New Arrivals
1953-55
1956-57
1958-60
1961-62
1963-64
1965-66
1967
1968-72
1973-79
1980-82
1984-96
1997-10

Offer to
Purchase

Money Back
Guarantee

Sell Us
Your Corvette

Request a
Vette

Testimonials

Project Cars

Site Index

Contact Us 

Join ProTeam's newsFlash list email:

Information wanted | 1953 #211 | Chevy Engineering Car | Experimental Test Unit | Mule

click image to enlarge 1) VIN #E53F001211 2) older restoration 3) White/Red/Black 4) period correct blue flame six with powerglide (currently) 5) reclaimed from depths of Chevy Engineering (1955) 6) body and drivetrain switch at Chevy engineering (build order 17395-1) 7) equipped with a V8, 3-speed, & 1955-'56 rear end 8) donated to NASCAR for their SCORAD dirt track races (stock car activities) 9) SCORAD = Sports Car Owners and Drivers 10) raced February 1956 at Daytona Speed Week events 11) track use in NASCAR events in North Carolina 'til 1957 12) had NASCAR kit/small plexiglas windscreen & fiberglass half tonneau

13) sold in 1958 to Leslie Gray Tuttle 14) names associated with this car or people who may have knowledge: Alex Hawkins, Joe Hawkins, Smokey Yunick, John Hayes, Dave Bartush, Loren Lundberg, John Amgwert, Noland Adams, Dick Robinson, Frank Burrell, Ed Roche of NASCAR archives, the France family. 15) fact: Leslie Gray Tuttle of North Carolina was first owner (1958) after NASCAR and received certificate of origin 16) fact: James Ivey of Canada was the second owner (1972) 17) fact: car built by Chevrolet Engineering Dept. (Experimental Shop & Garage) order #17725-26 for NASCAR stock car racing. Click Here to see build order. 18) fact: has V8 frame 19) fact: 3-speed firewall/probably 1955 re-body at GM 20) fact: has early clutch & brake pedal assembly 21) fact: transmission tunnel reworked 22) fact: had 1/2 tonneau cover 23) fact: weird gas tank cover 24) fact: extra holes inner fender & firewall 25) fact: extra holes in frame 26) fact: had mid mount tranny bracket (welded) 27) fact: has a (L-8-5) December 8th, 1955 (1956) rear end PT #3707306 28) fact: body is not typical 1953 29) fact: could find no shop order plate 30) fact: could find no frame numbers 31) fact: listed in the 7th edition of the 1953-'55 Corvette Registry as being in Florida 32) wanted: photos of an original fiberglass racing tonneau 33) wanted: old photos from Chevrolet Engineering and Daytona 1956 34) wanted: Chevrolet Engineering build order #17395-1 35) wanted: copies of GM notebooks found in glove box 36: wanted: the Chevrolet Engineering 265 ci engine & 3-speed transmission email: terry@proteamcorvette.com and enter "1953 #211" in the subject line.