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1961 C1 Corvette
Revisiting some photos when I got my first legitimate DSLR.
I felt like I needed to shift-gears (pun unintended) on what I was editing and decided to revisit some photos when I made my first decent attempt at photography when I upgraded from a Canon Rebel T3i to the Canon 6D and picked-up a pretty fast 85mm lens.
This was from a historic car show at the Winterthur Estate in Delaware, from May 2015.
- These were the swan song years of solid axle Corvettes. Chevy freshened the car for 1961 by grafting the now famous four taillight design to the rear of the car, foreshadowing the Sting Ray race car based ’63 model. The car continued it’s dechroming by removing the famous tooth grill and replacing it with a more conservative (and cleaner) mesh style. This was also the last time a contrasting color could be specified for the “coves.” Cars produced for 1962 are considered the cleanest of all post-1958 cars and current prices reflect that distinction. This was the first year for the legendary 327 cubic inch V8 and thin-stripe white wall tires. Production would reach an all-time high for C1 Corvettes at 14,531 units.
A styling refresh, in 1961 featured a 4-taillight rear end and a toothless grille. With seven small block motors available, you could get as much as 315 hp with the fuel-injected 283 mill. Production reached 10,939 units.
The last of an era, and went out with a bang in 1962 with the introduction of the 327 ci motor and arguably the cleanest body trim of all C1 Corvettes. The top of the line, fuel-injected 327 ci motor pumped out 360 hp.
- Cited from corvetteOnline.com
1961 C1 Corvette
Revisiting some photos when I got my first legitimate DSLR.
I felt like I needed to shift-gears (pun unintended) on what I was editing and decided to revisit some photos when I made my first decent attempt at photography when I upgraded from a Canon Rebel T3i to the Canon 6D and picked-up a pretty fast 85mm lens.
This was from a historic car show at the Winterthur Estate in Delaware, from May 2015.
- These were the swan song years of solid axle Corvettes. Chevy freshened the car for 1961 by grafting the now famous four taillight design to the rear of the car, foreshadowing the Sting Ray race car based ’63 model. The car continued it’s dechroming by removing the famous tooth grill and replacing it with a more conservative (and cleaner) mesh style. This was also the last time a contrasting color could be specified for the “coves.” Cars produced for 1962 are considered the cleanest of all post-1958 cars and current prices reflect that distinction. This was the first year for the legendary 327 cubic inch V8 and thin-stripe white wall tires. Production would reach an all-time high for C1 Corvettes at 14,531 units.
A styling refresh, in 1961 featured a 4-taillight rear end and a toothless grille. With seven small block motors available, you could get as much as 315 hp with the fuel-injected 283 mill. Production reached 10,939 units.
The last of an era, and went out with a bang in 1962 with the introduction of the 327 ci motor and arguably the cleanest body trim of all C1 Corvettes. The top of the line, fuel-injected 327 ci motor pumped out 360 hp.
- Cited from corvetteOnline.com