This is the very first Corvette ever built Corvette No.1. The above picture shows the first American Super Car to rolling off the assembly line on June 30,1953. All of the first 15 1953 Corvettes were all built by hand in a customer delivery garage in Flint Michigan before the new automobile plant that was devoted to producing the Corvette began production in St. Louis. This new automobile plant was capable of building 10,000 Corvettes a year but only created 300 in the first year. Of those 300 cars created the first two were test cars and were destroyed, but approximately 225 of the 1953 Corvettes are known to still exist today.
In 1953 there weren’t many options on the Corvette, actually there were only two an Am radio for $145.15 and a heater that would run you $91.40. But in all reality even though they were listed as options all 1953 Corvettes were equipped with both options.
So back in 1953 if you bought one of these fully loaded Polo White with red interior and a black canvas top (that is the only way they came) you would have had to shell out $3,498.00 to own this first American Super Car.
