Description
Matching numbers fuel injected 283/315 HP engine
Correct air cleaner, generator, distributor, spark plug shields, hoses and clamps
Aluminized exhaust
T10 4-speed transmission
Roman Red with White coves
Red interior and White soft convertible top
Wonderbar radio
Windshield washers
Sun visors
Courtesy light
Full size wheel covers
Radial wide Whitewall tires
Correct jack, spare, tools and trunk liner
When used in conjunction with Rochester fuel injection and the solid-lifter Duntov cam, they contributed to a rating of 315 HP, the highest ever in a production Corvette. They were dropped from production due to a high rate of faulty castings, but the same configuration returned in cast-iron for 1961, with the 315 HP rating along with it. Model-year 1961 also saw the first look at the new “ducktail” rear-end treatment first seen on the XP700 show car in 1958. The upswept tail and four round tail lights foreshadowed that of the 1963 Sting Ray, and a new mesh front-grille insert further distinguished the 1961 model from its forbearers. This concours-quality 1961 Corvette’s matching-numbers 283/315 HP Rochester fuel-injected engine shows the correct air cleaner, generator, distributor, spark-plug shields, hoses and clamps, incorporates aluminized exhaust and is teamed with a Borg Warner T-10 4-speed manual transmission.
