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1963 Coupe

Buyers instantly took to the new Corvette buying 21,513 the first year, up almost seven thousand from the previous year. As well as its new look, for the first time you could buy your Corvette as a permanent coupe and sales were almost evenly divided between coupes and roadsters. The beginning of a new design is often a time for "might have been" ideas and 1963 was no exception. The XP-720 prototype coupe was originally shown with a hatchback style rear and in 1962 GM built an extended four seat Stingray coupe in hopes of competing with Ford’s Thunderbird. It would be many years before a Corvette could be had with any kind of hatchback roof and fortunately the four seat idea died a quick death. For modelers building a factory stock ‘63 keep in mind that the knock off style wheels found in current kits were listed as an option but no cars came out of the factory with them.

The model

This is a 1963 Coupe built from AMT's kit #6520

This '63 was the first model Ismael built using resin parts... the engine.   The interior is basically stock with the exterior paint being Model Master Silver Blue over light Gray primer.   The metal axles were retained and the wheels were pretty much from the kit.  This model was built in 1993.

The engine has all the wiring, yellow sparkplug wires with Blue boots.. the air filter was from the parts box.  This is a great shot how that red interior really stands out.

If you would like to contact Ismael on this model his e-mail address is:  ismaelg@prtc.net

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