Vehicle Description
INCREDIBLE SURVIVOR WITH 14,200 CERTIFIED MILESOUTSTANDING ORIGINAL
SEBRING SILVER PAINT FINISHHISTORIC FIRST-YEAR EXAMPLE OF A TRUE
ICONFORMERLY OWNED BY RESPECTED CORVETTE COLLECTORSEXCEPTIONAL
ORIGINAL AND UNRESTORED CONDITIONPROPER LONG-TERM STORAGE AND
CARE327/340 HP ENGINE, 4-SPEED, POSITRACTIONPOWER BRAKES, POWER
WINDOWS, AM/FM RADIO Of all Corvettes, and sports cars for that
matter, the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray, with the iconic split rear
window design, is a true must have for every serious automobile
collector. Truly original, unrestored and unadulterated examples
are the rarest and most sought-after today by purists who truly
appreciate only the finest and most original of them. Known history
of this incredibly original 1963 Sting Ray Coupe dates to summer
1975, when Friendly Bob Adams of Union Grove, Wisconsin discovered
it at Bill Dale Chevrolet in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The Corvette was
sold to noted Corvette collector and good friend, Jerome Shinkay of
Janesville, Wisconsin, who was posthumously elected to the
prestigious Bloomington Gold Great Hall of Fame as a pioneer in
Corvette collecting in 2012, the same year Dave McLellan, former
Corvette chief engineer, was inducted. The Corvette was kept for
some time in Jeromes heated building, accompanied by another
90-plus collector-quality Corvette models.Subsequently, the next
owner obtained the Corvette at the precise indicated mileage as
when Jerome first purchased the Stingray 13,999 miles to be exact.
The Corvette was then sold to a serious Corvette collector located
in Pennsylvania, where it sat undisturbed and kept in the most
ideal storage conditions imaginable for the next 40-plus years.
Specifics of this very special first-year Corvette Sting Ray Coupe
include the solid-lifter 327/340-HP V-8 engine, 4-speed manual
transmission, Positraction rear axle, power brakes, power windows,
AM/FM radio and white sidewall tires (non-DOT marked). The Corvette
retains its 100 per cent original Sebring Silver paint finish, with
zero crazing, over a brilliant, all-original red interior. Just
14,200 certified miles have been traveled.What makes this Corvette
so unique is the fact that it has been virtually untouched since
the day it left the St. Louis Corvette factory in May 1963. Even
the engine compartment remains undetailed. The paint is almost
unbelievable in originality and quality, appearing more like a
6-month-old dealer demonstrator rather than a car that was produced
56 years ago. In recognition of its exceptional and unrestored
condition, this 1963 Corvette Stingray has received the prestigious
Bowtie Award from the National Corvette Restorers Society (NCRS),
which is given to unrestored Corvettes that have been successfully
judged and voted to be historically and educationally significant.
According to the NCRS, The award is intended to recognize the car
and encourage the owner to retain and display the car in its
present condition, for the enjoyment and continuing educational
benefit of the NCRS membership. In fact, the NCRS judges thought so
much of this Split Window Stingray, they had the owner jack up one
side of the vehicle to allow fellow NCRS members to inspect it to
learn how to correctly restore their own 1963 Corvette.Additional
awards earned by this exceptionally original 1963 Chevrolet
Corvette Sting Ray Coupe included Bloomington Gold, Bloomington
Gold Survivor and the most difficult to achieve, Bloomington
Benchmark all three during 2019. Also, in September 2019 it
received the NCRS Top Flight award. After the judging was completed
at this years Bloomington Corvette Show, a couple of the judges
returned to photograph this Corvettes fine details as reference
points to show how the Corvettes were finished when they rolled off
the assembly line in 1963. Included with the sale of this historic
1963 Corvette Sting Ray is the original mileage odometer statement
issued back in 1975 by Bill Dale Chevrolet back in 1975 at 13,999
miles. Contact us now! We invite close inspection of this
investment-grade 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Split Window
Coupe from the historic first model year of the second-generation
Corvette series. Awards Received:NCRS:1. Survivor Older Show in
PA2. Top Flight 2019Bloomnigton: 1. Gold 2019 2. Gold Survivor
20193. Benchmark 2019