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1959 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster


Sale price: £40,000.00 make an offer

Car location: Weybridge, United Kingdom

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Year:
1959
Mileage:
46,000
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1959 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster
 for sale

Current customer rating: current rating for this car(2.25) based on 175 votes
For sale by auction on Saturday 06 June 2015 with Historics at Brooklands. Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit. Weybridge. Surrey. Call 01753 639170
General Motors designer Harley Earl loved sports cars and was
influenced by the GIs bringing home MGs. Jaguars. Alfa Romeos and
the like after hostilities ceased in Europe in 1945. Even the small
independent carmaker. Nash Motors. began selling a two-seater
sports car in 1951. Earl convinced GM that they also needed to
build a two-seat sports car. Earl and his Special Projects crew
began working on the new car later that year which was code named
'Opel'. The result was the 1953 Corvette taking its name from the
corvette. a small. maneuverable fighting frigate and was unveiled
to the public at that year's Motorama Car Show.

The first Corvettes were virtually hand-built in Flint. Michigan
in Chevrolet's Customer Delivery Center. The outer body was made
out of a revolutionary new composite material called fiberglass. br/>selected. in part. because of limiting steel quotas left over from
the Korean War. Underneath that radical new body was standard
Chevrolet components including the 'Blue Flame' in-line
six-cylinder truck engine. two-speed Powerglide automatic
transmission and drum brakes from Chevrolet's regular car line.

We are delighted to offer this classic 1959 V8 Corvette
Roadster. described as being in excellent condition throughout. The
coachwork is presented in the classic Signet Red with white
coves and complemented by a matching white and red interior.
This breath-taking example was restored in the 1990s and the
condition today reflects the quality of that restoration. It is
believed that during that restoration the original three-speed
manual gearbox was converted to four-speed. resulting in the
Corvette being much more useable. especially in traffic. We
understand that the car originated from Arkansas where it had only
one owner before being exported to a motor museum in Athens.
Imported from Greece into the UK in 2010. the Corvette has a UK V5
registration document and a current MoT test certificate. Within
the history file can be found various invoices. an owner's manual
and US Certificate of Title document from Arizona. A fabulous piece
of American automotive engineering that only awaits a lucky new
owner.

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