What year Corvette is this?

[Tom R.]

Its a 1950s drive-in waitress on roller skates serving a guy in a Corvette...what year vette?

[Chuck M.]

Re: What year Corvette is this?

'56 or '57. Cant see the rear view mirror to determine.

[Jim D.]

Re: What year Corvette is this?

F.I emblems makes it a 57.

[Chuck M.]

Re: What year Corvette is this?

F.I emblems makes it a 57.

Cant see that in my photo but that certainly is a giveaway for a '57.

[Tom R.]

Re: What year Corvette is this?

You guys are good! Didn't see the FI emblems.

Fuel-injected 57 Corvette sounds perfect!

In fact, that's worth an acknowledgment for the NCRS tech board in book I'm writing on the Golden Age of Rolling Skating.

[Terry M.]

Re: What year Corvette is this?

You guys are good! Didn't see the FI emblems.

Fuel-injected 57 Corvette sounds perfect!

In fact, that's worth an acknowledgment for the NCRS tech board in book I'm writing on the Golden Age of Rolling Skating.

Golden Age or Roller Skating? Tom you are a Renaissance Man.

[Michael J.]

Re: What year Corvette is this?

You guys need an eye exam if you couldn't see the emblems.......

[Tom R.]

Re: What year Corvette is this?

You guys need an eye exam if you couldn't see the emblems.......

Well it gets better. I contacted GM media archives inquiring whether the image was theirs, learning it was not but directed me to the original source. Here's the clip in color! Not sure it gets any better than this.

[Darryl D.]

Re: What year Corvette is this?

You guys need an eye exam if you couldn't see the emblems.......

You don't even have to be able to see the FI emblems just the cross flags, they only came on the 57 w/FI

[Todd H.]

Re: What year Corvette is this?

Of course both emblems (especially the crossed flags) were added to many other '57s & '56s. That's a great picture.

[Jimmy P.]

Re: What year Corvette is this?

Hi Tom!
Neat photo! Must have taken couple different takes of the shot. She appears to have only one root beer mug in the color photo! Different poses too. lol!!
I wonder if anyone here still owns or knows of the car in the photo? I noticed the NCRS decal in the corner of the driver's side of the windshield.
That would be cool to know....

[Ed S.]

Re: What year Corvette is this?

Your catch re the NCRS decal is a good one. That got me thinking, what year did the NCRS begin issuing decals, or what year was the NCRS established - thinking that that info would help date the picture. When I want to research (perhaps too strong a word) a topic quickly I often default to Wikipedia - ok, I know, roll your eyes but...... get this, I was surprised to learn that the "National Corvette Restorers Society" is not in the Wiki files - search that term in Wikipedia and it comes up blank. Some might think that is a good thing - can't disagree. The National Corvette Museum is in there.

[Jimmy P.]

Re: What year Corvette is this?

Your catch re the NCRS decal is a good one. That got me thinking, what year did the NCRS begin issuing decals, or what year was the NCRS established - thinking that that info would help date the picture. When I want to research (perhaps too strong a word) a topic quickly I often default to Wikipedia - ok, I know, roll your eyes but...... get this, I was surprised to learn that the "National Corvette Restorers Society" is not in the Wiki files - search that term in Wikipedia and it comes up blank. Some might think that is a good thing - can't disagree. The National Corvette Museum is in there.

Hi Ed,
You could have just checked the NCRS History under the HOME link above to find out 1974 was the NCRS origination date. But I'm not sure when they started the decal use, or who created it? I'm sure Vinnie would know!
Regards,