Guess What Ride 52: Early C1 Corvette Test
GuessWhatRide is the GuysWithRides.com game designed to test your classic car knowledge. Chevrolet launched the Corvette for the 1953 model year. This original design lasted three model years (1953, 1954, and 1955).
The picture provided shows two Corvettes from these three model years. From these pictures, can you tell what might be the difference between these two survivor examples? If you think you know the answer, fill out the questionnaire below. All correct answers will be entered in a drawing for a Battery Tender Plus 12 Volt 1.25 Amp Charger and Maintainer, a $60 value we will fulfill via Amazon.
Produced from 1953 through 1955, the original Corvette featured Chevrolet’s “Blue Flame” inline-six powerplant. In 1955, Chevrolet offered the car with the GM Division’s new 265 cubic inch small block V8. Other than opening the hood, the quickest way to tell whether a 1955 Corvette features the V8 is the gold “V” implanted in the front fender scripts.
Rudy filmed the survivor-quality 1954 and 1955 Corvettes at Barry’s Car Barn in Intercourse, Pennsylvania. While the pictures don’t depict it well, both cars are, in fact, Polo White. If you look closely at the top picture, that is the 1955 featuring a gold “V” in the script. That was the answer we were looking for.
We ran this quiz from November 12 through November 20, 2023, and roughly 60% of the respondents got it right:
The emails of the correct responses received were then entered into a random drawing. From these, reader Doug L. was the winner of the Battery Tender! We’ve contacted Doug to send him the Battery Tender via Amazon Fulfillment.
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- Neither Amazon nor Deltran sponsored this quiz. GuysWithRides is purchasing the prize via Amazon and will have it shipped directly to the winning name randomly drawn from the entrants received.
1954 flipper molding has a diagonal slit in it. 1953 does not have the slit.
One has 6 cyl. engine, the other has a v-8
The Chevrolet logo on the top image has a stylized “V” in the name also in gold. These contests are always fun; the prizes are just an added bonus.
One is a 6 cylinder and one is an 8 cylinder.
Good one. The V in the Chevrolet script on the side of the fender tells you it was a V8. It was FIRST offered in the 1955 Corvette but you knew that already didn’t you.
The “V” in the Chevrolet script in the top photo implies a V-8 under the hood.
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the difference between the 2 colors is a different shade of white
I thought the hubcaps/wheel covers looked different.
’55 was the 1st V8
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The top picture is of a pre- production 1953. The bottom picture is a 1954.
You can tell this by the fender emblem in the top picture and the color the top on the corvette in the bottom picture
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