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Lot S520 – New Orleans, 2018 Auction
This is an ARCHIVE listing, this car ran at our New Orleans, 2018 Auction
Lot S520 – 1968 CHEVROLET CORVETTE
- Year: 1968
- Make: CHEVROLET
- Model:CORVETTE
- Status: NUMBERS MATCHING, NO RESERVE
- Mileage: N/A
- Body:N/A
- VIN:
- Exterior: LEMANS BLUE
- Interior: BRIGHT BLUE
- Transmission: AUTOMATIC
- Cylinder: N/A
1968 Corvette T-Top Pilot Line Car (#15), "the First T-Top" 327-300 hp, automatic, numbers match, (appears to be "The Real Deal"), 58,480 actual miles.
Body-off restored with newer paint, interior, exhaust, brakes, and tires.
This preproduction/Pilot "escapee" car was built in 1967 with many early (April/May 1967) major components as the launch of the coupe was delayed until February 1968 (around VIN #10,000) GM production date of December 29th, 1967 (possible error) & delivered new to the Buffalo Zone Office in Buffalo, NY (dealer code 0 in zone 12) per the official NCRS/GM shipping data records (SDR).
Full of handmade parts and probably spent the first six months of its life at the Milford proving grounds doing engineering body development duty (author: John Hinckley).
We believe our car was used by GM photographic/PR to produce the following advertisements, A) the car that talks back B) 10 seconds to lift-off C) the "convertible" coupe D) sports class winner of the Motor Trend 1968 Achievement award.
Optioned with factory side exhaust, power steering & brakes, telescopic, shoulder harness, posi, SS brakes, tinted windshield, rallys, and raised white lettered radials.
Most all factory correct type components including the spare, seat belts, washer system, shifter, shielding, and air cleaner.
Documented with restoration photos from past owner of 24 years.
This super rare early preproduction pilot line car is the fifteenth C-3 (1968 to 1982) ever built! This is the first t-top ever built and is very important as the t-top launch in model year 1968 proved so successful that it finally replaced the convertible by 1976. 427,275 t-tops were produced from 1968 to 1982.
Body-off restored with newer paint, interior, exhaust, brakes, and tires.
This preproduction/Pilot "escapee" car was built in 1967 with many early (April/May 1967) major components as the launch of the coupe was delayed until February 1968 (around VIN #10,000) GM production date of December 29th, 1967 (possible error) & delivered new to the Buffalo Zone Office in Buffalo, NY (dealer code 0 in zone 12) per the official NCRS/GM shipping data records (SDR).
Full of handmade parts and probably spent the first six months of its life at the Milford proving grounds doing engineering body development duty (author: John Hinckley).
We believe our car was used by GM photographic/PR to produce the following advertisements, A) the car that talks back B) 10 seconds to lift-off C) the "convertible" coupe D) sports class winner of the Motor Trend 1968 Achievement award.
Optioned with factory side exhaust, power steering & brakes, telescopic, shoulder harness, posi, SS brakes, tinted windshield, rallys, and raised white lettered radials.
Most all factory correct type components including the spare, seat belts, washer system, shifter, shielding, and air cleaner.
Documented with restoration photos from past owner of 24 years.
This super rare early preproduction pilot line car is the fifteenth C-3 (1968 to 1982) ever built! This is the first t-top ever built and is very important as the t-top launch in model year 1968 proved so successful that it finally replaced the convertible by 1976. 427,275 t-tops were produced from 1968 to 1982.
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