1956 CHEVROLET CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE BARN FIND AMAZING

Description for Chevrolet Corvette 1956

1956 CHEVROLET CORVETTE.REAL BARN FIND 68,778 MILE ORIGINAL POWER TRAIN CAR. HAS NEVER BEEN CRASHED, ERY UNUSUAL FOR A 1956 OR 1957. ALL CHROME IS ORIGINAL. WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COLLECTOR CAR CORVETTES ACQUIRED BY BOB WINGATE OF COVINA CA ABOUT 1973. WAS SOLD NEW IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA, O A SEARS ROEBUCK EMPLOYEE, ROBABLY THRU HARRY MANN CHEVROLET ON CRENSHAW BLVD IN LOS ANGELES. HAS ORIGINAL FRAME PART NUMBER STENCIL STILL ON FRAME (SEE PHOTO).CORVETTE WAS SOLD TO KEN BUTTOLPH OF OLD CARS WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN 1977 AND HE DID COSMETIC RESTORATION, HICH INCLUDED NEW CONVERTIBLE TOP AND ACRYLIC LACQUER REPAINT. INTERIOR HAS ORIGINAL NITRO CELLULOSE LACQUER PAINT. ALL GAUGES AND WONDERBAR RADIO STILL WORK AND CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN UP AND DOWN DRIVEWAYOFF MY IV BOTTLE SETUP. CLUTCH AND SHIFTER WORK GREAT. CARBURETORS I HAD REBUILT LAST YEAR, ND NEW FUEL TANK NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED WHEN RECEIVED, HICH IS ON BACKORDER FOR MONTHS, OW SCHEDULED FOR AFTER LABOR DAY DELIVERY.

OPTIONS INCLUDE RPO 101 HEATER, 02 SIGNAL SEEKING RADIO, 07 PARKING BRAKE ALARM, 08 COURTESY LIGHTS, 09 WINDSHIELD WASHERS, 90 WHITEWALL TIRES (ALL 5 TIRES ON CORVETTE ARE NON DOT PRE 1969), SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION, 19 AUXILIARY HARDTOP IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION, 69 225 HORSEPOWER DUAL QUAD ENGINE (SEE PHOTOS OF ENGINE NUMBER), 73 POWER OPERATED FOLDING SOFTTOP, HICH NEEDS LITTLE WORK TO BE OPERATIONAL. THIS HAS BEEN PARTIALLY DISASSEMBLED TO REMOVE FUEL TANK.

STARTS AT $0.01 WITH A RESERVE. PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER CORVETTES FOR SALE. NEW FUEL TANK AND FLOATIS PAID FOR AND IS INCLUDED WITH CORVETTE. MY MECHANIC WILL INSTALL AND COMPLETE CORVETTE, R PURCHASER CAN SHIP CORVETTE AS IS AND FUEL TANK WILL BE FORWARDED. NO JACK OR TOOLS, ATS ORBOARDS,OR SHIELDINGARE INCLUDED WITH CORVETTE, UST THE SPARE TIRE IN TRUNK AND THE POWER TOP MECHANISM, ND SPECIAL FUEL TANK COVER FOR POWER CONVERTIBLE TOP.