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LOT #1343 .1- 1963 CHEVROLET CORVETTE CUSTOM SPLIT-WINDOW RIGHT-HAND DRIVE COUPE - NO RESERVE

factory-available power teams and competition Powering the RHD car is a new 6.2-liter fuel-
options, the 1963 Sting Ray also featured a new injected LS3 V8 engine, breathing out through
independent rear suspension design developed a ceramic-coated exhaust system and running
by American engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov and cool with a custom Dewitt polished radiator.
his Corvette engineering team. Record Corvette A GM 6L80E overdrive automatic transmission
production for 1963 reached 21,513 total units, delivers the power. An upgraded frame, driveline
including 10,919 convertibles and 10,594 “Split- and Corvette suspension, plus dual adjustable
Window” coupes. While certainly a bold design coilover shocks, provide modern ride, handling and
statement, the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray’s unique performance. Electrically assisted hydraulic Baer
split rear window was somewhat controversial, brakes deliver anchor-like stopping power with 14-
resulting in its one-year-only status. However, inch drilled and slotted rotors all around.
its popularity has only grown over the past six The LHD ’Vette is powered by a new GM 6.2-liter
decades, making these handsome Corvettes some LS3 V8 engine, fortified with Borla 8-stack EFI and
of the top collectibles of today. paired with a GM 4L70E automatic transmission.
These “bookend” 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split- The Corvette’s new custom frame was fabricated
Window coupes are each selling at the upcoming by Street Shop and powder-coated in silver for
Scottsdale Auction, one configured with right- a lasting finish. Side-exit exhaust pipes deliver a
hand-drive (RHD) and the other equipped with the classic 1960s look. Riding on a new C7 Corvette
customary left-hand-drive (LHD) setup. Combining suspension, the ’Vette offers the stopping power
iconic classic styling with the best modern of Wilwood power disc brakes at all four corners,
components and build quality, their bodies were including drilled and slotted rotors. Fully
entirely stripped down to fiberglass, painstakingly independent underpinnings also include a set of
prepped and given high-end custom refinishes, adjustable coilover shocks.
including their undersides and smoothed engine Both Corvettes feature custom interiors and
bays. Additionally, the RHD Corvette was fitted form-fitting, low-profile contoured seats, trimmed
with a remote-actuated hood, custom billet hood by Recovery Room Interiors in two-tone Garrett
grilles, new glass and power-actuated headlamps.

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