Dave@Ciocca

It was January 17, 1953 when the Chevrolet Corvette was first revealed to the public at the GM Motorama in the Waldorf Astoria in New York City and changed the American sports car market forever!


(1953 GM Motorama, Waldorf Astoria, NYC)

Sixty years later GM contacted Kerbeck Corvette (current owner of the EX-122) to bring that Motorama Experimental Prototype Corvette back to New York City to celebrate 60 years of Corvettes with the first, the EX-122 and the latest Corvette, the 2014 Corvette Stingray along with one Corvette from each generation!


(George Kerbeck with the EX-122 Experimental Prototype Corvette, the World’s oldest Corvette Owned by Kerbeck Corvette)


(Pictured above: George Kerbeck, president Kerbeck Chevrolet at the wheel and Sam Kelley, award winning Corvette salesperson in passenger seat)

Some of the attendees special NYC Reveal included insiders from GM’s Corvette team, Corvette aficionados like artist Peter Max and members of the New York press.


(Sam Kelley one of the nation’s top-selling Corvette salesmen accepting award from Chevrolet)


(Pictured left to right: Tom Peters, Chief of Corvette Design, Sam Kelley and Tadge Juechter, Corvette Executive Chief Engineer)


(Pictured left to right John Fitzpatrick, Marketing Manager Chevrolet Performance Cars and Sam Kelley)


(Sam Kelley, Kerbeck Corvette Specialist)

The next morning (January 17, 2013), the EX 122 and the 2014 Corvette Stingray were loaded and transported to studios of Fox New on 43rd St in New York City.



The cars were unloaded at 4:30 in the morning and started to be put into position for their debut together.









Oh, by the way, here’s me, Dave Salvatore with the bow tie standing in the middle of West 48th Street at 5:00 in the morning…this city really never does sleep!


(Dave Salvatore, Kerbeck Corvette Manager)

That’s not sunrise, that’s the lights from Fox News as Tadge Juechter joins the cast of Fox & Friends to talk about the 60 years of Corvette.





But wait, there’s more! When you see the 2014 Corvette taillights up close and in person, they’re absolutely magnificent!



Dave

mitchydkid

First, congrats on what looks like a fantastic experience.

Second, I hope Mr. Max is indeed a Corvette aficionado and not a Corvette abuser as I have been led to believe base on his treatment of the VH1 collection. Maybe sometime in the future he will use his collection to wow us in a big reveal that is equal to the reveal of the new C7.

Thanks for the pictures. Its fun to share in the experience you guys have enjoyed.

Kratos-TM

It's amazing how some pics will make you start liking a color again.

kon_gee

Sweet! Nice pics!
Sam is the man! Sam put together our order for our 2010 GS and I am sure when my wife & I plunge into the world of the C7 we will be calling on Sam again!

RPOZ51

Thanks, Dave. It looks like it was a cool event.

Peter Max was there?

I wonder what happened to that stash of Corvettes he once had gathering dust in a Brooklyn basement.

mitchydkid

So I found another article about the Corvettes he let rot in a parking garage. Peter Max originally wanted to paint them crazy colors and call it art. I'm no critic, so maybe that is art. Now, Mr. Max wants to revive his original intent, but he has stated he wants to paint the cars more subtle colors than originally planned and keep the colors "respectful" of Corvette. Mr. Max wants to add more cars to the collection to bring the total number of cars up to 50. The project is alive, on life support, but it appears Mr. Max does actually care about Corvettes. Hopefully the end result will be something positive.

-D

Centex

soooo is it just me .. (sorry if this was mentioned) but it DEF looks like the rear dark panels are PAINTED BLACK ... instead of being the black plastic --- do you guys see that // agree?? is this just done because its a show car or is that going to be common on the Z51 package? ... thoughts .. please

mustang1999

The C7 looks down right exotic in these pics.

Dave@Ciocca

Both show cars (Torch Red and Cyber Gray) have some unfinished parts or parts not hooked up. The trunk area is one of those. The supplier wasn't ready with the finished product by the show so they put those painted pieces in there. Same with the carpet in the trunk.

Good eye!

Dave

elegant

Thanks Dave! Seeing you in your jeans and bow-tie, you re a lot different than I'd imagined (as you know I've bought a C5 and a C6 from you, but never met you in person. -- something that will change when I buy my C7 from you/Kerbeck).

Kerbeck rocks!!!

Turbooo2u

Especially next to the 1953 experimental car! I am always amazed when Kerbeck brings the EX. car to Carlisle every year where you can actually go up and touch it.

RPOZ51

That's pretty much the same thing I've been reading.

Thanks!!

RPOZ51

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!!!

You touch it?

Dave, do you know about this?

Dave@Ciocca

Thanks John! I usually don't wear jeans but I was loading and unloading the EX122 in NYC! I do, however, wear a bow tie to work everyday. It makes me hard to forget!

billythekid310

I wish the C7 had power folding mirrors

Dave@Ciocca

The funny thing is that when those two cars were parked outside for those 3 hours, the 1953 got all of the attention! Most people walking or driving by stopped to take pictures of the 53 and ignored the Stingray. Then we'd get someone who would start freaking out about the 2014 and we'd know we had a Corvette person.

The producer from Fox told me that it's nothing to see exotic cars in NYC but you rarely see a car like the 53 which is why it got the attention.

Even during the interview, the Fox hosts wanted to keep talking about (and playing with) the EX122. I felt bad for Tadge while he was trying to keep them focused on the new car!

Dave

CRABBYJ

I'm always amazed too! I touch it every year there.

Dave@Ciocca

Don't act like you never touch it Tom!

Dave

Corvette ED

Dave,

Is the red interior in the C7 a brighter shade of red from the C6?

RPOZ51