57 airbox on ebay

[Mike M.]

anybody out there familiar with this ole 57, ie, real airbox or made up? thanks, mike

[Verle R.]

Re: 57 airbox on ebay

Mike,

are you referring to:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VETTE-Jan85-LS-6-454-Rare-57-Fuelie-Airbox-Racer_W0QQitemZ7010531042QQcategoryZ280QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4621276042&fromMakeTrack=true

:-)

Verle

[Eric J.]

Pictures

Ebay #4621276042 No vin given

The FI unit on in the listing is: FI 7014960 serial# 1164

These ar the air box VINs I have:

Could be?
e57s100834
e57s103831
e57s103963 Old race car... From MD
e57s104742
e57s105369
e57s105661

Eric

[Joseph T.]

Re: 57 airbox on ebay

Mike..It was listed on Ebay once before!

[Mike M.]

Re: Pictures

eric: seriously doubt the first two 57's vins in your list left st louis as airboxs. regards and thanks for the post. mike

[Eric J.]

Re: Pictures

Mike, I am not claiming they are or they are not...

Here is where I got them

1957 e57s100834 12/1/1977 Vette Vues
1957 e57s100834 4/1/1979 Corvette Restorer
1957 e57s100834 10/1/1986 Corvette Restorer
1957 e57s103831 4/1/1985 Vette Vues Owner: Bill Timberlake
1957 e57s103831 5/1/1985 Vette Vues Owner: Bill Timberlake

As you can see the references they are pretty old. Not a whole lot of incentive to create one in 1977... or 85 for that matter.

Eric

[Loren L.]

Re: Pictures

#3963 is the old Bark Henry '57, raced out of Rosenthal Chevrolet - generally conceded that the airbox was ADDED at the dealership.

[Mike M.]

Re: Pictures

loren is correct in that it is generally accepted that the airbox was a dealer installed piece on the rosenthal 57 vin 3963. i am familiar with it and viewed it numerous times before it changed hands recently. mike.

[Joseph T.]

Re: Pictures

Eric..I checked the Dec 1977 issue of Vette Vues and did not see the #834 car..what page is it on?

Joe

[Eric J.]

Page numbers

Joe I entered these over 10 years ago so I can not be absolutely sure but here are the page numbers:

e57s100834 12/1/1977 Vette Vues PG 52
e57s100834 Photo 4/1/1979 Corvette Restorer PG 17
e57s100834 Photo 10/1/1986 Corvette Restorer PG 49
e57s103831 Photo 4/1/1985 Vette Vues PG 38
e57s103831 Photo 5/1/1985 Vette Vues PG 52

Eric

[Eric J.]

Re: Pictures

Loren, Thank you for the clarification. I will amend my DB..

Eric

[Joseph T.]

Re: Page numbers

Eric..it is on page 52 as a word ad.. thanks....

The 1956 Bill Mitchell SR2 was custom designed with a cold air intake...and ran Sebring in 1957 as a cold air intake fuelie. Not to be confused with the more typical production air box generally seen on the 43 or so production cars made mostly in June/July/August of '57.

The air box was determined not to be effective long before the 43 production cars were built.

Few would know that in Jan of 1957 when Fred Warner..Corvettes first publicity man..started taking orders for the air box cars at the SCCA convention in Michigan.

Joe

[Eric J.]

Re: Page numbers

Joe, As I said I entered that 14 years ago. I am sure I had a reason for the entry. When I get home I will dust off my notes and try to reason why I entered that one. eric