12, 2009 | 03:54 PM
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Anyone out there know of a place to locate any information on how my 58 was originally outfitted? Not looking to make it exactly to spec, just thought it would be kind of cool to know. Thanks in advance!
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Sorry, no such place. If such a place existed, it would be the "Holy Grail" of Corvette-dom.

Best you can do is look for clues, i.e. tach redline, etc.

You can find the original color in grease pencil under the trunk divider board.

No trim tags either.

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Anyone out there know of a place to locate any information on how my 58 was originally outfitted? Not looking to make it exactly to spec, just thought it would be kind of cool to know. Thanks in advance!
You start with what you have and try to figure out what was original. You should be able to tell if it had fuel injection, had positraction, power top, was soft top and or hardtop, automatic etc. While striping paint, you might pick up cove color, and looking at overspray on floorboard which should match paint name in trunk. I am restoring a 58 at this time. Good luck and have fun.
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Thanks, kind of figured but thought it was worth a shot.
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