Beschreibung:

Chevrolet's introduction of the option of fuel-injection for the 1957 season was inspired for it provided the now bored out 283 cubic inch V8 with a matched number of horses under the hood. It was first tested as a solution to gas 'sloshing' of carburetor aspirated cars turning into bends under race conditions at Sebring in 1956, and then rolled out as an option for the next production season. Retrospectively it is amazing to think that Chevrolet were able to offer this contemporaneously with Mercedes-Benz's 300SL while on other high end machinery it would be more than a decade before this would be the commonplace. And all at once, the term 'fuelie' was born. From the mid-60s through the mid-90s, this Fuelie was owned by Mr Pillsbury, a California based Corvette collector. In that ownership the car had undergone a comprehensive body-off restoration, during which it was ascertained that the car had a fully correctly numbered drive train, including its rare late '57 series four speed manual transmission. After passing briefly to another owner, it was purchased at the 1997 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance Auction by a London-based collector who kept the car at his home in Florida. Over the last few years of his ownership, the car's fastidious owner treated the it to further restoration aimed at bringing the car to near flawless condition. The final part of this work was completed over the winter months of 2010. Purchased by the current vendor at Bonhams' Greenwich Concours d'Elegance sale last year, it is now back on the West Coast. Beautifully represented in period factory scheme of Venetian Red paint and interior, the car is set off well with white-wall tires and is well-detailed throughout. It comes complete with a car cover.