1953 Corvette Buoyed by a wildly enthusiastic introduction as a concept car at gm's new york 1953 motorama debut in january, company executives put production of the corvette on a fast track to capitalize on the favorable public and media opinion.After months of frantic activity, production on the got underway, with the initial target set at just 50 cars a month a maximum of 300 units for the balance of the calendar year. Each required considerable In the supplied fiberglass components, actually, much of the 1953 model year's run of 300 cars would be hand built, as more efficient production processes for assembling the vehicle's fiberglass body were still being perfected.All cars would be built the same way so workers could concentrate on putting the bodies together properly without being rushed and without the distraction of trim and equipment variations.As a result, all '53 corvettes were painted polo white and had sportsman red interiors, black tops, 6.70 X 15 four ply whitewal ... Read more »