1953 Chevrolet Corvette C1: Regular Car Reviews 

"I am cool in this" he says, with a gopro strapped to his forehead....

Red interior, White exterior, Blue engine. That's a very subtle 'Murica red, white and blue, the C1 is so classy even its patriotism flies under the radar.

The wholesomeness when that 300ZX owner gave him a thumbs up. You’re crying not me.

*"It revs to Negative RPM!"* That was gold.

A 'Blue Flame' Haiku: The engine revs low. The transmission offers less. Blue flame means nothing.

This is the car that you pull up to car shows with and say "Greetings, fellow motorists! Golly, your automobiles are quite keen."

13:26 nice to see the 300ZX driver giving respect for the Corvette driver. That's how all car enthusiasts should be like. Giving respect to others no matter what you drive or what kind of cars you're into.

These aren’t “reviews”. These are documentations of automotive history in the form of a man’s thoughts on his experiences with the car; not just rigid statistics.Mr.Regular, you are an artist, I can see why your channel is growing. This is a different kind of car content. As always. 10/10

3:42 that C5 owners' balls just shrunk down to dingleberries.

That part near the end where the Nissan guy's like "hey, that's pretty damn cool" and the Corvette guy's just talking with him a bit as he's going for a second That sold this whole episode of RCR for me.

5:29 Nowadays when a car is revealed men get angry online, boys say "poggers!" and old people have Coronavirus.

Thunderbird fan here, I love how both the Vette and Tbird started in the "same" market demographic but crossed and one went super sport and the other went bigger and softer.

"...and old people had polio." I laughed way too hard at this lol.

Nearly spat out my cereal when i heard "Men whistled, boys said neat-o, and old people... had polio"

I respect the hell out of the OG Corvette, but my favorite was the C1 facelift from 1958-61. The 4 headlamps and more sporty rear just frosts my cookies

I just realized that modern Mercedes AMG grills look like this car.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS CAR IS A PREQUEL TO WINGA DINGA A PREQUINGA DINGA, IF YOU WILL

He comes back with an "I Saw a Tiger" cover

I keep seeing that grey 300ZX Turbo in the background. That was my childhood dream car. Didn't hurt that it made Car and Driver's Best list for something like 10 years in a row.

13:20 that 300zx and vette 90's and 50's two of the best decades for car design

“I am everlasting cool in this” cuts to him with a camera on his head

A blue flame does mean good combustion. There is even a tool to see this and adjust air fuel ratio called a "Gunson Colortune". It's a real thing. It's like, science .

The Z32 guy saying hello! was so cute

My grandpa starved in the 1930's in the dust bowl. He grew during WW2 when he finally got a good meal. Went from like 5'6 to 6'1 lol

3:45 speak of the devil, look at the c5 in the back lmao

The first model car I ever owned when I was a boy. What an utter milestone.

3:39 "... and watch them shut up when you arrive" as a fancy looking C5 enters the road in the background.

Shout out to the 300zx driver at the end for waving to the C1. Acknowledging a great car and waving.

2003 does seem like the corvette-iest year, in retrospect.

When I was in high school back around 1962 my older sister was dating a guy who's father owned a 53 Corvette. He used to sneak the car out of the garage in the middle of the night and would show up at our house around 2 AM and they'd go joy riding in it. I never did get a ride in it but I did sit in it and was amazed that it actually was more cramped inside than my neighbor's MGA.

As a C5 Corvette owner, god damn does that represent the community. Mine is about as common as they come, and I'm fine with that.

I would have been here sooner but I was watching Jay Leno eat assembly lube for one of his chain driven airplane motorb car.

Such a beautiful car. Corvette made pearl outside and red inside sexy.

"Here's a car. It doesn't get driven" Cue the theme to Curb Your Enthusiasm. The owner of the car is highly gracious.

Ohh yeah. "regular". Remember when you drove a Toyota Echo? REMEMBER WHEN YOU LOVED IT?

This is the distance I drove myself in 9 days. In Daewoo Lanos.

I kinda hope to see a review of one of them Bentleys in the background, I would like to hear Mr. Regular talk about the false opulence of early 2000's flex culture.

13:20 W H O L E S O M E

I completely appreciate this mans sense of humor and fearlessness! Can’t we all just speak our minds?!

All he’s missing is the C2 and the C8 now!

Love the RCR intermission style of having NOAA weather band mixed with vaporwave-ish music

Your Corvette guy mocking skills have reached astronomical levels thank you😂😂😂😂😂😂

My buddy has a '54. I was rather impressed with the Blue Flame. For what it is, it moves the car quite nicely. Definitely the most valuable car to ever park in my garage that's for sure.

03:35 that was an excellent way to make a point. No one was looking at the other corvette

Wholesome moment @ 13:21 💖

That was ... all so good. Sweet car, sweet vid, humorous, nostalgic, reverent. "Cars can never look like this again", indeed. Kinda "Sublime" on the guitar, too. Noice

This is just one of the coolest things to see because not only do you learn about a C1, but you also get to see Mr. Regular drive something that absolutely is unattainable to almost anyone in this day and age. Even if the car is dated you still hear the enjoyment.

I have driven our 1954 corvette many miles. The steering wheel is so close to the seat that it will actually leave marks on your pants if you drive it for extended periods. They are actually great cruisers. No one ever knows what it is unless they are true Corvette fans

3:17 i love how he is always portraying boomers in that kind of way xD

3:14 editing, context and payoff at it’s best.

Hey guys just wanted to say that this one was exceptionally good. Thanks.

There’s an old guy who goes to my local gym who daily drives his C1. He’s always smiling without a care in the world. Goddamned Legend.

The storytelling, editing and humor on your videos has only gotten better over time. There are FEW rcr episodes that don't qualify as infinitely re-watchable. Love it!

Such a beautiful death trap.

I'm nearly 5'5" and thanks to being an absolute fan of all things automotive, I'm a happy man!

What an amazing car! Gorgeous inside and out. It's hard to believe how long the Corvette has been around.

10:35 “what does that mean?” Perfect combustion, if no one else in the comments has said anything about it yet... ...it means that the carburetors, all three of them, are perfectly in tune. They are neither too rich nor too lean. To get a perfect blue flame from the spark means you have the perfect ratio of air and fuel. ...in other words, it has nothing to do with the block or cylinders, it’s all about the stupid finicky carbs!

0:17 The front end looks, vaguely, as if it was designed by HR Giger. I see a little alien chestburster when I see the grill and its gritted teeth.

9:05 ah yes, the PA/Silent Hill aesthetic

2:19 It doesn't have "mechanical" drum brakes - they are on a hydraulic system. They are, however, an unboosted or "manual" brake system. Mechanical brakes means cable-operated, like prewar Bugattis...not what this car has at all. In this case, terminology is everything.

Wow they made a human sized version of Stuart Little's car?

"Signifying a man who sets aside a stack each month for tipping cam girls" Wow I feel attacked

This video is as classic and timeless as a C1 Corvette. Thank you so much. Enjoyed every second of it. My fav C1 is 1958 but yes loooook at that 1953

The way the exhaust comes right out of the rear bumper is so elegant. This car is the very definition of smooth. My grandfather had a 54’. Sold it to a buddy, who he later watched sell at auction for over 100k. Hindsight’s a bitch lol

Corvette C1 the rich mans Karmann Ghia and I love it edit: Spelling

Man, I'd really like to go back to the styling of that dashboard.

Okay that was weird. When the weather forecast started playing, I had to check the bottom right corner and make sure I was still watching RCR...

The fact you guys took this out for a drive in PHOENIX, where every other person who doesn't know how tf to drive makes their home, is ballsy in and of itself! (This coming from someone who lives in this city.)

Your morning upload has made not sleeping last night worth it. Thank you.

>Blue Flame 1950's Blast Processing

I remember driving a first generation Corvette. They are amazing cards and beautiful till this day. Thank you for sharing your drive.

Love it. You paint a picture. Bob Ross of car reviews. Cant believe you got to drive this!

I like how the windshield edge is at throat height. Police in the 50's must have dreaded going to crashes and having to try find a head in a bush two fields over.

Were they malnourished in the 50's or are we being engineered to be gigantic super soldiers with hormones added to milk and breakfast cereal?

Another great video! It's always nice to start the day with a new RCR video. Please keep up the good work! BTW, that's not a "radiator overflow tank", it's an "expansion tank". The coolant still has the "spill on the ground, overflow method". LOL!

Now I see what you meant about the design back when you described it during the C3 review.

Spot on impression of todays Vette owners. As always, perfect review, man.

That moment at 13:27 - that is respect and very rarely do you see that nowadays. And that is the C1. Flawed, but a beautiful thing to have, to own, to look at. It's a beautiful possession...

Look at the smile on the man’s face while he’s driving! Great video!

C1 Corvette drive-by, the great-grandchild of the C1 emerges 3:43

When beauty and elegance get married, a C1 Corvette is born.

I love the subtle interpretation of the C1's grille on the C7. That car's best design element.

I remember a time when you couldn't use other people's C1 photos. You've definitely come a long way since then!

155hp in this I6 is a good 50hp more than Ford was getting out of the Flathead V8 that was discontinued the same year

This is up there with e-type with most beautiful car ever.

Gosh I grew up on that street! Those circle ks have seen sides of me only me and god are meant to know about. Girlfriends. Tears. 3rd grade sleepovers. Unpunished DWI. I am happy Mr. Regular got to cruise on Cave Creek Road between Sunnyslope and Bell.

The question of why the Powerglide is one for the ages. Chevrolet spokesmen defended it as modern, giving up little in terms of performance numbers (0-60 of eleven seconds in a 1954 Road and Track test, top speed of 107), and more in keeping with their goal of building a sports/GT road car than a track winner. Manual came with the '55 V8, and that year didn't sell very well, suggesting they may have made the correct call for what they were trying. It didn't really become America's Sports Car until the 1957 model. This thing went from drawing board to test mule in seven months, maybe they didn't think have the time to develop a manual linkage that would work. Loving those little tail fins, I had not really seen them in detail before. Your analysis is spot on; this is more of a beautiful experience, a "World of Tomorrow" promise-From GM!-than a daily driver.

The C1 and the first gen Tbird are the most beautiful roadsters ever made

Wow. there was a 300zx at the end.

The shape of that windshield is really something else.

This is why I subscribed... Content like this. Well done Sir.

C2 is still my favorite. Especially 63

I drove a real Shelby cobra once. Worst day of my life, I was so scared.

I enjoyed your presentation of the C1 ... I convinced a Chevy dealer salesman to let me test drive ( with him in the car ) a 57 corvette convertible .. It blew blue smoke out the rear but I loved it ...with no money I had to ask the old man " Can you buy me a car ?" " Sure " he said " Just get me the money" ,,, I was not amused .............................

@1:37... Look at that beautiful sky...

The genesis of "Sewww fawnsehhh."

why was i expecting some form of sirenhead at 9:20

3:38 The "very special" c5 pulling out behind them right on cue is a nice touch

I casually saw a C1 just driving around last weekend in central Ohio with my dad. It caught both of us off guard. Beautiful car.

This is as far from a “regular” car as i’ve ever seen on RCR.