Chevrolet Corvette Convertible 1959, Estados Unidos

Chevrolet Corvette Convertible 1959, Estados Unidos
Motor: 283/290 HP
Exterior: Vermelho (Roman Red)
Interior: Vermelho
Fotografia

NCRS Top Flight award certificate included

Body-off restoration

Matching numbers fuel injected 283/290 HP engine

Correct air cleaner, distributor, hoses and hose clamps

Off Road exhaust

Correct radiator

T10 4-speed transmission

4.11 Positraction differential

Roman Red with matching Red interior

Black soft convertible top

Radio and heater delete

Sun visors

Courtesy light

Y-50 mirror

Full size wheel covers

6.70x15 Blackwall tires

Correct jack, tools, spare, mat and liner

Owners manual and sales brochure

If straight-axle Corvettes and Fuelie performance set your pulse racing, this 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible will send it into the red zone. The showroom-quality recipient of a recent NCRS Top Flight Award, it presents in stunning condition resulting from a body-off restoration that left no detail untouched. The 1959 Corvette’s styling remained virtually unchanged from 1958 models, but eliminating the “washboard” hood ridges and the chromed trunk spears (the latter inspired by the custom Corvette created for Sweden’s Prince Bertil) left a much cleaner-looking car in their wake. The most powerful engine available remained the RPO 579D fuel-injected 283 CI small-block V-8. Upgraded to 290 HP the previous year, it incorporated the famed Zora Arkus-Duntov mechanical-lifter camshaft, an improved Rochester fuel-injection system with better fuel metering, and a freer-flowing paper air-cleaner element fed by a special duct installed in the front end. To take advantage of the increased power, Arkus-Duntov designed a new rear suspension using trailing-arm links anchoring the rear axle to the frame to virtually eliminate axle hop under hard acceleration. This excellent award-winning 1959 Corvette is powered by a matching-numbers 283/290 HP Rochester fuel-injected engine equipped with off-road exhaust. Detailed with the correct Rochester fuel-injection unit, distributor, radiator, hoses and hose clamps, seven-fin cast-aluminum valve covers and Delco-Remy generator, it drives a Borg Warner T-10 4-speed manual transmission backed by a 4.11:1 Positraction third member. Brightly finished in Roman Red with a matching red interior and black soft top, it features full-size spinner wheel covers over 6.70x15 blackwall tires and boasts excellent chrome and brightwork, and an immaculate undercarriage. A radio- and heater-delete car optioned with sun visors and courtesy lights, the car’s correct components include the spare tire, jack and tools, trunk mat, trunk liner, rear-axle rebound straps, seat belts, shifter, guide Y-50 mirror and T-3 headlights. The NCRS Top Flight certificate, owner’s manual and sales brochure are included.