And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Toss-up who was more important to early Corvettes – Bill Mitchell or Zora Arkus-Duntov. Arguably, split-window on the ’63 is attributed to the design preferences of Michell. It was designer Larry Shinoda that finetuned Mitchell’s design concept into split-window reality. Zora Arkus-Duntov was hard-core performance oriented and disliked the split-window design for safety reasons. The ’63 ‘Vette was a battle between designer & engineer that the more senior designer won.
Heard stories that the one piece window was a problem to produce, but I don't think that should have been a problem. On the idea that 63 owners replaced the split window, I never saw one, being in a Corvette club for 30 years and judging shows. Not saying it never happened, but it was certainly not common. Bubbarust
no one would take a 63 with a one piece window to a show. where it would certinally lose to a car owned by some old guy that wrote a fat check to buy his way to the trophy, but alot of owners installed a one piece window when it was new.
A classic Chevy Corvette = Nice!!!
ReplyDeleteHave wondered the 'why' of the split window. Especial as the following model year had a whole, unsplit, curved rear window.
ReplyDeleteTimeless design
ReplyDeleteSplit window got axed because of the blind spot in the rear view mirror
ReplyDeleteToss-up who was more important to early Corvettes – Bill Mitchell or Zora Arkus-Duntov. Arguably, split-window on the ’63 is attributed to the design preferences of Michell. It was designer Larry Shinoda that finetuned Mitchell’s design concept into split-window reality. Zora Arkus-Duntov was hard-core performance oriented and disliked the split-window design for safety reasons. The ’63 ‘Vette was a battle between designer & engineer that the more senior designer won.
DeleteMaybe they took a page from the Germans, very early VWs had the same design
ReplyDeleteFord, too, in the late 30s.
DeleteMakes it look a little like a P-38 Lightening.
ReplyDeleteMid-60s Sting Ray.
ReplyDeleteA lot of early owners of the '63 Vette had the split rear window replaced.
ReplyDeleteThink 62 1/2 is the first. I like the boat tail Riviera if I am going split rear window
DeleteBoomer heaven.
ReplyDeleteOK renter LOL
DeleteHeard stories that the one piece window was a problem to produce, but I don't think that should have been a problem. On the idea that 63 owners replaced the split window, I never saw one, being in a Corvette club for 30 years and judging shows. Not saying it never happened, but it was certainly not common.
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no one would take a 63 with a one piece window to a show. where it would certinally lose to a car owned by some old guy that wrote a fat check to buy his way to the trophy, but alot of owners installed a one piece window when it was new.
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