- The first Corvette was built on June 30, 1953 at the Flint, Michigan assembly plant.
- These Corvettes were constructed in an area at the back of Chevy's customer delivery garage on Van Slyke Ave.
- They are not only the first, but also the rarest Vettes.
- 300 cars were produced and about 200 are still in the hands of collectors.
- The first two cars are missing.
- By early 1954, Chev said that 315 Corvettes had been built and that production had moved to the assembly plant in St. Louis, Missouri.
- They predicted that 1000 Corvettes per month would be built in St. Louis by June 1954 and that 10,000 per year could be built and sold.
- Zora Arkus-Duntov joined Chevrolet Motor Division in 1953 and would become the chief engineer of Corvette.
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