Vehicle Description
After a some-what slow transition in to the Sports Car world, by
the time the 1958 models had entered the arena they were very much
holding ground on being one of the leaders in the two-seat sports
cars of the world. The 1958 model had a few enhancements over the
56-57 models like exposed four-headlamps as apposed to the singles.
The Grilles were more prominent than before and the interior and
instruments were updated. There were four engine options for the
1958 model year, two of which offered carburetion and two that
offered fuel injection. The most sought after was the 290 HP fuel
injected model which this car was at inception.
So this particular 1958 Vette has some great history. It is on
consignment from a gentleman that has owned the car continuously
since 1964. When he bought the car the original engine had already
been removed and a 327, 340 HP with dual quads and a 3-speed had
been added. He drove the car for roughly six years and then stored
it. After a move in 1975 he then began driving it occasionally.
Then in 1980 he restored the Vette and added a 350 V8 with a 4-bolt
main, roller rockers a larger cam, a high rise intake and 4-speed
Muncie rock crusher transmission. At that time the car was
re-painted, body modifications were done and the original Keystone
classics were added.
This car has receipts dating back to the 60's that come with the
car as well as the original owners manual. This car starts and
drives so nice and sounds even better with the solid lifters and
cam. This car has some seriously cool history but started off
equally as cool as a 290 HP FI car, HD suspension and Brakes (144)
and color Blue and Silver (726)
To see over 80 photos of this car, including under carriage please
visit our website www.grautogallery.com
Gr Auto Gallery, LLC and our sister company, Wheelz Sales and
Leasing Inc. makes every effort to represent each vehicle
accurately and with integrity. We also welcome third party
inspections when necessary. Although we try to do our very best to
be accurate in our description writing we are human and do make
mistakes. Unless otherwise noted, All vehicles are sold AS IS, No
Warranty Expressed or Implied. All sales final.
