Do you see anything special about this barn car?

[John N.]

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That the fella is relieving himself on the right front tire!!

Rick

Seriously, what is with the steering wheel?

Rick
Leather wrapped and laced. Steering wheel was in good shape for a race car. Probably put on by the second owner.
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[Loren L.]

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"On budget" restoration - replace plug wires one-at-a-time as they get fried........

[Joe M.]

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Radio delete, plate on top of dash, paint on dash masked where plate was attached.

[John H.]

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Whats with the ignition switch (with keys) that appears to be coming out of the e-brake warning light hole?

Bruce -

There's a gauge in the original ignition switch hole.

[Steven B.]

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Bruce -

There's a gauge in the original ignition switch hole.

'And a second ignition switch in an added panel to the lower left of the tach hole. 'Must have "dual ignition".

[Mike M.]

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dual reservior master cylinder?mike

[Tom P.]

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Seriously, what is with the steering wheel?

Try it, you might like it! It sure improves the grip.

[Tom P.]

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What kind of Intake is that?

I trust you ARE joking, right?

[John N.]

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Recognized as the earliest RPO 684 production Corvette. The 5 1/2" wheels on that car are perfect, no rust or pitting. One of two cars rushed out of the factory to compete at the SCCA National points race at Cumberland. The car was either the number one or two in total 1957 BP SCCA points. Won Lime Rock and Montgomery.
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[Dale S.]

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Tom, Is that a Stewart Warner mechanical drive tachometer? It looks to big to be a Sun tach. Or was there some other brand I did not know about? Dale

[Dale S.]

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I am not a C-1 person, I was wondering if some one can tell me what the 2 things that look like ignition switches are? One hanging over the steering column and one in the dash. I am just curious. Dale

[Joseph T.]

Re: Do you see anything special about this barn car?

Recognized as the earliest RPO 684 production Corvette. The 5 1/2" wheels on that car are perfect, no rust or pitting. One of two cars rushed out of the factory to compete at the SCCA National points race at Cumberland. The car was either the number one or two in total 1957 BP SCCA points. Won Lime Rock and Montgomery.
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John

Was the dual ignition switch a back up? Looks like two igniton switch holes in the lower dash addition. What happened to that piece?

Joe

[John N.]

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John

Was the dual ignition switch a back up? Looks like two igniton switch holes in the lower dash addition. What happened to that piece?

Joe

When I found out that the dash modifications had nothing to do with the race history they went away. They may still be in a box in the warehouse. The dash was modified by the first owner of car who worked for NASA and was into guages.
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[John N.]

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Here are the two youngsters involved in that 1989-1990 picture. The picture was probably taken by Frank Buck who is on the left hand side. Dick Robinson is in the middle. The car has been restored and is in the background. This picture was taken at Carlisle the day before the tent collapsed during a microburst in 2007.

P.S. I had just thanked Frank for passing on purchasing the car.

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[John N.]

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The body on the car was in very good shape. The left front fender was damaged because the ceremetalic brakes created excess heat which cooked the grease in the bearings causing the left front wheel to come off. When I started to restore the chassis the inner bearing race would turn free in the hub. A local tool and die maker made a sleeve for the hub which corrected that problem. The bottom of the brake backing plate had received some damage on the bottom where the car had skidded. I doubt if we did much repair to that. The hardtop was the one which ran Watkins Glen and Bridgehampton (end of season and car had been sold) had a later serial number (#5992) in it and the stripes were slightly wider.
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