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1957 Roadster

Silver would be added to the color options for ‘57 although Onyx Black would be the favorite. Outside of this there were no external changes from 1956. The big news were under the hood where the engine grew from 265 to 283 cu in. The option list, almost doubled and mostly with performance items including the fuel injection option. When mated to the new optional four-speed manual transmission Corvette was becoming quite a performer. Fuelie cars can be easily spotted by the Fuel Injection script on the front fender side cove. The influence of Zora who would become chief engineer in ‘57 was being seen. The buying public also approved with a production number reaching more than six thousand cars.

The model:

Tim Boyd built this nice '57 using the AMT kit as the starting point. It was featured in the Dec. 2002 issue of Scale Auto as the cover car.

The model is shown here with the half-tonneau.cover and roll-bar from the origianl (1968) vintage MPC 1960 Corvette kit.

These accessories were mentioned in the text of the photo but didn't make the photo edit. They're a terrific add to go with the Hallibrands.

If you would like to contact Tim on this model his e-mail address is: Tskmboyd@aol.com

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