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Presented here are the engineering features of the new and challenging Chevrolet Corvette for 1956. Its performance, handling stability and luxury ride are designed to please the most critical car enthusiast...
1953 Chevrolet Corvette
Our team has scoured the web to find some great videos of the 1953 Chevrolet Corvette. The 1953 Corvette is America's first model year of the first generation of the Corvette and it was the beginning of a cult following. Some of the videos featured will not have audio but you can almost envision yourself in that era.
The Airbox option package designated RPO 579D came with the Duntov-cammed, Rochester fuel-injected 283/283 HP V-8. It incorporated a fiberglass intake plenum on the drivers-side inner fender. Fed by an opening in the radiator bulkhead, it channeled cooler, denser outside air through an internal filter and along a rubberized duct to the Rochester fuel-injection.