Equipment
4-speed, body color turbine centerlock wheels, Goodyear Blue Streak tires, side exhaust, wood-rim steering wheel, dash clock, pushbutton radio.
Condition
#1 Concours
World-class. Could compete in the world’s best Concours d'Elegance events.
Phenomenal paint and chrome. Very lightly worn upholstery in a fantastic interior. The only real flaws are two small chips on the bottom of the front lip. One of GM''s rare "styling cars" built for the company''s execs, this one was the second Corvette special ordered by GM President Bunkie Knudsen in the fall of 1963. Features that separate this car from regular production Corvettes are nose, grille, hood, vents and bumpers. It was rescued and restored in the late 1980s by a collector who showed it over the next several years, although today the car looks significantly fresher than that.
Market commentary
It is a measure of the power and prestige of GM and its executives in the 1960s that they could have unique, personalized cars like this built for them to use as daily drivers. The surviving examples are revered by Corvette collectors, especially when they are as well restored and preserved as this one, and the seller was not wrong in thinking it was worth more than the reported high bid.