 |
NSN-TRI..1963 Corvette Benchmark Split Window Coupe Export RH Drive Z06 Fuelie GM Show Car 327-360 hp 4 speed with 22,723 actual miles. An incredible time capsule that is a very original unmolested car. Daytona Blue paint with Dark Blue interior and both original in excellent condition. Bloomington Gold Benchmark award in 2013 which includes Gold certification and Survivor certification as an original in all 4 categories. This car is one of the elite few recipients of America’s most prestigious Corvette awards, the happy result of a lifetime of diligent care and discerning use. Unrestored and original!! It was judged worthy of Bloomington Gold Certification, Survivor and Benchmark honors, the latter being the most important of all to the demanding collector. Benchmark Certification recognizes each recipient as not only unrestored—a quality recognized in Survivor judging—but also that it remains in showroom condition, exactly as it was upon delivery from the factory with the exception of aging. These qualities make it the perfect source of reference for a top-quality restoration of a like car, ergo the term “Benchmark.” Benchmark Certification is only awarded to cars that have achieved both Gold and Survivor on the same weekend, qualify in all four Survivor categories. Benchmark is, by definition, the most important distinction in the entire Corvette judging regime, one awarded to fewer than 228 Corvettes (1953-1972) as of this writing—including this jewel of which only 14 of them were 1963!! Invited to the 50th Anniversary Bloomington Gold Collection on June 10th-11th, 2022 and 18th Annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance on March 10th, 2013 and the June 2013 36th Annual Ault Park Concours d'Elegance and the 35th Annual Concours d'Elegance of America (former Meadowbrook) on July 28th, 2013 in Detroit area, and selected to participate in the 2013 "Chip's Choice display" at Corvettes at Carlisle on August 23rd-25th, 2013. The expenses involved in obtaining these awards could surely exceed $20,000.00. One of 199 with the Z06 special performance equipment and this one is radio delete. This is an original motor car per recent affirmation by CCAS, LLC/Al Grenning as to the legitimacy and originality of the cylinder case (engine block), engine stamp pad, and engine stampings. The affirmation certificate is included with the documentation files. Displayed in the 1963 Sydney and 1964 Melbourne Motor Shows while owned by GM Holden. Purchased by first owner from GM Holden in Sydney, Australia in 1964 through R.C. Phillips Sports Car World. Best of Show winner of the First Corvette Car Club of Australia convention in Victoria in 1980 and editorialized in their newsletter. Go on online to read the facts and rumors about this amazing Corvette and just maybe you will be able to chime in and help us discover this car's early history. Production date of May 11th, 1963 and delivered new for export to Australia (dealer code 2 in zone 21) per the official NCRS/GM Shipping Data Records (SDR). 1963 "The Year of the Z"! 199 Z06 special performance weapons grade competition warriors were built to compete on the road courses of America and Europe early in the 1960's. Just purchased from the second owner. Today, the one-year only split window remains one of the most iconic designs in the history of the American automobile and as a result, the 199 factory built Z06's are simply in a league of their own! See photos of this car in Perth, Cotteslbe Beach, and Fremantle Port Australia online. Questions/Comments? P.O.R. Email: terry@proteamcorvette.com AVAILABLE FOR INVITATIONALS
Share on Facebook
Questions/Comments? Email proteam@proteamcorvette.com
|
