Hello All,
I recently joined this forum in hopes on discovery the full history of a 1957 FI Corvette that was recently purchased on the east coast. The car had been in a garage since 1969. I have tons of information on the car but will start with the basics. We were able to speak with the owner of the car from 1966-1969. Here is what he remembers about when he purchased the car in 1969:
Howard S Coley Jr Howard is very friendly and has a good memory of the 57 Corvette.
Howard Is sure that he sold the car in 1969 because that is when he moved to California from the Arlington VA area. Howard has been in computers all his life. Howard believes that the car was raced in 1959 by Don Yenko although he has no direct proof.He said at one time he was shown a photo of Don Yenko with the car. The car had 59 Corvette suspension and a 65 Corvette fuel injected drive train with a 62 Corvette fuel unit. The transmission was a close ratio(I assume an M20) with 4.56 gears. The car had a welded tow bar and every other grill tooth was removed.
In addition, we know that the car was original white, then painted red, then daytona blue, and then finally black.
As I said, I have tons of information on the car and tons. So if you are looking for anything specific or want to see a picture of anything please let me know.



I recently joined this forum in hopes on discovery the full history of a 1957 FI Corvette that was recently purchased on the east coast. The car had been in a garage since 1969. I have tons of information on the car but will start with the basics. We were able to speak with the owner of the car from 1966-1969. Here is what he remembers about when he purchased the car in 1969:
Howard S Coley Jr Howard is very friendly and has a good memory of the 57 Corvette.
Howard Is sure that he sold the car in 1969 because that is when he moved to California from the Arlington VA area. Howard has been in computers all his life. Howard believes that the car was raced in 1959 by Don Yenko although he has no direct proof.He said at one time he was shown a photo of Don Yenko with the car. The car had 59 Corvette suspension and a 65 Corvette fuel injected drive train with a 62 Corvette fuel unit. The transmission was a close ratio(I assume an M20) with 4.56 gears. The car had a welded tow bar and every other grill tooth was removed.
In addition, we know that the car was original white, then painted red, then daytona blue, and then finally black.
As I said, I have tons of information on the car and tons. So if you are looking for anything specific or want to see a picture of anything please let me know.
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