1956 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. REAL BARN FIND 68,778 MILE ORIGINAL POWER TRAIN CAR. HAS NEVER BEEN CRASHED, VERY UNUSUAL FOR A 1956 OR 1957. ALL CHROME IS ORIGINAL. WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COLLECTOR CAR CORVETTES ACQUIRED BY BOB WINGATE OF COVINA CA ABOUT 1973. WAS SOLD NEW IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA, TO A SEARS ROEBUCK EMPLOYEE, PROBABLY THRU HARRY MANN CHEVROLET ON CRENSHAW BLVD IN LOS ANGELES. HAS ORIGINAL FRAME PART NUMBER STENCIL STILL ON FRAME (SEE PHOTO). CORVETTE WAS SOLD TO KEN BUTTOLPH OF OLD CARS WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN 1977 AND HE DID COSMETIC RESTORATION, WHICH INCLUDED NEW CONVERTIBLE TOP AND ACRYLIC LACQUER REPAINT. INTERIOR HAS ORIGINAL NITRO CELLULOSE LACQUER PAINT. ALL GAUGES AND WONDERBAR RADIO STILL WORK AND CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN UP AND DOWN DRIVEWAY OFF MY IV BOTTLE SETUP. CLUTCH AND SHIFTER WORK GREAT. CARBURETORS I HAD REBUILT LAST YEAR, AND NEW FUEL TANK NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED WHEN RECEIVED
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Location: Bellmore, New York, United States
