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LOT #1419 - 1959 CHEVROLET CORVETTE CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE

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Original vintage parts were used wherever possible for this A set of Billet Specialties GTO 7x17 wheels were selected
Resto-Mod Corvette’s build along with some late-model because of their likeness to late-model Z06 wheels. The
Corvette components. This car is suitable for daily driving wheel and tire sizes are the maximum allowed without
with great handling, braking and reliable performance, modifying the convertible top storage area, which would
while retaining the classic appearance of the C1 Corvette. prevent the installation of an original top. The transmission
The build began with a desire to use a 1959 Corvette that is a TREMEC TKO600 5-speed manual that sends power
was not practical to restore for NCRS judging, so a donor through a Strange differential with 4.11 gears, posi-traction
car was located. It was missing the front part of the body as and an aluminum driveshaft. The disc brakes include C5
well as many of the component and body pieces that the calipers on the front and C5/C6 calipers on the rear. The
builders planned to replace anyway. It did include doors, interior is Al Knoch and features a set of AOK seats in a
trunk lid, hood and convertible storage cover. A one-piece ‘59 vinyl pattern and adjustable back cushions. The new
front body clip was purchased from Corvette Images along RTX analog gauges from Dakota Digital were installed
with rocker panels, package tray and a spare tire filler panel. and function correctly. Additionally, a lot of work and
After an extensive search, a 5.7-liter V8 LS6 Corvette engine painstaking detail went into installing the custom exhaust
was located and installed. An Art Morrison (AME) GT-Sport system, which is made with mandrel bent stainless tubing
chassis was ordered for the C1 body, which uses the C6/C7 and exits through the bumpers just like the original.
aluminum front suspension, power rack & pinion steering,
triangulated 4-link rear suspension, 9-inch Strange housing **SOLD AS A PAIR WITH LOT #1419.1**
with 31-spline axles and stainless CNC bent brake lines. NO RESERVE.

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