1953 Chevrolet Corvette
$349,900
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Vehicle Specifications
- VINE53F001220
- Classic Car ID102688615
- Stock NumberE53F001220
- CategoryAmerican Classics
- Body StyleN/A
- New/UsedUsed
- Mileage24,309 miles
- Engine235-cubic-inch Blue Flame six-
- DoorsConvertible
- TransmissionAutomatic
- Exterior ColorWhite
- Interior ColorRed
Classic Car Overview
The 220th of only 300 Corvettes produced for the inaugural 1953 model year
Equipped with its original Blue Flame six-cylinder engine
Accompanied by side curtains
Historic first-year example of Americas Sports Car
An essential component of any serious sports car collection
From the start, Chevrolets Corvette was unique in its concept, design, and execution. Conceived by legendary GM Design Chief, Harley Earl, as an American alternative to the hordes of nimble and stylish foreign sports cars arriving in post-war America, the new GM design combined striking aircraft-inspired design elements and existing passenger car mechanical components. Clothed in long, low, and sleek bodywork rendered in hand-laid fiberglass, the new show car was known internally as Project Opel and designated EX-122 as it quickly took shape.
Eventually named Corvette in honor of the small and fast naval vessels of wartime fame, the new Chevrolet sports car remains significant as one of very few designs of the fertile GM Motorama era to progress to series production with its show-car styling cues virtually unchanged along the way. Representing a major leap of faith on the part of top GM brass, including GM Engineering Chief Ed Cole and company president Harlow Curtice, the Corvette was the product of a then-massive $1.5 million investment in the project by the time it was readied for its highly anticipated public introduction.
Dubbed the Corvette Dream Car, it debuted at the January 1953 GM Motorama show held at the glamorous Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City and its impact there was truly astonishing. By the end of that first weekend in New York, over 300,000 people had seen the car and some $800,000 worth of GM products were sold at the show. In fact, by the time the Motoramas cross-country tour ended, over
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