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26/06/2026 2:04 pm
much more drivable - Amen Brother John, AMEN!!Tony, it's the '56 that got me hooked on Corvettes. The owner of the neighborhood butcher shop bought a new '56 like the one pictured in my post. That one did it for me. The overdone '58 is nice too. We have 2 gorgeous '58s in our 1/1 Corvette club, one fuel injected, one carbureted. The FI version is a trailer queen; the carbureted one is much more drivable.An age-old quarrel among Corvette-a-philes. I'm with Ed on this and prefer the '56. The '53 through '55 cars were historic and the '55 much improved, engine-wise. But the '56 was the first nail biting restyling exercise and it turned out beautiful. At the time, I hated the 1958 mass jump to quad lights. And at first hated the change to the Vette with the twin chrome trunk spears and washboard hood louver treatment. But since they vanished in 1959 as over-the-top eccentricities, it became a much loved one-year car and increased in collector value much like the later one year '63 Split Window Coupe.
The '58 here is a fuelie; not available in a '56 but in '57 the Corvette got its first fuel injected engine and that more directly competed with the '58. But still, '56 to '58, I'd prefer the earlier car for simplicity and knockout good looks.
Excellent comparo today John - thank you!
Steve Jacobs reacted
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26/06/2026 2:35 pm
Tony, that's my subtle way of saying that the early Rochester fuel injection system is a total P.I.A. to run and maintain.much more drivable - Amen Brother John, AMEN!!Tony, it's the '56 that got me hooked on Corvettes. The owner of the neighborhood butcher shop bought a new '56 like the one pictured in my post. That one did it for me. The overdone '58 is nice too. We have 2 gorgeous '58s in our 1/1 Corvette club, one fuel injected, one carbureted. The FI version is a trailer queen; the carbureted one is much more drivable.An age-old quarrel among Corvette-a-philes. I'm with Ed on this and prefer the '56. The '53 through '55 cars were historic and the '55 much improved, engine-wise. But the '56 was the first nail biting restyling exercise and it turned out beautiful. At the time, I hated the 1958 mass jump to quad lights. And at first hated the change to the Vette with the twin chrome trunk spears and washboard hood louver treatment. But since they vanished in 1959 as over-the-top eccentricities, it became a much loved one-year car and increased in collector value much like the later one year '63 Split Window Coupe.
The '58 here is a fuelie; not available in a '56 but in '57 the Corvette got its first fuel injected engine and that more directly competed with the '58. But still, '56 to '58, I'd prefer the earlier car for simplicity and knockout good looks.
Excellent comparo today John - thank you!
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John Bono
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Steve Jacobs and Tony Perrone reacted
26/06/2026 4:16 pm
I prefer the ‘58 thank-you.
Steve
26/06/2026 8:49 pm
I am ready to get beat up for not liking corvettes at all. But the choice of the two above is 58.
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