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The car that became the Corvette Super Sport began as a regular production 1956 C1 Corvette with Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) E56S001589. [2] With original equipment including a 265 cu in (4.3 L) Chevrolet small-block V8 engine, power windows and a hydraulic folding top, the car was a display model in the GM Building in Detroit.
Operated 3 assembly lines: car line, truck line, and the Corvette line. 695,214 Corvettes were built from 1954-1981 in the old Fisher Body Mill Building that had been used to assemble wooden bodies in earlier years and was converted to Corvette production. Chevy Caprice & Impala production ended in 1980.
1953 Chevrolet Corvette displayed at the 1953 GM Motorama car show 1953 Corvette exits assembly line. The first generation of Corvette was introduced late in the 1953 model year, appearing as a show car for the 1953 General Motors Motorama, January 17–23 at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. [10]
Only 290 were built in rare Cascade Green and this example was driven by Jerry Seinfeld in “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” with Jimmy Fallon.
Each of the three cars assembled were unique for each owner: Car #1, originally for Laughlin, was finished in red. It used a slightly different body than cars #2 and #3 to accommodate an existing Corvette front grille. It originally came with a 283 cu in V8 with 315 hp and a four-barrel carburetor, mated to a 2-speed automatic transmission.
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