out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

[Brandon T.]

I own a 58 but would have considered any of those 3 years and I was just curious which is the most sought after.

without having a biased OP which do you think is?

ofcourse I'm not saying compare a base engine say 59 to a fulie 60...

giving they have the same options.

[Stewart A.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

This always go through my mind. I should own one of each year model. One of these is enough to make you broke and nutz ! I guess the wash board hood and the back trunk straps are pretty cool if you are into the extra chrome. I really dislike the washboard hood.
Now each year these cars got better so the better car is the 62 by a long shot and the styling seemed to loose it's way it kind of lost that retro look and I really like the soft boat tail 58 -60 rear. But your wanting to know what the more valuable one is. I think the 58 has the slightly stronger edge.
It's funny I'm so used to looking at my 60 the chrome straps looks funny on the 58. But I remember when I was looking for a C1 the 58 was my preference but wasn't to disturbed if it were a 59 or 60. Give me all 3 a 58 Panama Yellow, 59 Regal turquoise and 60 Tuxedo Black then burry me in all 3 cars when I die LOL. Stewy

[Stewart A.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

I do like the parcel tray on the 59 -60 and the lock out reverse gear shifter is very sexy. The hub caps are nicer on the 59 -60. The antenna is nicer on the 61- 62 I really dislike the black placky antenna base looks unfinished around a car with all that chrome. Seats give or take each year. I do like the door panels on the 58 over all 4 other years My 60 has the 2 screws in the top part of the door panel which looks cheap. But when the roof is open on a warm balmy night who gives a stuff what the 3 years are it's better than having a night with Pammy !!!!!!( and that's saying something). Stewy

[Edward S.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

Out of the three I had a 58 for quite awhile, love the looks - it was red/white when I got it ( just had 4 years of a red 63 s/w) so I did the car over in charcoal/silver/red. It makes no matter now - I put on so much weight after I retired I can not get behind the wheel now in any of them, don't ask how I know. Nothing like having a steering wheel the size of a manhole cover.

[Stewart A.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

Personally the 57 is the better looking car. The 58-60 with the twin headlights make the car very heavy looking at the front. The 57 in my books is the best looking Corvette ever made. Not the best Corvette but the best looking Corvette. It looks light and the lines are uncluttered as architects say less is sometimes more. It's funny I still wouldn't own one. I just don't get the bumpers attached to the body not the chassis. In my books that's asking for trouble. Stewy

[Stewart A.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

Edward I just showed a guy my car and he has never seen a C1 ever. He laughed for 1/2 an hour at the size of the steering wheel. But stood there for an hour and I had to keep wiping the hound dog dribble from his gob !!! He was in awe !!! Stewy

[Valeria H.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

Oh you guys, you are really going to get a laugh out of this!!! The 1960 corvette operational manual describes the steering wheel as quote on quote "The COMPACT steering wheel capped by the horn button, greatly enhances the "sports car" appearance of your Corvette"!!
Valeria
PS: Stewy, sorry to hear about your Dad.

[Edward S.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

Stewy,
I also was sorry to hear about your Dad. I thought you might enjoy another story. I am almost 6'3" and my 58 had auto trans, power windows and a power top. It also had both tops - the hardtop I only had on the car a few times for photos ( did not want to mar the paint). Rather then break my neck I always kept the top down - I went to a NCRS show in Pa, and when I left in the morning we had had a huge drop in weather. Must have been close to freezing when I left, driving along the Pa. turnpike with the top down and was pulled over by a trooper and given a few tests as the trooper said when he saw me he thought I had a few too many. If only we could be young again.

[Loren L.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

For those of us who were around when there were TWO NCRS "boards" and one got cancelled for lack of technical comment, I'd appreciate someone "enlightening" me as to the "technical nature" of this thread.
Maybe it should be viewed as a "tribute", "recreation", "clone", etc., of all those entries that have been deleted from this board for ______________.

[Ian G.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

If the moderators created some extra places on the board for people to post it wouldn't be an issue, but for whatever reason (less work) they leave it as is. There is great demand, as anyone can see by all the non-technical posts for NCRS to have a place to chat aside from corvetteforum.com or whatever. NCRS can call this a technical forum if they like, but the fact of the matter is it is the ONLY official forum for the NCRS. If they actually went in and started killing the non-technical threads I think you'd find a great deal of complaints from most everyone.

[Stewart A.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

Yeah you tell em Ian !!!! I think Rob asked some time back if we wanted a chit chat forum attached and I kind of said can't we just talk rubbish on the tech site. Maybe we should ask again if we could get a chit chat forum going. On a better note I ripped the roof off the car today and drove my baby all over town in 95 - 100 degree heat. The car ran awesome temp never budged !! I can't believe how much better these cars are to drive with the roof off. Now I just have to figure a way to stop it raining and I can throw away the hard top. Hey Ian how's your car coming along !!!
Valeria yeah that's a killer I read that some time back and thought they must be talking about another car. One thing I do like about the wheel is the diameter is very small and easy to grip. I used to love the look of the Momo steering wheel on my WRX but found it uncomfortable to hold due to the larger diameter. Stewy

[Edward M.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

For those of us who were around when there were TWO NCRS "boards" and one got cancelled for lack of technical comment, I'd appreciate someone "enlightening" me as to the "technical nature" of this thread.
Maybe it should be viewed as a "tribute", "recreation", "clone", etc., of all those entries that have been deleted from this board for ______________.

Now that's funny.

I was around when we had two boards, and I remember the fuss over the non-technical board. In fact, another now "infamous" website was started up precisely because the non-technical board was shut down.

Obviously, a number of people in this thread were not around then.

OK, just to add some technical content, and make this post "legal", I have a question.

What would happen if two cars showed up for judging at an NCRS meet with the same VIN number? Assuming both cars have legal registrations in their respective states, wouldn't we have to judge both cars?

[Michael W.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

What would happen if two cars showed up for judging at an NCRS meet with the same VIN number? Assuming both cars have legal registrations in their respective states, wouldn't we have to judge both cars?

Possibly one of the two cars, after close examination by skilled judges, may appear not to be the model year it purports to be. For a example, certain characteristics seen only on early uuuhhh ummmmm '53s, might not be present on a, say, '54?

Does that help Ed?

And to go off topic, this is supposed to be a technical discussion board, not a chat room.

[Edward M.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

Possibly one of the two cars, after close examination by skilled judges, may appear not to be the model year it purports to be. For a example, certain characteristics seen only on early uuuhhh ummmmm '53s, might not be present on a, say, '54?

Does that help Ed?

And to go off topic, this is supposed to be a technical discussion board, not a chat room.

That is sort of where I am going. I am "aware" of two different 1957 Corvettes, on opposite sides of the country, both with the same VIN number. Obviously one of these vehicles has a reproduction VIN tag.

OK, lets take this scenario:

Body and frame are separated at some point. The body, with the Vin tag, retains ownership of the VIN. The frame, with the same VIN, is re-bodied using another body of the same year (lets say 1957). The re-bodied car does not have a VIN tag, so a reproduction tag is acquired using the VIN number on the frame.

Now, assuming that there are no identifiable things on the rebodied car that would give it away, and the repo-VIN tag appears correct, what would we do in that situation?

[Michael W.]

Re: out of a 58, 59 and 60 which is most sought after?

The key phrase is a detectable repo VIN tag. That would kill that one car right there. But what if both had NO factory tag but legit state issued tags. Those are acceptable under our rules.

Do we start playing policeman?