Chevrolet Corvette C1

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Corvette C1
Vehicle Model

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C1 refers to the first generation of Chevrolet Corvette, produced in model years 1953-1962.

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Images

	1953 Photo ©2003 Heidi Walczak 2003 Chicago Auto Show View photo, 787KB
	1953 Corvette 1954 Carrera Panamericana Race Photo ©2008 Bill Crittenden 2008 Summer NNL August 3, 2008 View photo, 3,275KB
	1953 Corvette 1954 Carrera Panamericana Race Photo ©2008 Bill Crittenden 2008 Summer NNL August 3, 2008 View photo, 3,245KB
	1953 Corvette 1954 Carrera Panamericana Race Photo ©2008 Bill Crittenden 2008 Summer NNL August 3, 2008 View photo, 3,364KB
	The Parts Tree, October 2007 Cover 1953 Chevrolet Corvette Panamericana by Chuck Herrmann View photo, 258KB
	Premier Model Kit Box View image, 154KB
	Photo courtesy www.cepolina.com View photo, 85KB
	Photo by Grzegorz Polak View photo, 77KB Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
	1957 Photo by Stephen Foskett View photo, 236KB Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
	1957 S/N 832 Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Meadowdale, Motorsports & Memories September 19, 2009 View photo, 3,587KB
	1957 S/N 832 Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Meadowdale, Motorsports & Memories September 19, 2009 View photo, 3,076KB
	1957 S/N 832 Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Meadowdale, Motorsports & Memories September 19, 2009 View photo, 3,286KB
	1957 S/N 832 Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Meadowdale, Motorsports & Memories September 19, 2009 View photo, 2,873KB
	1957 S/N 832 Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Meadowdale, Motorsports & Memories September 19, 2009 View photo, 3,038KB
	Photo by "KMJ" View photo, 92KB Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
	Photo ©2007 Bill Crittenden Barrington, Illinois Cruise Night:  July 19, 2007 View photo, 2,811KB
	Photo ©2007 Bill Crittenden Barrington, Illinois Cruise Night:  July 19, 2007 View photo, 2,960KB
	Photo courtesy www.cepolina.com View photo, 60KB
	Photo courtesy www.cepolina.com View photo, 59KB
	Photo courtesy www.cepolina.com View photo, 79KB
	1958 Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2008 Sunburst Corvette Club Show September 6, 2008 View photo, 2,417KB
	1958 Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2008 Sunburst Corvette Club Show September 6, 2008 View photo, 3,119KB
	1958 Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2008 Sunburst Corvette Club Show September 6, 2008 View photo, 3,399KB
	1958 Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2008 Sunburst Corvette Club Show September 6, 2008 View photo, 3,194KB
	1958 Photo by "Chris 73" 2005 Kitzbühel Alpenrallye View photo, 323KB This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ Image:Chevrolet_Corvette_1958.jpg under the creative commons cc-by-sa 2.5 license.
	1958 Photo by Stephen Foskett View photo, 490KB Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
	1958 Photo by "Softeis" Sylvensteinspeicher, Germany in May 2004 View photo, 176KB Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
	1960 Photo by Rich Daswick Free State Corvette Club Weekend, October 14-15, 2006 View photo, 60KB
	1960 Photo by Rich Daswick Free State Corvette Club Weekend, October 14-15, 2006 View photo, 272KB
	Modified 1960 Photo ©2010 Bill Crittenden 2010 Cedarville Model Car Contest and Swap Meet March 14, 2010 View photo, 2,156KB
	Modified 1960 Photo ©2010 Bill Crittenden 2010 Cedarville Model Car Contest and Swap Meet March 14, 2010 View photo, 3,152KB
	Modified 1960 Photo ©2010 Bill Crittenden 2010 Cedarville Model Car Contest and Swap Meet March 14, 2010 View photo, 3,116KB
	Modified 1960 Photo ©2010 Bill Crittenden 2010 Cedarville Model Car Contest and Swap Meet March 14, 2010 View photo, 3,141KB
	1961 Photo by RemarkableCars.com View photo, 37KB
	1961 Photo by Rich Daswick Free State Corvette Club Weekend, October 14-15, 2006 View photo, 54KB
	1962 Photo by Stephen Foskett View photo, 395KB Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
	1:25 scale AMT Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Classic Plastic January 25, 2009 View photo, 222KB
	1:25 scale AMT Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Classic Plastic January 25, 2009 View photo, 208KB
	"Bantam 'Vette" Built by Frank LuQue Photo ©2010 Bill Crittenden February 2010 Meeting of C.A.R.S. in Miniature View photo, 3,376KB
	"Bantam 'Vette" Built by Frank LuQue Photo ©2010 Bill Crittenden February 2010 Meeting of C.A.R.S. in Miniature View photo, 3,157KB
	Shop Diorama Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Cedarville Model Car Contest and Swap Meet March 8, 2009 View photo, 3,667KB
	Shop Diorama Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Cedarville Model Car Contest and Swap Meet March 8, 2009 View photo, 3,676KB
	Shop Diorama Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Cedarville Model Car Contest and Swap Meet March 8, 2009 View photo, 3,484KB
	Shop Diorama Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Cedarville Model Car Contest and Swap Meet March 8, 2009 View photo, 3,414KB
	Shop Diorama Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Cedarville Model Car Contest and Swap Meet March 8, 2009 View photo, 3,328KB
	Shop Diorama Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Cedarville Model Car Contest and Swap Meet March 8, 2009 View photo, 3,445KB
	Shop Diorama Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Cedarville Model Car Contest and Swap Meet March 8, 2009 View photo, 3,382KB
	Shop Diorama Photo ©2009 Bill Crittenden 2009 Cedarville Model Car Contest and Swap Meet March 8, 2009 View photo, 3,661KB

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Article Index

Date	Original Publisher	Article	Author
March 12, 2009	The Crittenden Automotive Library	Dream Cars: Chevrolet C1	Bill Crittenden

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Last edited April 2010

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