VIN 20867S112173

Car Year:	1962
Car's approximate birthday:	June 4, 1962
Owner:	Mecum Auctions Monterey 2019
City:	Monterey
State:	California
Country:	United States
Purchase date:	Undefined
Status:	Current Owner
Nickname:	20867S112173
State:	Bloomington Gold
Exterior:	Tuxedo Black
Interior:	Black
Softtop:	Other Color
Wheels:	Black
Delivery Dealer Zone:	Unknown
Delivery Dealer Code:	Unknown
Options:	RPO	Option	Percentage Sold [%]	Sales Price [$]
	0867	Base Corvette (FI 360hp)	100.00%	4,038.00
	102	AM Radio	89.99%	137.75
	419	Auxiliary Hardtop	55.56%	236.75
	582	327ci 360hp Engine - Fuel Injection	13.20%	484.20
	675	Positraction Rear Axle	97.94%	43.05
	685	4 Speed Manual Transmission	77.89%	188.30
	686	Metallic Brakes	19.26%	37.70
	687	Heavy Duty Brakes and Steering	1.69%	333.60
	Total		0.006127916710750% (1 Cars)	5,499.35
Factory job nr.:	Unknown
Export Car:	Non Export Car
Car history:
Posted 09/08/2019 Mecum Auctions // Monterey 2019 Lot F133 See this link for pics. https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0819-380946/1962-chevrolet-corvette-big-brake-fuelie/ Bloomington Gold Certified NCRS Top Flight Gold Spinner award Triple Crown winner 1 of 246 produced Previously owned by an NCRS judge Fuel-injected 327/360 HP engine 4-speed manual transmission Tuxedo Black with Black interior and top Auxiliary hardtop RPO 687 heavy duty brakes and steering 4.11 Positraction rear axle AM radio Bloomington Gold Certification, NCRS Top Flight honors and a Chevy Vettefest Gold Spinner Award culminated in this 1962 Chevrolet Corvette winning the prized Triple Crown Award. Previously owned by a National Corvette Restorers Society judge, it is one of a mere 246, 1961 Corvettes produced with the RPO 687 Heavy Duty Brakes and Special Steering option package, part of a comprehensive range of performance enhancements established by de facto Corvette Chief Engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov through the heat of real-world competition. The Big Brake option was first offered in 1957 as RPO 684, labeled as Heavy Duty Racing Suspension. Development had begun much earlier as Corvette began establishing a winning reputation in SCCA competition, but the real advances came during fevered preparation for the Sebring 12 Hours race in March 1956. When Arkus-Duntov himself raced a Corvette mule around the Sebring circuit in February while waiting for the weather to clear for what would become his 150 MPH record run at Daytona, the tracks rough surface revealed pronounced inadequacies in suspension and brake durability. Several heavy-duty pieces were introduced in time for the Sebring 12 Hours, when Corvette took its first class win in FIA competition. By the time of the Nassau Trophy races in December 1956, the so-called Big Brake package was finalized. It included heavier front coil springs, five-leaf instead of four-leaf rear springs, a larger front sway bar, stiffer shocks, a quick-steering adapter, transversely finned brake drums with ventilated backing plates fitted with scoops over screened openings, internal cooling fans and special Cerametalix linings. Increasing displacement to 327 CI in the 1962 Corvette maximized the small-block V-8s potential, especially in this Rochester fuel-injected version with 360 HP. Finished in black with a black auxiliary hardtop and black interior, and equipped with the requisite 4-speed and this examples 4.11 Positraction rear end as well, this was the hottest Corvette offered to the public to that time.
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