Which of these fantastic American sports cars would you bring home?
The collection dubbed, "A Once in Lifetime Offering of Corvettes” is headed to Mecum Auctions, and is made up of some of the finest Corvettes around.
“Precision, innovation, force: three words that harmoniously describe the unmatched and undeterred reckoning the Chevrolet Corvette exudes when performing on road or track. Throughout history, the famous Corvette has pushed boundaries, bravely entering into the most challenging and award-worthy competitions in the world in an attempt to prove itself as one of, if not the most, keenly designed and beautifully constructed automobiles ever produced. Thanks to the men who helped breathe life into the original and ensuing Corvette models, striving to make their once-in-a-lifetime dream of automotive perfection come to fruition, there are many top-shelf variations of America's Sports Car available today, and the rare opportunity to own some of the most significant ones is finally here,” According to Mecum.
Here are some highlights:
1963 Chevy Corvette Split Window
Bloomington Gold Benchmark, Australian Export
- Bloomington Gold Benchmark Certified in 2013
- Bloomington Gold Certified
- Bloomington Survivor Survivor Certified in all four categories
- Invited to the 18th Annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance on March 10, 2013, the 36th Annual Ault Park Concours d'Elegance in June 2013 and the 35th Annual Concours d'Elegance of America (former Meadowbrook) on July 28, 2013 in the Detroit area
- Selected to participate in the 2013 "Chip's Choice display" at Corvettes at Carlisle on August 23rd-25th, 2013
- Displayed in the 1963 Sydney and 1964 Melbourne Motor Shows while owned by GM Holden
- Right hand drive conversion by GM Holden via R.C. Phillips Sports Car World
- Original Daytona Blue paint and Dark Blue interior
- Original matching numbers 327/360 HP engine
- CCAS engine affirmation
- 4-speed transmission
- Z06 special heavy duty suspension
- Z06 metallic brakes with finned drums and cooling fans
- Power brakes, 3.70 Positraction rear
- 1 of 199 produced
- Production date of May 11th, 1963 and delivered new for export to Australia (dealer code 2 in zone 21) per the official NCRS/GM Shipping Data Records
- Purchased by first owner from GM Holden in Sydney, Australia in 1964 through R.C. Phillips Sports Car World. Best of Show winner of the First Corvette Car Club of Australia convention in Victoria in 1980 and editorialized in their newsletter
- 4-year extensive research dossier from Bill Gould/Auto Ancestry
1963 Chevy Corvette Split Window
Bloomington Gold Benchmark, 39,000 Miles
- Bloomington Gold Benchmark award in 2013
- Bloomington Gold and Survivor awards in 2013
- NCRS Top Flight award winner
- Unrestored with original paint, glass, interior and drivetrain
- 39,000 original miles
- The original owner kept the car 43 years
- Documented with the dealer invoice, owner's card, letters from GM, receipts dating back to 1963, fuel fill-up log, maintenance log, 1963 license plates and plaque from Corvette Museum
- Featured in GM's 2001 Z06 re-launch brochure
- Original matching numbers 327/360 HP engine
- CCAS engine affirmation
- 4-speed transmission
- Z06 special heavy duty suspension
- Z06 metallic brakes with finned drums and cooling fans
- Power brakes, 3.70 Positraction rear
- Original body and trim tags
- 1 of 199 produced
- Produced on July 24, 1963
- Sold new by Jack Schwhirtz Chevrolet to Tom Atchinson on Elizabeth, IL
- Cover car for Vette Magazine in June 2002
1963 Corvette Z06 Gulf One
The Most Successful Production Racing Corvette of the C2 Era
Ad highlights:
- 1 of only 14 regular production Corvette serial numbers assigned specifically for competition
- The first of 2 regular production Corvette serial numbers assigned to Yenko Chevrolet specifically for competition
- Delivered from Yenko Chevrolet directly to Grady Davis, Executive Vice President of Gulf Oil Research and Development
- The first car prepared with advanced race technology developed specifically for the Z06 and later adapted for use on the prototype Grand Sports
- Campaigned by Dick 'The Flying Dentist" Thompson
- Class win at the first and only Puerto Rico Grand Prix
- Prepared to FIA rules in January 1963 for the Daytona Continental and Sebring 12 Hours races
- First in class and third overall at Daytona
- First place overall at the SCCA Presidents Cup at Marlboro, Maryland
- First place overall A/Production class at Danville, Virginia and Road America
- Extensive restoration to how it appeared at the Sebring 12 Hours race
- NCRS Special Interest Award 1993 Cypress Gardens Florida
- Bloomington Gold 1994 Special Collection Victory Lane
- Corvettes at Carlisle Chips Choice Award
- Bloomington Gold 2009 Special Collection Grand Finale
- Inducted in 2013 into Bloomington Gold Great Hall
- 2013 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance Best Competition Car
- Unique fender flares
- Fuel-injected 327 CI V-8 engine
- Muncie 4-speed transmission
- Positraction rear differential
- Two-bar finned aluminum knock-off wheels
- Modified fuel filler
- Running lights
- Plexiglass windows
- Manually-operated headlights
- Rear deck-mounted fiberglass brake cooling scoops
- Special hood designed to improve airflow through and over the front end
- Grady Davis Gulf letters to Don Yenko and Zora Duntov
- Extensive ownership history
- Many magazine articles
1963 Corvette Z06/N03 Split Window
Bloomington Gold Certified, Top Flight
- Bloomington Gold Certified
- NCRS Top Flight award
- Professional Naber Bros Restoration completed in 2015
- 1 of 63 produced with N03 36-gallon fuel tank
- Z06 special heavy-duty brakes and suspension
- Original matching-numbers 327/360 HP engine
- Rochester fuel injection
- 4-speed manual transmission
- 4.56 Positraction differential
- Sintered metallic power brakes with dual master cylinder and finned drums
- Heavy-duty suspension
- 36-gallon fuel tank
- Finished in correct Sebring Silver with Black interior
- Delivered new to MF Jones Chevrolet in Dallas, Georgia
