Vehicle Description
This is a stunning example of a 1962 Chevrolet Corvette NUMBERS
MATCHING 327ci Fuel Injected engine mated to a NUMBERS MATCHING
four speed manual transmission! This Corvette was the lucky
recipient of a frame off rotisserie restoration to the highest
level. This is one of 1,918 produced for the year of 1962. The
paint is fantastic and all of the chrome, trim and bright work are
outstanding! The car runs and drives fantastic and everything on
the car works except the factory clock. This is a investment
quality 1962 Corvette and the last year for the solid axle
Vette.
Call 314-346-6039 to purchase or with any questions.
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A little GM 1962 Corvette history below from Corvette Sport!
With the creative influences of such incredible engineering talents
as Edward Cole, Zora Arkus-Duntov, and Bill Mitchell behind it, the
C1 Corvette had emerged as an American classic, but one that was
ready to undergo a transformation into something completely new and
exciting.
In fact, with the second-generation Corvette now just one model
year away, there were few within Chevrolet who did not view the
1962 Corvette as anything other than a transitional model between
the classic styling of the C1 roadster and the far more competitive
and edgy lines of the next-generation Corvette.
The 1962 model year represents the end of an era for the Chevrolet
Corvette. Over the course of ten years, the Corvette had evolved
from Harley Earl's conceptual two-seat sports car - a car that was
initially plagued with design and performance deficiencies - into a
vehicle that rivaled sports cars around the world with an unabashed
reputation for performance and fun.
Despite the fact that the 1962 Corvette is considered one of the
greatest of all the C1 Corvettes, the perception that the 1962
Corvette was "transitional" was not completely unwarranted. For
one, the '62 Corvette was the first model year to incorporate the
327 cubic inch V-8 engine in place of the smaller 283 cubic inch
engine.
Though technically the same engine block as the 283, the smaller
engine was bored and stroked to bring its cylinder dimensions to
4.00 x 3.25 inches and it's displacement up to 327 cubic inches.
While this larger engine would certainly produce more horsepower,
there were other changes that would have to be incorporated first
to ensure that the engine could receive the air and fuel it would
need to run as it was meant to.
A small but significant change was made to the Rochester fuel
injection system that allowed more air/fuel to pass through it
which helped to feed the "deeper-breathing" 327 small block. In
addition, heavier duty bearings, larger ports, and a longer
duration camshaft were fitted to the base 250-bhp engine. Duntov's
solid-lifter camshaft was now a standard spec for the most powerful
of the three carbureted engines - an engine that would be
officially rated as producing 340 horsepower.
The Duntov cam would also be placed in the top "fuelie"
(fuel-injected) engine that year. Both of the engines sporting
Duntov cams ran a tight 11.25:1 compression ratio, which was a
considerable step up from the base level and mid-level 300
horsepower engines, which ran a more conventional 10.5:1
compression.
The conventional trunk design of the 1962 Corvette was the last
model to include it for many years. The models that followed had no
external rear storage access until 1982 when a special "collector's
edition" Corvette featured a hatch window which allowed access to
the rear storage compartment area. Still, a trunk comparable to the
1962's did not re-appear until the introduction of the C5 Corvette
Convertible in 1998.
Gone forever from the 1962 (and all future models) Corvette was the
troublesome twin four-barrel Carter carburetors. These were
replaced by a more powerful, single four-barrel Carter
carburetor.
While these top two versions of the new 327 engine proved to
provide a consistent improvement in power over its predecessor, the
peak of its power curve occurred at the engine's top-end while it
turned some 6,000 rpm - which was considered incredibly fast at
that time for a pushrod power plant.
While the jump to a V-8 in the 1950s had proved pivotal to the
Corvette's ultimate success and sustainability, nobody could have
imagined the impact that the introduction of the 327 V-8 would have
on the last of the C1 Corvettes. The larger 327 V-8 produced power
and torque that was unparalleled with anything seen prior to its
emergence as the primary power plant of the 62 Corvette. This new
'Vette, when equipped with a four-speed and fuel injection, could
regularly run the quarter-mile in under fifteen (15) seconds and
achieve speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour while doing so.
Of course, as with each of the several different iterations of the
C1 Corvette before it, the 1962 Corvette did undergo more than just
a mechanical overhaul. Though the overall appearance of the '62
remained faithful to the styling of Harley Earl's earlier models,
this new Corvette was, and remains, one of the most desirable of
all the C1 models.
While its styling was beginning to look a bit dated as it moved
into its second decade of existence, this final variation was
stripped of any of the remaining excesses that had plagued its
earlier counterparts.
Other subtle changes also helped to give the 1962 Corvette a more
unified appearance. Like the side spears in the coves, the silver
mesh grille and its flanking cutouts were now finished in black, as
was the background of the trunk lid medallion. Following one of the
most popular automotive styling trends of the era, the '62 Corvette
was fitted with narrow-band white wall tires. They mated perfectly
with the new Corvette and only helped to enhance its sleek, nearly
minimalist appearance. In fact, the only place where any form of
decoration was actually added was to the rocker panels, which were
newly adorned with ribbed anodized-aluminum moldings.
Despite its origins and its undeniable ties to the very first
Corvette, the 1962 was faster, handled better, was more physically
appealing, and was the most completely realized and most civilized
of any Corvette made to date, though it continued to retain much of
the pioneering imagination that made Harley Earl's 1953 concept car
such a triumph at its unveiling during the 1953 Motorama.
