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While watching motorcar racing, including the likes of M.G's and Jaguar's. A then Mr. Harley Earl the chief stylist of the General Motors Corporation conceived the idea of a 2 seatersports car for the American car market back in 1951.
After a couple of years of incubation, the CORVETTE as we know of it today was born on the 30th June 1953.
Although Harley Earl was the inspiration for his dream, it was in 1953 that a Mr. Zora Arkus-Duntov began working on the Corvette project, and within 2 years is made up to chief engineer, from this Zora Arkus-Duntov has been credited as the father of the Corvette.
Before production ever began however, the test cars were then made of a new type of resin, and
it was within the testing period that when one of the cars crashed it was found that the test car stood up very well to the impacts that it had received.
A decision was made from this, that the production cars are to be made from this resin. From then up to this present day that the Corvette's are made from a steel lined fibreglass body, with separate chassis.
Every year since the launch of the Corvette body styles or engine sizes have changed, some go unnoticed, some more dramatic, in the 1958-59 models Fuel Injection was introduced.
The biggest change however came in 1962 with the introduction of the "STING RAY".1963 comes with the introduction of a split rear screen (funnily enough known as the split screen), with the introduction of the pop-up headlights, synonymous of the Corvette of today. Keeping the power options of the previous year, this Corvette style, the split screen only saw one year of manufacture. The 1965 model saw yet another change within it's power, a 396ci (6.
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corki 30/05/2006 07:33
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sav90 04/09/2003 21:19
Nice opinion mate. The Corvette is undoubtedly stylish lookin cars! Very Helpful, Keep the good work up! Sav90
LBoy 26/08/2003 16:47
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