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Title: Corvette Compendium - Decade One
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 14, 2008, 05:02:22 AM

While digging through the archives, I stumbled across a stash of Corvette photos I'd assembled, for a post I put together on a now-defunct website. I didn't save the text that went with them, so I'll let the photos speak for themselves. If anyone would like to add commentary or Identify any of the one-offs or concepts, please do, We'd love to share your knowledge. I did, at least, have the presence of mind to store them in chronological order.

Enjoy!

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1953CorvetteGMMotorama.jpg)
1953 Motorama Corvette

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/53MotoramaEngine.jpg)
1953 Motorama Corvette Engine

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1953 - first production Corvette

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1954

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1954CorvairNomadandStockFronttoBack.jpg)
Corvette Corvair, Corvette Nomad, and garden variety models

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1955

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1956 - the prettiest of the first-gen Corvettes, to my eyes.

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1956CorvetteGMStylingSR-2.jpg)
1956 GM Styling Corvette SR-2

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1957.jpg)
1957

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1957SS.jpg)
1957 Corvette SS

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1958.jpg)
1958

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1958XP720ClaymodelC2Corvette.jpg)
1958 clay model hinted strongly at the direction Corvette was headed

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1958XP720ClaymodelC2CorvetteRear.jpg)
1958 clay model

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1958XP700.jpg)
1958 XP700 concept

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1958XP700side.jpg)
1958 XP700 concept

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1959.jpg)
1959

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1959Stingray.jpg)
1959 Stingray

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1960.jpg)
1960

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1960CERV-I.jpg)
1961 CERV

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1961.jpg)
!961

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1961MakoShark.jpg)
1961 Mako Shark:: the shape of things to come, in the not-to-distant future

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1961MakoSharkDetail.jpg)
1961 Mako Shark

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1961MakoSharkDetailTaillights.jpg)
1961 Mako Shark

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1961StylingBucks.jpg)
Some styling bucks from 1961

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/1962.jpg)
1962 - Things were about to change in a big way!

Stay tuned for more!  :)

Title: Re: Corvette Compendium - Decade One
Post by: Ultra on August 15, 2008, 01:51:36 AM

Having sailed sea one, it was nice knowing and loving you but I am now ready to see too.

Title: Re: Corvette Compendium - Decade One
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 26, 2008, 01:55:40 PM

Wow - it took me a while to decipher that.  ???



You will sea two soon.  ;D

Title: Re: Corvette Compendium - Decade One
Post by: Ultra on August 26, 2008, 02:16:54 PM

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on August 26, 2008, 01:55:40 PM

Wow - it took me a while to decipher that.  ???

;)

Title: Re: Corvette Compendium - Decade One
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 10, 2010, 06:27:06 AM

Part II is here:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=4887.msg30988#msg30988

Title: Re: Corvette Compendium - Decade One
Post by: motorcar1 on April 20, 2011, 10:05:43 AM

Otto Puzzell,
I may have ran into some info on the 1956 Corvette Styling SR-2 in the on-going research of Ben Harris and the Speedster.

Was there any other info that told what happened to this particular car and what other oddities that were perhaps blended into it ?

Any info on the SR-1 in 1956, if any or even built, and was either one of the two fuel injected,special colors or have a/c, knock off's and/or side pipes?
John

Title: Re: Corvette Compendium - Decade One
Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 10, 2014, 05:17:39 AM

Another look at the XP-700

Title: Re: Corvette Compendium - Decade One
Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 10, 2014, 05:21:37 AM

Duntov in an SS test mule