RACE PICTURES NEEDED FOR RESTORATION

[John N.]

[Mike M.]

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john: i was under the impression 3963 was delivered as a FI but its airbox was dealer installed. regards, mike

[Mike M.]

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Addendum: i misread john's post. he stated Vin 3963 was built as a RPO 684 while i didn't read the post and assumed he was stating the vette was a RPO 579E. Perhaps a little backround on RPO's for 57 is needed. RPO 684 was a heavy duty/brake option. RPO 684 didn't include airbox feature while RPO 579E included the brake/suspension and airbox. Since the 57 VIN 3963 had an airbox in place when i considered buying it @ 10 years ago, i got confused. the car is a RPO 684 and has considerable east coast SCCA racing history. i apologize if i confused this issue. regards, mike

[Willard M.]

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As a related story of interest, read that current issue of Rodder's Journal for more on Rosenthal Chevrolet and their involvement in early racing. The article is about a 36 Ford roadster primarily, but the txt about early racing involvement is very interesting.

Bill #2659

[Kent K.]

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John,

Did you ever consider checking at the Library of Congress? A friend used to work there and mentioned many times that they had just about everything you could imagine.

Regards,
Kent #6201

[Verne Frantz]

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Yes, Rosenthal was involved in racing activities right through the late '60s and used the COPO program. Sorry, not the same trailor...........THAT would be a neat find to go along with the '57!

[Philip C.]

Verne nice photo Could you help

Hi Verne do you know where mousie is today. He was the sevice manager at Rosenthal Chevy in the 60s would like to contacted him if possible!!! Thanks Phil 8063

[Verne Frantz]

Re: Verne nice photo Could you help

Phil,
I believe I have a very old lead to contact Mousie but it's burried deep. If I can find it, I'll contact you privately so I won't dilute this thread any further. He also ran a '62 Belair, '63 Impala, '66 Biscayne and a later Nova with a Lowe Chevrolet banner on it. I have no idea whether he was at Rosenthal as early as '57 or not.

Verne

[Philip C.]

THANKS Verne *NM*

[James G.]

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John Neas owns the Bark Henry 57 Corvette race car. He or Dick Robinson who is doing the restoration in PA may have more info. I have their email addresses if you need.

[Dick W.]

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Mousie Brown lives about 4 miles from me. If you need contact info, just let me know.

[Verne Frantz]

Phil & John------still checking--waiting..... *NM*

[Philip C.]

Dick could you e-me or Verne 4 mousie info *NM*