C2 Corvettes lost their iconic split-window therapy following just 1 year in production, which tends to make the 1963 vehicles comparatively uncommon and high-priced these days. So getting 1 in your Corvette collection would be anything to be proud of. But 1 Vette fan didn’t quit at owning a single splittie. He purchased 1 of each offered colour, and his special fleet is about to be auctioned off at Mecum’s Kissimmee sale.

Just more than ten,000 Corvette coupes have been constructed with the two-piece rear glass and the simulated hood vents that have been also special to the ’63 model. Safety issues resulting from decreased rearward visibility are blamed for the the alter, and according to Hot Rod some owners of very first-year vehicles in fact modified theirs with a single pane of glass, eliminating the spine. Probably seemed like a great notion at the time…

As with any auto, it is exciting to see how the distinct colors in this Corvette collection hide or draw interest to the styling, which was the operate of Larry Shinoda, with some support from Pete Brock, each functioning below the watchful eye of GM design and style boss Bill Mitchell. The vehicles differ in each spec and colour (even though they’re all manuals no nasty two-speed Powerglide autos right here), so which would you take property?

Silver Blue – Estimate $350-400,000

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The very first C2 in our rundown is 1 of an estimated 1,300 coupes constructed that year with the leading-spec 360 hp (365 PS) L84 fuel-injected 327 (five.four-liter) V8. It’s also 1 of 651 to send its energy to the ground by means of steep four.56 gears that ought to make it really feel fairly urgent from a stoplight (and hideous on the freeway). It’s covered just 36,714 miles (59,one hundred km) from new.

Tuxedo Black – Estimate $325-350,000

Another fuellie Corvette, this time paired with a four.11 rear finish, this stealthy Tuxedo Black auto has a matching black interior. It received a physique-on resto in 2017 and has 35,668 miles (57,400 km) on the clock.

Sebring Silver – Estimate $250-275,000

One of the much more reasonably priced (these issues are relative) vehicles in the collection, this 1 does not claim an extraordinary low mileage but it does come in arguably the ideal colour and it nevertheless has the 360-horse injected V8 that was only fitted to ten % of Vettes in ’63.

Ermine White – Estimate $250-275,000

This auto is equipped with a 340 hp (345 PS) L79 327 that featured a 4-barrel carb alternatively of Rochester mechanical fuel injection, but was quite almost as speedy. It’s got a celebrity connection, as well, getting been previously bought by Television character Jesse James of West Coast Choppers and Monster Garage fame for Sandra Bullock.

Riverside Red – $225-275,000

Not our preferred colour, probably, but this classic Vette also has the potent 340 hp L79, displays a genuine 47,844 miles (77,000 km) on its odometer and has previously received a physique-on restoration.

Saddle – $275-300,000

This C2 is only packing the mild 300 hp (304 PS) 327 and a relatively mellow three.36 Positraction rear axle, but it has covered only 40,530 miles (65,200 km), had a concours-grade physique-off restoration and is completed in uncommon Saddle paint.

Daytona Blue – $450-500,000

This one’s a bit particular for a couple of factors. It’s 1 of only 199 vehicles fitted with the race-prepared Z06 package that was only offered with the fuel-injected L84, has a quite low mileage of 22,723 (36,600 km), and was converted to proper-hand drive when new following its export to Australia.

You can verify out the complete listing for these Corvettes and the other vehicles appearing at Mecum’s Kissimmee in January by clicking right here.