The Corvette: Story of a Sports Car 

And the '63 Roadster isn't?

Curt Brennan it isn’t at all actually 😂. ‘63 and ‘64 convertibles are worthless in the C2 world

I know! Same owner since 1968. 51 & 1/2 yrs! Still exciting to drive & I never get tired of looking at my Sports Coupe!!

I AGREE!👍❤

Touche'.

I agree. The second-gen ‘Vette was the bar setter for the succeeding generations.

‘63 split window is American design perfection. Mean, sexy, beautiful all rolled into one. One day I would love to own one 🙏👍

You're wrong, it's a fact

What a thrill that must have been

Dystopian car arriving from the future 🤯

I only had a 61 fuelie but I loved that car.. I had an NCRS restoration body off done back then it only cost 20 grand

you sir have lived most of our dreams.

Change that '65 to a '66 and our story is identical...and the '68 to a silver coupe with gunmetal interior. I did take the '68 on Route 66 August 1974...to live the TV series...

@@centurygarage Wow....that must have been fun and I hope you took alot of photos of your Vette parked here and there along the way. ;-)

@@USCG.Brennan my '62 had 340 HP and softtop delete and hardtop in place.. to go cruising without top was quite a task...but got a technique to remove it myself

Thanks for the heads up!

Let them know -- we're happy to help them. They are teaming up with TEN (Hot Rod Magazine, Motor Trend, etc.) to launch a joint venture. So they'll be looking for ways to expand their programming.

Yup, and get that awful Fantom Works show of their channel

You are exactly right. It would be educational to all the young pups and us old farts alike.

WORSE yet now that it`s " Motor Trend Channel "

JMW 708 couldn’t agree more. Their programming has deteriorated to new lows....

I had one......it was a very nice and tight car. 327 4spd Roadster.

Do they still have it?

Not sure about that. Will see if we have some. If so, will post.

Thank you very much for the video

Toby; And to think that many Vette owners wanted the new 'modern' look of '64 and had their car's rears modified to fit a one-piece rear window ...

Bill Mitchell head of the corvette design at that time

I would have been on Zora's side in the debate over one-piece or split rear window. It's all about function, not appearance.

Haven driven one, the split in the window blocks the rear view right where it's needed. It's a cool looking design, but from a functional standpoint, it shouldn't be there

V. Louden correct me if I'm wrong. I think they moved 3rd gen Camaro/Firebird to Van Nuys Ca, and when 4th gen Camaro was built in Canada it damn near killed that city. (Also 5th and 6th gen built in Canada).

K

Thanks for catching that.

Charlie Brown I didn't know this and I have been a fan since Barbie got a 1965! lol

Correct..but GM didint want to be associated with full corporate racing ..Then the Corvette grand sport was hushed through and beat the shelbys easily...then GM banned them.

studio7, I'm sure you know most of this...…. Pissed-off Zora (understandable) designed and started the Grand Sport concept without GM's blessing. If your a Grand Sport fan then I'm sure you know, 5 Grand Sport prototypes had been built at that point out of a (Zora) proposed 125 production models needed to qualify for European racing rules. GM already had the ban, Zora just got caught by the GM bigwigs and they said no more. GM was the only one of the big three that strictly observed the racing ban participation of 1957. As we all know Zora managed to get 3 of the 5 built to private racing teams. Also, that purpose built 377cid alum. motor didn't last and that was one of the keys to the light weight of the Grand Sport (Gee, did Zora learn something from those light weight Cobras?) Those teams were forced to go to the heavier 427cid motor because GM would not build that 377cid alum. motor (...and so did the '65 Cobras, tit-for-tat I guess.) Do you know how many races were won by Cobras before the Grand Sports appaired? Do you know how many races were won by Cobras after the Grand Sport appaired? Let's not forget the many loses on both party's due to the European race cars.

True, but the Cobra was basically a hand bulit light weight race car with a street car wiring harness, as opposed to the Corvette being an actual production street car. The weight difference between the two was maybe five hundred pounds or so. The Cobra would suck as a daily driver compared to the Corvette as well as being a poor choice for a long trip, not to mention the spear tire was stored in the trunk so cargo space was nonexistent.

@Mark apples and oranges there dip$hit....Vette, a production street sports car and the ford, a light weight race car. Plus Shelby was a prick, like you.

i'd still rather have a bare chevy block buried in a hole than a complete ford on an engine stand

Well, it wasn't exactly produced in an age of Dolby Surround.

Erix7810. PJ wasn't referring to Dolby or Surround, but the fact that the audio levels vary so much. I've watched a lot of videos from the 30's and 40's that don't have that problem so it has nothing to do with the age of the video. It's the quality (or rather the lack of it) of the transfer.

PJ Taylor ,I

PJ Taylor The soundtrack to this just fine, you fucked-up idiot! This film has a volume problem, that's all. GET YOUR EARS CHECKED NEXT TIME!!!!! 😬😬😬😬😬

Wha'????

I'm sure both were the HP 327 engines. I had a '65 and it had a great running and sounding 327.

The '63 Corvette came with a 327 cubic inch available in 250, 300, 340, 365 & 360 HP. The 360 HP was fuel injected. Just wondering what GM decided to put in their test cars. Most likely the higher HP engine.

Corvettes usually had the higher output engines, so I'd lean toward the 300 hp and higher. I believe the 250hp were used more in the Biscayne, Bel Air and Impala cars.

Saw a 250 HP '63 Corvette at a Kissimmee Mecum auction three years ago. First one I'd ever seen. Car had a three speed manual, fairly rare combination. These test cars certainly didn't have a low HP engine..

the rear side lights on a DB 4 where from a ford Zodiac 15 shillings from Ford's, and £5 in a brand new Aston Martin box bought a Jaguar MK1 a 1959 model early 60s £325 i must admit was Brilliant driving in the dry n on strait road was in a different class to the fords But in the wet on corners it was Deadly fuel consumption was a joke n the indicator switch was £12.50 yet on a cortina is was £2.50 But it included washer wipers n headlight flasher its then i made up my mind never to buy a car with horrendously expensive parts since then i always had Vauxhall fords one golf MK1 a 205 n the rest Japanese cars now i got a Ford diesel Fusion 1.4 Peugeot D. engine possibly the most reliable Ford i ever had as good in reliability as most Japanese cars £30 a year tax 50 plus MPG n on the open road it gets to over 65MPG keeping my speed between 55 n 65 Even my mates RR had a Buick V8 engine with a RR rocker covers he was quoted £118 for each Hydraulic lifter 16 of them? he went to a dealer in Florida got a 35000 miles SH engine Buick engine for $350 or maybe 400 don't remember exacly But the build quality on a RR is unbelievable the coach Build Must be he Best on earth ever a 60s car in the late 90s yet the doors close Perfectly with the same gap all over everything In top notch

you could well be right but i Just don't remember cause them days my dream cars where the Lotus's n the Astons they still are to be honest, even them days we had more choices in Britain than any country on earth few cars stood up head n shoulders above the rest, who can forget the Austin Heally 3000? a real country G/Man's sport car the Alvis TD 21 drop head coupe a convertible fit for a king the Best sports saloon car on earth in its day the Rover 2000 TC (twin carb not twin cam) really the golden days of British motor Industry, mate No car on earth was better for handling than the Elan plus 2 S130 was a delivery driver had a 1200 MK1 Cortina but when i got into a Lotus to deliver it i was honestly stung was not possible for my brain to believe ANY car on earth could handle that good forget about the 356 Porsche the lotus would leave it for dead on twisting country Lanes in the dry in the wet the Porsche was at least 3 divisions Down

Good question.

tightening the knock off spinners....or making sure they were tight....special hammer too

David George MacDonald was an American road racing champion noted for his successes driving Corvettes and Shelby Cobras in the early 1960s. At the age of 27 he was killed in the 1964 Indianapolis 500. In his four-year racing career, MacDonald competed in 118 races with 52 victories and 75 top-three finishes.

My 64 Vette starts to get airborn at 140mph and my car is lower than stock.

@@craigthescott5074 Does the front end start to hunt side to side? Is it lowered equally all around, or is the front lowered more?

I know. That's how we received this old film. I'm looking for a better copy. Sorry.

He was unique.

True, I cant argue that point, but my original statement still holds... "Hello, my name is First, Middle and Last, nice to meet you.... Whoa, whoa, buddy, too much information...the names Carl"

Arkus wasn't his middle name. He had a hyphenated last name: Arkus-Duntov.

watch the other copy of this video with perfect sound. Oh yea there isn't one!

Patrick Joseph keep driving your Prius!

Bet my 67' junk is worth more than your mom's house that you live in.

Patrick Joseph clearly uses a high protein mouth wash

yea, with a 5,000% increase in value

Wrong.