1956 Chevrolet Corvette

E56S001947roadUnited States

Engine: Small-block V8 with dual four-barrel carburetors
Colour: Arctic Blue with silver coves

A 1956 Chevrolet Corvette finished in Arctic Blue with Silver coves and a Red interior, equipped with the desirable dual four-barrel carburetor option, a matching hardtop, and a close-ratio three-speed manual gearbox. The 1956 model year introduced the first major restyling of the Corvette since its 1953 debut. This example underwent a full restoration in the United States in 2012 and subsequently passed to ownership in Germany.

Ownership

—Auction sale
Sold €100,800 (≈ $111K)
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
—Auction sale
Sold €103,500 (≈ $114K)
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
Date unknown
Gentleman in Alabama
partial documentation
US-based owner prior to the car being exported to Germany; restoration was completed in 2012 in the United States.
Date unknownAcquisition unknown
Current German-based owner
partial documentation
Acquired after the Alabama owner and had the car shipped to Germany, where it resides at time of cataloguing.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

2012
Restoration
Comprehensive restoration carried out in the United States, documented with a photographic record booklet.
Restoration photographs accompany the car along with an owner's manual and a sales brochure.

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