|
Production
Numbers
Production:
21,513 Coupe
- 10,594 Convertible
- 10,919 Base
Price: $4,037.00 VIN's:
30867S00001 - 30867S121513 Engine:
Base - 327ci, 250hp ohv V8 Transmission:
3 Speed Manual Color
Options: Exterior:
Saddle Tan, Daytona Blue, Ermine White, Riverside Red, Silver Blue,
Tuxedo Black, Sebring Silver Interior:
Beige, Black, Dark Blue, Fawn, Red, Saddle, White Production
Options: Base
Corvette Coupe Base
Corvette Convertible Genuine
Leather Seat Trim Sebring
Silver Exterior Paint Tinted
Glass (All Windows) Tinted
Glass (Windshield) Power
Windows Auxiliary
Hardtop (Roadster) Heater/Defroster
Delete Air
Conditioning Positraction
(All Ratios) Special
Highway Axle (3.08:1) Power
Brakes Sintered
Met. Brakes (Power) 300
hp, 327 ci Engine 340
hp, 327 ci Engine 360
hp, 327 ci Engine Four
Speed Transmission Powerglide
Automatic Transmission 36
Gallon Fuel Tank (Coupe) Off
Road Exhaust System Woodgrain
Plastic Steering Wheel Power
Steering Aluminum
Knock-Off Wheels Blackwall
Nylon Tires Whitewall
Rayon Tires Back
Up Lamps Signal
Seeking AM Radio AM/FM
Radio Special
Performance Equipment 
|
News
Headlines
-
General Motors' Chairman
Frederic Donner issues a policy memo, re-iterating the company's
compliance with 1957 AMA company-sponsored racing ban. This
officially cancels production plans for the Corvette Grand Sport,
with only 5 of the intended 125 cars built (Jan 21).
-
France and West Germany sign
treaty of cooperation ending four centuries of conflict (Jan.
22).
-
Michael E. De Bakey implants
artificial heart in human for first time at Houston hospital;
plastic device functions and patient lives for four days (April
21).
-
Ralph Eckler founds
Eckler's Corvette Parts.
-
Beatlemania hits the U.K. The
Beatles, a British band composed of John Lennon, George Harrison,
Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, take Britain by storm.
-
Zora Arkus-Duntov begins
work on the CERV II.
-
Pope John XXIII dies (June
3)—succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who becomes
Paul VI.
-
Chevrolet decides to
unofficially support the entry of Grand Sport Corvettes at the
Bahamas Speed Week race (Nassau Race Week).
-
U.S. Supreme Court rules no
locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in
public schools (June 17).
-
The first commercial nuclear
reactor goes online at the Jersey Central Power Company.
-
British Secretary of War John
Profumo resigns in the wake of an affair with Christine Keeler, a
teenage showgirl who was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché
(June).
-
The Corvette Grand Sport
records its first victory, at Watkins Glen. Driver Richard Thompson
achieves an overall win (Aug 24).
-
Civil rights rally held by
200,000 blacks and whites in Washington, D.C.; Martin Luther King
delivers “I have a dream” speech (Aug. 28).
-
Washington-to-Moscow “hot
line” communications link opens, designed to reduce risk of
accidental war (Aug. 30).
-
President Kennedy shot and
killed by sniper in Dallas, Tex. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president
same day (Nov. 22).
-
Lee Harvey Oswald, accused
assassin of President Kennedy, is shot and killed by Jack Ruby,
Dallas nightclub owner (Nov. 24).
-
Kenya achieves
independence.
-
Betty Friedan publishes The
Feminine Mystique.
-
There are 15,000 U.S. military
advisers in South Vietnam.
-
Vaclav Havel elected as Czech
president (Jan. 26).
|
Entertainment
News Oscars Best
Picture - Lawrence Of Arabia Best
Actor - Gregory Peck (To Kill A Mockingbird) Best
Actress - Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker) Grammys Record
Of The Year - I Left My Heart In San Francisco (Tony Bennett) Album
Of The Year - The First Family (Vaughn Meader) Song
Of The Year - What Kind Of Fool Am I (Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley) Best
New Artist - Robert Goulet Emmys Outstanding
Drama Series - The Defenders Outstanding
Comedy Series - The Dick Van Dyke Show Sports
News World Series -
LA Dodgers d. NY Yankees (4-0) NBA Championship -
Boston Celtics d. LA Lakers (4-2) NFL
Championship - Chicago Bears d. New York Giants (14-10) Stanley Cup -
Toronto d. Detroit (4-1)
Miss America Jacquelyn
Mayer (OH)
|
