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roy mawbey
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Nice Corvette, In the 60's I guess?, I used to watch "Route 66" every week and the model must be the same as yours as well as the colour. Although it was all in black and white on our TV as we didn't go colour in our house till 1976!!
The speedster looks very nice too, and no worries with regard to the body. I like it.
Tell me, was it the late 50's for route 66? The more I think about it the more I think late 50's.
Roy
The speedster looks very nice too, and no worries with regard to the body. I like it.
Tell me, was it the late 50's for route 66? The more I think about it the more I think late 50's.
Roy
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Route 66
Thanks for the comments
Roy,
Here's way too much detail in answer to your question.
The show Route 66 ran from 1960 to 1964.
According to Wikipedia,
George Maharis reported in a 1986 Nick at Nite interview that people often ask him about "the red Corvette." According to Maharis, the Corvette was never red. (The misconception may partially stem from the box illustration on the official board game, released by Transogram in 1962, which showed Tod and Buz in a red-colored model.) It was light blue the first season, and fawn beige for the second and third seasons. Both colors were chosen to photograph well in black and white, but the show's cinematographer complained that the powder blue car reflected too much light. The Corvette was replaced with a newer model annually by series' sponsor General Motors but the show itself never mentioned or explained the technicality. The model update made a particular splash in the third season when the new Corvette introduced the then revolutionary design change of headlights that inverted into the hoodline when not in use. (credit to Wikipedia, "Rout 66 TV Show")
My car is a 1959 model, virtually indistinguishable from the 1960 model.
In 1961 although the front and instrumentation remained the same,the new "duck's back" rear with two spot taillights replaced the frenched in style of the earlier design. In 1962 chrome teeth disappeared from the grille, the chrome headlight rims were painted and the cove on the front fender door area was no longer a contrasting color. Reference is made above to the 1963 model which was the first of the new Stingray design, totally and radically different from its predecessors.
Greg Wyatt, http://www.vintagecorvettes.com/ usually has multiple examples of the different years with lots of photos. I used his website a lot when I was building my car which came to me as a body only (albeit a nice body) on a frame. No engine, suspension, instruments, wiring, or chrome. I was younger then.
Anyway the short answer is as a red 1959, my car is a year too early to have been featured on Route 66
Roy,
Here's way too much detail in answer to your question.
The show Route 66 ran from 1960 to 1964.
According to Wikipedia,
George Maharis reported in a 1986 Nick at Nite interview that people often ask him about "the red Corvette." According to Maharis, the Corvette was never red. (The misconception may partially stem from the box illustration on the official board game, released by Transogram in 1962, which showed Tod and Buz in a red-colored model.) It was light blue the first season, and fawn beige for the second and third seasons. Both colors were chosen to photograph well in black and white, but the show's cinematographer complained that the powder blue car reflected too much light. The Corvette was replaced with a newer model annually by series' sponsor General Motors but the show itself never mentioned or explained the technicality. The model update made a particular splash in the third season when the new Corvette introduced the then revolutionary design change of headlights that inverted into the hoodline when not in use. (credit to Wikipedia, "Rout 66 TV Show")
My car is a 1959 model, virtually indistinguishable from the 1960 model.
In 1961 although the front and instrumentation remained the same,the new "duck's back" rear with two spot taillights replaced the frenched in style of the earlier design. In 1962 chrome teeth disappeared from the grille, the chrome headlight rims were painted and the cove on the front fender door area was no longer a contrasting color. Reference is made above to the 1963 model which was the first of the new Stingray design, totally and radically different from its predecessors.
Greg Wyatt, http://www.vintagecorvettes.com/ usually has multiple examples of the different years with lots of photos. I used his website a lot when I was building my car which came to me as a body only (albeit a nice body) on a frame. No engine, suspension, instruments, wiring, or chrome. I was younger then.
Anyway the short answer is as a red 1959, my car is a year too early to have been featured on Route 66
Happy Motoring,
Bruce
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roy mawbey
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Bruce,
Thank you for that information. I reckon I must have seen the board game later and came to the conclusion in my mind it was red. I liked that TV show even though it was on a very small screen and black and white. Everything including the cars looked so different when you saw American shows compared with the UK in 1960.
I suppose George Maharis must be getting on now!
Cheers
Roy
Thank you for that information. I reckon I must have seen the board game later and came to the conclusion in my mind it was red. I liked that TV show even though it was on a very small screen and black and white. Everything including the cars looked so different when you saw American shows compared with the UK in 1960.
I suppose George Maharis must be getting on now!
Cheers
Roy
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