1953 Corvettes accounted for

[Edward M.]

I know this has been done many times before, but I thought I would add the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System
data for all known 1953 Corvettes to the mix.

So what I have here is a list of all of the 1953 Corvettes (by last three digits of VIN) that I CANNOT find ANY reference of in NMVTIS, C1 Registry, Corvette Action Center 1953 Corvette Survey, or Google.

This is a total of 59 missing 1953 Corvettes, which represents 19.67% of total production.

010	092	159	211	263
020	095	161	212	264
036	102	162	216	270
037	104	164	218	271
042	108	165	219	272
045	111	166	223	275
047	131	167	224	277
054	133	170	230	279
059*	134	171	238	287
070	144**	172	240	289
078	146	189	242	294
081	152	197	248
* 059 stolen in 1982
** 144 chassis found under another body

[Dick W.]

Re: 1953 Corvettes accounted for

Just talking, less than 30 minutes ago, to a former '53 owner. He trashed two in the 1970's. So there are two less to find

[Edward M.]

Re: 1953 Corvettes accounted for

Some recent updates have reduced the number of missing cars to 50. Here they are...

020	081	146	172	248
036	092	152	189	263
037	095	161	212	264
042	102	162	216	270
045	104	164	218	271
047	111	165	219	272
054	131	166	223	275
059*	133	167	224	287
070	134	170	238	289
078	144**	171	242	294
* 059 stolen in 1982
** 144 chassis found under another body

Makes the math easy 50/300x100 = 16.67% missing

Also, for clarification, we acknowledge that cars 001 and 002 are known to be destroyed, so they are "accounted for".

[Edward M.]

Re: 1953 Corvettes accounted for

Another piece of info..the following cars were located in NMVTIS, but I did not find any other reference to them.

013 073
080 139
154 176
179 180
188 192
194 221
235 236
241 273
282 283
295 299

[Gary C.]

Re: 1953 Corvettes accounted for

Ed,

Supposedly, there was no #53 produced. #53 was skipped.

Gary
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[Edward M.]

Re: 1953 Corvettes accounted for

Ed,

Supposedly, there was no #53 produced. #53 was skipped.

Gary
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Gary;

I show E53F001053 as listed in both NMVTIS and Corvette Action Center 1953 Corvette Registry.

Ed

[Gary C.]

Re: 1953 Corvettes accounted for

Ed,

The #53 being skipped statement was made at a presentation at the Michigan Chapter Regional last Thursday. There wasn't any document shown that supported the statement.

Gary
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[Robert G.]

Re: 1953 Corvettes accounted for

#42 was listed for sale in the 6/85 issue of Vette Vues in Louisiana.

[Edward M.]

Re: 1953 Corvettes accounted for

#42 was listed for sale in the 6/85 issue of Vette Vues in Louisiana.

OK, accounted for. Thanks.