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First Corvette rolls off the assembly line...
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First Corvette rolls off the assembly line...

Item # 555611 ·
DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, July 1, 1953  Page 53 has a two line, two column headline: "Plastic Corvette Begins To Roll" & above this head in smaller type: "Production Line Starts". The report begins: "Chevrolet's first production model Corvette, a sports with a plastic laminated fiber glass body, rolled off the company's Flint assembly line Tuesday..." & more. The report contains details about production, plus mention that the list price for a new Corvette was $3250.
Includes a two column photo of the first production model Corvette rolling off the assembly line at the Flint facility.
Other news of the day throughout. Has binding holes in the left margin, 72 pages, otherwise in good condition.
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$975
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.