Chevrolet Corvette Coupe 1966, Estados Unidos

Chevrolet Corvette Coupe 1966, Estados Unidos
Motor : 427/450HP
Exterior : Prata (Silver Pearl)
Interior : Preto
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HIGHLIGHTS

·         Two time NCRS Top Flight winner

·         Early production Corvette

·         Shipped to Young Chevrolet in Whittier, South Carolina before being transferred to Central Chevrolet in Columbia, South Carolina

·         Nut and bolt frame-off restoration

·         Matching numbers 427/450 HP V-8 engine

·         Factory side exhaust

·         4-speed transmission

·         Positraction differential

·         Factory correct code 986 Silver Pearl

·         Black standard interior

·         Tinted glass

·         Teakwood steering wheel

·         Telescopic steering column

·         Transistor ignition

·         5 knock-off wheels

·         Goldline bias ply tires

·         Restoration photo album

A two-time NCRS Top Flight winner, the 1966 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Coupe offered here is an early production example packing a matching-numbers L72 427/450 HP big-block V-8. Two big-blocks were offered in 1966, both bored out to 427 CI from the previous year’s 396: the “mild” hydraulically cammed L36 and the L72. Like the 396 CI L78 of 1965, the L72 brought to bear a forged bottom end, forged-aluminum 11.0:1 pistons and a Holley 4-barrel on an aluminum intake. Its solid-lifter cam, however, was more radical, adding yet more power to that unleashed by the L72’s increased displacement, as indicated by the “450 HP” sticker on this example’s chromed air-cleaner lid. Just before production commenced, an Engineering Change Recommendation (ECR) reduced that figure to 425 HP (likely to ward off ever-watchful regulators and insurance companies), when in fact no mechanical change was made. Early build orders stipulating the original 450 HP were scheduled for production along with later orders. This produced a mix of 450 HP and 425 HP designations arriving at dealers in late 1965, alarming buyers who ordered the 450 HP engine, only to discover the 425 HP label under the hood; a look at the dealer invoice was usually sufficient to allay concerns. This 1966 L72 coupe arrived with the 450 HP label at Young Chevrolet in Whittier, South Carolina, before being transferred to Central Chevrolet in Columbia, South Carolina. The product of a two-time Top Flight-winning nut-and-bolt restoration, it is generously equipped with transistorized ignition, factory side exhaust, a Muncie 4-speed, Positraction and goldline bias-ply tires on all five knock-off wheels. Finished in factory-correct code-986 Silver Pearl, it features a standard black interior fitted with tinted glass, a teakwood steering wheel on a tilt column and an AM/FM radio. This exceptional 1966 big-block coupe is beautifully detailed and offered with a restoration photo album.

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