Vehicle Description
1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split-Window Coupe - One and Only Year of
the Split Window Corvette - Daytona Blue over Blue Interior -
Numbers Matching L75 327ci/300hp V8 - 4 Speed Manual - Tennessee
Car - Classic Second Generation Corvette (Please note: If you
happen to be viewing this 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split-Window
Coupe on a website other than our Garage Kept Motors site, it's
possible that you've only seen some of our many photographs of the
car due to third-party website limitations. To be sure you access
all the more than 140 photographs, as well as a short start-up and
walk-around video, please go to our main website: Garage Kept
Motors.) Corvette is now second to no other production sports car
in road-holding and is still the most powerful. Car and Driver,
First Drive: 1963 Corvette, October 1962 The Car and Driver writers
continued with the history that led up to the 1963 Corvette Coupe:
Chevrolet was first to offer a genuine American sports car. In its
first stage it was strictly a boulevard job. When the T-Bird stole
that market, Duntov had the delightful task of making a real racer
out of it-and succeeded in producing a car which has earned a
respected place on the track. In a pragmatic way, he did it with
brute power and a minimum of subtlety. Now the Corvette enters its
third era. It is still tremendously powerful (less than 10 pounds
per bhp), but now it has suspension to match its speed potential.
Offered here is an extremely well-maintained example of the
one-year-only, split-rear-window Corvette Sport Coupe, here in
Daytona Blue over dark blue. This is a numbers-matching, 4-speed,
327/300 car in virtually all-original condition. The car's odometer
shows 34,105 miles. The Daytona Blue exterior paint was a perfect
choice to highlight the many unique and appealing design cues on
the car. The overall body shape, the sculpted hood with chrome faux
vents, the reverse cut-outs on the front fenders, the raised fender
tops front and rear, the perfectly graceful flow of the rear glass
and roofline, even the b-pillar louvers all show beautifully. While
the car looks terrific from every angle, the trademark view (not to
be missed in the photo gallery) of the split-rear-window from
behind the car is simply spectacular. Paint gloss is very good with
only light age-related patina. The color is uniform throughout.
There is no body damage. Factory badging-including the crossed
flags on the front fenders, and rear gas-filler cover-is all in
place, properly located, and in excellent condition. In similar
fashion, chrome half-bumpers front and rear retain excellent
surface finish; other chrome trim is equally well-kept. The lower
front grille and lower bodyside trim is undamaged. Cabin glass and
lighting lenses are clear and free of imperfections. Factory
15-inch steel wheels with chrome full-wheel covers (with spinners
featuring the Corvette crossed-flags identification) retain a
showroom-new look. Thin-white-stripe Firestone® Deluxe Champion
P195/70-R15 tires are mounted. Inside, the dark-blue leather
upholstery is in near-perfect condition. The vertically pleated
design is classic. The matching dark-blue dash perfectly showcases
the twin-pod design unique to the C2 Corvette. The original blue
steering wheel (with brushed metal trim and Corvette crossed-flags
center emblem) frames the driver-focused array of analog
instruments, dominated by the 160-mph speedometer and
5,300-rpm-redline tachometer. Between the dash pods, the gracefully
designed center drop features an analog clock above pull-lever
controls for heat and ventilation and the factory Delco® radio with
the station settings and pushbuttons arranged vertically. Facing
the passenger is the brushed-metal panel on the glove-box cover and
the script Corvette Sting Ray badge. The center console houses the
4-speed manual shifter for the stock transmission, with the shift
pattern displayed on the metal console-top trim (which shows
scratches from u
