Chevrolet Corvette (1955)
for sale
Price: US $75,000.00
Price: US $75,000.00
This particular chassis has no racing history. We restored it from a basket case to
commemorate the famous EX87/5951 Corvette which set the 150+ mph speed record
at Daytona Beach in January 1956. It is
presented as closely as possible to the paint scheme and configuration of that
milestone car in Corvette History.
This Corvette has been an extremely successful vintage
race car, appearing at Monterey Historics/Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 5
times. It was invited for 2014, but we
were unable to attend. It has appeared
at the Wine Country Classic/ Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival 10 times and
has raced numerous times at Coronado and Portland. It is a consistent top 5 finisher in a race
group which also includes the same period purpose built
specials. It is consistently
the fastest production based car in its group.
The Corvette has won the Best Overall Perfomance and
Presentation Of The Event award at the Wine Country Classic, 2003, and its
share of the Motul Sportsmanship award given to our team at the 2008 HSR-West
Fontan Historic Festival and the Driven To Excellence award given to our team
at Coronado, 2011.
The Corvette was restored by J & D Corvette in
Bellflower, CA and has been maintained and race prepared by them ever since.
This Corvette has a correct 265 ci engine. It is a 1956 block, which has provision for
an oil filter. It has all top quality
engine internal parts chosen for reliability as well as performance. It has one weekend on a fresh engine. It has a period correct Carter 4 barrel
carburetor which has been painstakingly set up to perform well in road
racing. The cam was chosen to be
compatible with the original type stamped steel rocker arms required at
Monterey and Sonoma. It has Doug
Holmberg custom headers and exhaust system, including a set of Laguna Seca
legal Flowmaster mufflers which are can quickly and easily replace the straight
pipes when required.
It has a Ron Davis racing radiator. It has a McLeod lightweight racing clutch and
flywheel and a Chevrolet close ration 3 speed gearbox. It has period correct heavy duty racing drum
brakes. It has a VARA legal bladder type
fuel cell and a foam type on board fire system.
This is a turnkey car which was race prepared for
Monterey 2014 and has not been run since. You can unload it off the trailer and go racing with a fast, reliable
and competitive car which is eligible to race anywhere.
update: 2016-10-20
Condition: | Used | Year: | 1955 |
VIN (Vehicle Identification Number): | VE555001196 | Mileage: | 0 |
Exterior Color: | White | Make: | Chevrolet |
Interior Color: | Red | Model: | Corvette |
Warranty: | Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty | Engine: | 265 |
Vehicle Title: | Clear | Drive Type: | RWD |
For Sale By: | Private Seller |