Corvette Model Gallery

The Solid Axle Years - 1953 thru 1962

The first generation of Corvettes set the production standards to construct a sports car out of fiberglass.. and put Chevrolet and GM into sports cars business and racing. Only 300 units were made in 1953, with a 6 cylinder engine and automatic transmission. The now legendary small block V8, debuted in 1955 with 265 cubic inches. Mechanical fuel injection arrived in 1957, on top of 283 cubic inches, to reach the coveted plateau of "One horsepower per cubic inch". A four speed manual tranny also debuted in '57, putting the Corvette into serious racing. The Bill Mitchell's XP-700 built in 1958 laid the basic design for the 1961 Corvette and the future Sting Ray generation.

The models:

• 1953 Roadster        AMT kit #6519 - Built by Robert Wheeler

• 1953 Roadster       Monogram's kit #2291- Built by Al Rosiere

• 1953 Roadster       Monogram's kit #2291- Built by Dennis Rowbotham

• 1953 Roadster       Monogram Snap- Built by Robert Smith (posted: 06/24/03)

• 1953 Roadster       Monogram's kit #2291- Built by Built by Wim Laenen (5/31/04)

• 1953 Roadster       AMT kit #6519 - Built by Stu Purvis (10/16/06)

• 1954 Roadster        AMT Snapfast kit #8314 - Built by Robert Wheeler

• 1954 Roadster       Monogram's kit #2291- Built by Ismael E. Gonzalez

• 1955 Roadster       AMT kit # 6210                   - Built by Randy Bodkin (4/14/07)

• 1956 Daytona Pace car    Revell-Monogram - Built by Jay Lance Kovar (posted:10/29/04)

• 1957 Roadster       AMT kit #8212 - Built by Al Rosiere

• 1957 Roadster       AMT kit #8212 - Submitted by Mark

• 1957 Roadster       Monogram kit #2924 - Built by Angel Cabrera

• 1957 Roadster       Monogram kit #2924 - Built by Ignacio Salas-Humara (9/06/02)

• 1957 Roadster       AMT / ERTL kit # 8212 - Built by Tim Boyd (12/30/02)

• 1957 Roadster       AMT & Revell parts   - Built by Bill Geary  (8/31/04)

• 1957 Roadster       MPC                           - Built by Randy Bodkin (8/14/05)

• 1957 Roadster       Monogram kit # 2924 - Built by Randy Bodkin (8/14/05)

• 1957 Roadster       MPC                           - Built by Steve Purvis (12/26/06)

• 1957 Roadster       Revell kit #0852        - Built by Hessel Van Der Zee (12/14/07)

• 1958 Roadster       Revell-Monogram  kit #85-5938 - Submitted by Mark

• 1958 Roadster       Revell-Monogram  kit #85-5938 - Built by John K. Dezan (12/03/02)

• 1959 Roadster       Revell-Monogram  kit #85-2379 - Built by Wim Laenen (2/22/04)

• 1960 Roadster       AMT kit #6588 - Built by Robert Wheeler

• 1960 Roadster       Revell Germany #7164 - Built by Korkut Varol

• 1960 Roadster       Revell - Built by John K. Dezan (12/03/02)

• 1960 Roadster       MPC kit # 306-200 - Built by Tim Boyd (12/30/02)

• 1960 Roadster       MPC kit # 306-200 - Built by Randy Bodkin (8/14/05)

• 1960 Roadster       AMT's  #6588 - Built by Ismael E. Gonzalez

• 1961 Roadster       Pinecrest Models Resin - Built by David Palmeter

• 1961 Roadster       Reliable Resin transkit - Built by Don Theune  (posted:  9/14/03)

• 1961 Roadster       HRM resin transkit- Built by Lyle Willits (posted: 1/15/04)

• 1962 Roadster       AMT kit #6489 - Built by Robert Wheeler

• 1962 Roadster       AMT kit #6489 - Built by Hessel Van Der Zee (4/20/08)

• 1962 Roadster       Revell "Route 66" kit- Built by Terry Jessee (posted: 06/24/03)

• 1962 Roadster       HRM resin transkit- Built by Lyle Willits (posted: 10/26/03)

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