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    The document summarizes the key features of the Chevrolet Corvette sports car. [1] It describes the car's exterior features like its curved glass windshield, glass-fiber hood, recessed headlights, chrome grille and guards. [2] The interior features include form-fitting bucket seats, arm rests, a nearly vertical steering wheel, and airplane-style instruments including a tachometer. [3] The car has a 160-horsepower engine and floor-mounted transmission selector.

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    Launch brochure for the 1953 Chevrolet Corvette.

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    The document summarizes the key features of the Chevrolet Corvette sports car. [1] It describes the car's exterior features like its curved glass windshield, glass-fiber hood, recessed headlights, chrome grille and guards. [2] The interior features include form-fitting bucket seats, arm rests, a nearly vertical steering wheel, and airplane-style instruments including a tachometer. [3] The car has a 160-horsepower engine and floor-mounted transmission selector.

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    1953 Corvette Sales Brochure

    Uploaded by

    Algernon Ilfracombe
    The document summarizes the key features of the Chevrolet Corvette sports car. [1] It describes the car's exterior features like its curved glass windshield, glass-fiber hood, recessed headlights, chrome grille and guards. [2] The interior features include form-fitting bucket seats, arm rests, a nearly vertical steering wheel, and airplane-style instruments including a tachometer. [3] The car has a 160-horsepower engine and floor-mounted transmission selector.

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    The Alllerican

    Sports Car
    of the Future!
    \VI N D S HIELD - Chrome-bound , onc -
    piece, curved Safety Plate Glass; 55 -
    degree slanl. HOOD-Glass·fiber hood.
    with hinges at front. HEADLIGHTS-
    G Recessed in fenders; parkin g lights besid e
    ends of radiator grille. RADIATOR
    GRILLE-Chrome airscoo p rad iator
    grille. FRONT GUARDS- Chrome grille
    guard ; chrome fender guards. FRONT
    SUSP ENSIO i _ Kn ee Action. with direc t
    double-actin g shock absorbers, and rid e
    stabilizer. STEERING-Full anti -fri ction
    steerin g gea r, Center-Point Steering link-
    age.
    The Chevrolet Corvette . . .
    outstanding performance . . .
    amazing acceleration .. low center of gravity
    at .... I 47" a t Yri"dehWd. LENGTH- I02· wbeelbue;
    2900 pound. _b .Oichl.
    lop; iat:o ouu.ee-led Mmptlttwent at froat of rear dew .
    " '11. 8 _ W " ENGINE-l60.b.p. bigb-compre llion ~,.liDder T.
    En&Joe, wit1a triple .de....ft carburetors and dual "baUlt ayatem,
    . . Tranlmisrim , with floor.moUDted &elector lenr. WHBEI-S-6.'ZO s
    ' 'Iutoc:k-ofl'' b"bs
    TAIL LIGHTS-let-type tail, SLOp, and
    direction signal lights in ends of air-fin
    fenders_ LUGGAGE LOCKER-Capa-
    cious, with counterbalanced lid ; spare
    wheel and tire mounted flat below floor.
    LI CENSE PLATE- Recessed in rear deck
    lid; indirectly lighted. REAR GUARDS
    -Chrome center guard, between dual
    exhaust ports; chrome fender guards.
    REAR AXLE-Low numerical ratio hy -
    poid axle; Hotchkiss drive. REAR SUS-
    PENSION-3-leaf, semi-elliptic springs;
    direct double-acting shock absorbers.
    THE SPACIOUS CHEVROLET CORVETTE COCKPIT

    COLORS- Searlel and While. SEATS-


    Form-fiuing individual bucke t sea ts; driver's
    seal adjustable. ARM RESTS-Buill in
    doors; capacious stowage boxes in doors below
    saddle covers. STEERING WHEEL- Nearly
    vertical 17.xt' wheel; horn-bl owi ng ring.
    TRANSMISSION SELECTOR LEVER-
    Floor-mounted. in sports car tradition.
    INSTRUMENTS-Airplane lype; include
    center-mounted tachometer showing engine
    revolutions per minute; hooded speedo meter
    and radio speaker. DOOR CONTROLS-
    Push hulLon outside; release lever inside.
    SIDE WINDOWS - Separale windows,
    snapped in chrome l Op moldings of doors.

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