1955 Chevrolet Corvette 'Duntov Mule'

摘要

As the Chevrolet Corvette's 60th birthday approaches, it's easy to forget the two-seater wasn't a muscular, race-winning sports car from the start. Rushed into production with a "Blue-Flame" six and Chevy's Powerglide automatic transmission, the car that wowwed Motorama crowds in New York in early '53 was a tough sell little more than a year later. The addition of Chevy's new V-8 engine in 1955 really didn't help Corvette sales.