VIN 20867S105055

Car Year:	1962
Car's approximate birthday:	January 8, 1962
Owner:	John Mattson
City:	Eau Claire
State:	Wisconsin
Country:	United States
Purchase date:	07/14/1972
Status:	Current Owner
State:	Project Car
Exterior:	Ermine White
Interior:	Red
Softtop:	Black	(32.53%)
Wheels:	Black
Delivery Dealer Zone:	Unknown
Delivery Dealer Code:	Unknown
Options:	RPO	Option	Percentage Sold [%]	Sales Price [$]
	0867	Base Corvette (1x4 300hp)	100.00%	4,038.00
	102	AM Radio	89.99%	137.75
	1832	Whitewall Tires 6.70x15	100.00%	31.55
	313	Powerglide Transmission	10.54%	199.10
	473	Power Operated Folding Top	2.41%	139.90
	583	327ci 300hp Engine	22.67%	53.80
	Total		0.000052684792821% (1 Cars)	4,600.10
Factory job nr.:	72
Export Car:	Non Export Car
Engine details:	Original 300 hp Block. Pad: 2105055 F1219SD. Cast #: 3782870. Cast date: L181. Non-original Heads. Cast #: 3782461x. Cast date both: J31 Original Intake Manifold. Cast #: 3799349. Mold date: 2-2-61. Cast #: 3799349. Cast date: K291. Original Exhaust Manifolds. Cast # Right: 3797902. Cast # Left: 3797901 Non-original Carburetor. Carter AFB 3310S. Date: L1. Tag #: 3819207 3310S.
Other details:	Original Powerglide transmission missing. Replaced with correct 1962 Corvette Powerglide. Casting #: 3797826. Casting date: 61. Assembly plant/date: B1 23 N. Original Axle. Open, 3.36:1 Ratio. Cast #:3725899. Cast date: L161. Assembly suffix/date: CA 1226. Original Power Top car ......... one of the few (350).
Car history:
I purchased #5055 from a credit union in Eau Claire, WI. on 7-14-72 as a repossession, for the sum of $200. The powerglide transmission was missing, and other parts were also missing or needed repair. It was inoperable at the time. The odometer registered 80,000 miles and change. There was a New Mexico Park Sticker on the windshield. I bought #5055 as a project that I didn’t have time for at that time, so I stored it away for many years. In the mid 1980s I began tinkering around with #5055 with thoughts of putting it together as a custom hot rod driver to have some fun with. I didn’t know anything about the Corvette hobby and very little about Corvettes, but I had heard about Bloomington Gold, so in 1986 I took a trip south to learn. From this experience my outlook changed and I had a new goal …… Gold! I joined NCRS, SACE/SACC, WI. Chapter NCRS, & the GL Chapter SACC. Bloomington Gold and their Workshops became an annual 5-day pilgrimage. In pursuit of correct information for the restoration of #5055 I turned into a ’62 Corvette hobby researcher, and then an author with published articles in NCRS & SACC publications. #5055 remains an unfinished project today, but the ride I am having with it is a blast. Realizing that if I ever finish #5055 it will be more trailer queen than driver, I purchased a 1994 LT1 convertible for my "Corvette" driver. Since January 1996 I have been researching VIN tag variations in 1962 Corvette production. Many listed in this registry are among the hundreds of participants in this research, and many are not. If you own a 1962 Corvette we need your help in documenting and preserving this information for the future, before more of it becomes lost. We need your input! Contact me for more information. I am also researching and have much information on the 1962 Powerglide Transmission. I would like to get in touch with as many 1962 Corvette Powerglide owners as I can. Contact me and let’s talk. Save the Wave …………….
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