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This is a stunning example of a 1962 Chevrolet Corvette NUMBERS MATCHING 327ci Fuel Injected engine mated to a NUMBERS MATCHING four speed manual transmission! This Corvette was the lucky recipient of a frame off rotisserie restoration to the highest level. This is one of 1,918 produced for the year of 1962. The paint is fantastic and all of the chrome, trim and bright work are outstanding! The car runs and drives fantastic and everything on the car works except the factory clock. This is a investment quality 1962 Corvette and the last year for the solid axle Vette. Call 314-346-6039 to purchase or with any questions. 314-346-6039 FINANCING AVAILABLE FINANCING AVAILABLE FINANCING AVAILABLE A little GM 1962 Corvette history below from Corvette Sport! With the creative influences of such incredible engineering talents as Edward Cole, Zora Arkus-Duntov, and Bill Mitchell behind it, the C1 Corvette had emerged as an American classic, but one that was ready to undergo a transformation into something completely new and exciting. In fact, with the second-generation Corvette now just one model year away, there were few within Chevrolet who did not view the 1962 Corvette as anything other than a transitional model between the classic styling of the C1 roadster and the far more competitive and edgy lines of the next-generation Corvette. The 1962 model year represents the end of an era for the Chevrolet Corvette. Over the course of ten years, the Corvette had evolved from Harley Earls conceptual two-seat sports car a car that was initially plagued with design and performance deficiencies into a vehicle that rivaled sports cars around the world with an unabashed reputation for performance and fun. Despite the fact that the 1962 Corvette is considered one of the greatest of all the C1 Corvettes, the perception that the 1962 Corvette was transitional was not completely unwarranted. For one, the 62 Corvette was the first model year to incorporate the 327 cubic inch V-8 engine in place of the smaller 283 cubic inch engine. Though technically the same engine block as the 283, the smaller engine was bored and stroked to bring its cylinder dimensions to 4.00 x 3.25 inches and its displacement up to 327 cubic inches. While this larger engine would certainly produce more horsepower, there were other changes that would have to be incorporated first to ensure that the engine could receive the air and fuel it would need to run as it was meant to. A small but significant change was made to the Rochester fuel injection system that allowed more air/fuel to pass through it which helped to feed the deeper-breathing 327 small block. In addition, heavier duty bearings, larger ports, and a longer duration camshaft were fitted to the base 250-bhp engine. Duntovs solid-lifter camshaft was now a standard spec for the most powerful of the three carbureted engines an engine that would be officially rated as producing 340 horsepower. The Duntov cam would also be placed in the top fuelie (fuel-injected) engine that year. Both of the engines sporting Duntov cams ran a tight 11.25:1 compression ratio, which was a considerable step up from the base level and mid-level 300 horsepower engines, which ran a more conventional 10.5:1 compression. The conventional trunk design of the 1962 Corvette was the last model to include it for many years. The models that followed had no external rear storage access until 1982 when a special collectors edition Corvette featured a hatch window which allowed access to the rear storage compartment area. Still, a trunk comparable to the 1962s did not re-appear until the introduction of the C5 Corvette Convertible in 1998. Gone forever from the 1962 (and all future models) Corvette was the troublesome twin four-barrel Carter carburetors. These were replaced by a more powerful, single four-barrel Carter carburetor. While these top two versions of the new 327 engine proved to provide a consistent improvement in power over its predecessor, the peak of its power curve occurred at the engines top-end while it turned some 6,000 rpm which was considered incredibly fast at that time for a pushrod power plant. While the jump to a V-8 in the 1950s had proved pivotal to the Corvettes ultimate success and sustainability, nobody could have imagined the impact that the introduction of the 327 V-8 would have on the last of the C1 Corvettes. The larger 327 V-8 produced power and torque that was unparalleled with anything seen prior to its emergence as the primary power plant of the 62 Corvette. This new Vette, when equipped with a four-speed and fuel injection, could regularly run the quarter-mile in under fifteen (15) seconds and achieve speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour while doing so. Of course, as with each of the several different iterations of the C1 Corvette before it, the 1962 Corvette did undergo more than just a mechanical overhaul. Though the overall appearance of the 62 remained faithful to the styling of Harley Earls earlier models, this new Corvette was, and remains, one of the most desirable of all the C1 models. While its styling was beginning to look a bit dated as it moved into its second decade of existence, this final variation was stripped of any of the remaining excesses that had plagued its earlier counterparts. Other subtle changes also helped to give the 1962 Corvette a more unified appearance. Like the side spears in the coves, the silver mesh gri