Chevrolet Corvette Convertible 1960, Estados Unidos

Chevrolet Corvette Convertible 1960, Estados Unidos
Motor: 283/290HP
Exterior: Vermelho (Roman Red)
Interior: Vermelho
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HIGHLIGHTS

·         1 of 759 Corvettes equipped with the 290 HP fuel injected engine in 2960

·         Built in May of 1960

·         Matching numbers fuel injected 283/290 HP engine

·         Suffix code F0523CS

·         Fuel injection no. 7017320

·         Correct generator, no. 1103173

·         Correct distributor, no. 110914

·         Finned aluminum valve covers

·         Dual exhaust

·         Matching numbers T10 4-speed transmission

·         4.11 Positraction

·         Finished in Roman Red with White coves

·         Red vinyl interior

·         New convertible top

·         Full tonneau cover

·         Factory gauge package

·         Wonderbar AM radio

·         Factory 15 inch wheels and spinner wheel covers

·         Coker Classic Whitewall tires

This 1960 Chevrolet Corvette is one of just 759 equipped with the RPO 579D 283 CI engine featuring Rochester Ramjet mechanical fuel injection and rated at 290 HP at 6,200 RPM. While the top-rated 283/290 HP Fuelie engine was in its third year of production, budget restrictions put an end to Corvette Engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov’s plan to continue development of the SS racer and a corresponding new production high-performance package. Instead, he turned his attention to giving Corvette buyers “as much of both worlds as we could … to combine in one automobile the comfort of a tourer and the ability of a racer.” The first production Corvette to reflect this approach, the 1960 model benefited from significant suspension revisions designed to improve both handling and overall ride characteristics. To that end, Arkus-Duntov installed a thicker front sway bar balanced by a rear sway bar, the latter being the first one used in a production automobile. Combined with slightly softer springs and recalibrated shock absorbers, this new arrangement made the 1960 model the best-handling production Corvette ever. Built in May 1960, this factory fuel-injected convertible is equipped with a matching-numbers 283/290 HP engine and BorgWarner 4-speed manual transmission, 290 HP-specific code 7017320 Rochester fuel-injection unit, code-correct generator and distributor, and finned aluminum valve covers. A 4.11 Positraction differential completes the car’s racy powertrain. Joining those high-performance assets is an equally dramatic color scheme comprising bright Roman Red paint with a matching red vinyl interior, an iconic pairing complemented with white side coves and Coker Classic wide whitewall tires on red-painted factory 15-inch wheels with full-size spinner wheel covers. This iconic Fuelie features a new convertible top, a full tonneau cover, factory gauge package and a Wonderbar AM radio.

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