All Photos By Gail

Chevrolet launched America’s true sports car, the Corvette, in 1953. It finally became a performance car in 1955 with the introduction of the small-block V-8 engine.

This beautiful roadster is an equipped with Dual 4 barrel carburetors, four-speed transmission and dual exhaust. Its base price when new was $,3176.

Photographed at the Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar, California.