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o e Site PR - 1957 CORVETTE 1957 SERIAL NUMBERS Body and Chassis: E575100001 through £575106339 Engine Sufi: EF:220HP Manual ——_—FK: 250 HP. Automatic FH: 220 HP, Automatic EG: 270 HP. Manual ; EH:245 HP Manual EL: 283 HP. Manual FG:245 HP, Automatic EN: 283 HP, Manual EM: 250 HR, Manual (w/air intake) Block Casting: 3731548 Head hea All 283 HP me am Al ctcpe 263 HP Distributor: 1110891 (220, 245, 270 HP) 1110906 (250 HP. Automatic) 1110889, 1110905 (250. 283 HP Manuai) 1310908 (283 Manual, Special HP with tach-drive) Generator: 1102043 (standard tachometer drwe) 1102059 (non-tach drwe. special EN suffix engina) Carburetors: Carter WCFB 23665A, 2655S (220 HP) Carter WCFB 26265 (front), 26275 ireani(2is HP Carter WCFB 2613S (front). 2614S (rear)\270 HP, Fuel injection: 7014360 (early), 7014520, 7014800, 7014960 1957 FACTS © The 1957 models the first to be factory equipped with fuel inyecuuon. in its hottest form. the 1957 Corvette fuel injected engine puts out 283 HP, one horsepower for each cubic inch of displacement. Recosds show that 1040 fuel wyected 1957 Corvettes were bust. © The Optional hardtop for the 1957 Corvette has stainless stee! header trim. © The opuonal AM radio sn the 1957 Corvette is the same as the 1956 Wansistorized unit, except the selector has the word “Wonderbar’. ® Authenuc 1957 engine vaive covers have Staggered hold-down holes and attach wath Philips head screws. The 220 HP engune has painted stee! covers with the Chevrolet script. Optional engines use the 7 or 9-nb cast aloy | covers. . © The hugh performaace EN fucl inyected engine has a tachometer mounted ' Of the steering column and a cold air induction system. Chevrulet cauuoned buyers on sales literature that this engine was not for “pleasure drwing” and Certain Options, such as the heater, were not available when APO 5S79E was Ordered. The nuinber of STE 1957 Corvettes was 43. © The 1957 body is a carry-over from 1956. 16 oe ft 2 . Ay se 1957 OPTIONS ORDER ¢ DESCRIPTION RETAIL $ 2934 Base Corvette Convertible 3176.32 eS aA ia 1 t Seehung r 107 Parking Brake Alarm 5.00 108 Courtesy Lipnis 6.00 109 Windstneld Washer 11.00 276 5-15x5.5° Wheels 14.00 290 Whatewall Tires, 6.7015 30.03 313 Powerghde Automatic Transmission 175.00 419 Auuliary Hardtop 00 426 Power Windows §35.60 440 Addiuonal Cove Color 18.00 469A Opuonal 245 HP 283 Ci Engine (2x4 Caro 140.00 4698 Optional 270 HP 283 Ci Engine (204 Car 170.00 579A 1250 HP. 283 Cl Engine (Fuel inj) 450.00 5798 Optional 283 HP 283 Ci Engine (Fuel inj) 450.00 S79E 283 HP, 283 Cl Engine (Fuct inj) 675.00 473 Power Operated Folding Tup " 130.00 677 Poutraction Axle, 3.70:1 Reto 45.00 678 Positracoon Axte, 4.11:1 Rauo 45.00 avy Duty Racing 685 4-Speed Transmssion 178.00 © Fuel Injection ts thought of as a mid-year opbon, being available some- where after #@£57S102000, but Rochester actually began slow manufacture of Fi units in October, 1956, so it ts poseible that a Sew (very Sew) eary ‘87 Corvettes were factory fuel injected. © The four-speed transmission became available on May 1. 1957. © RPO 276 inckudes smal hubcaps in place of the standerd full discs. The wider rims cede't have the “bumps” to rete the full wheel Cover dacs. 1957 COLORS CODE EXTERIOR SOFT Top WHEELS INTERIOR None Onyx Black Bik-W-Bge Black R-Bge None = Artec Copper Boe-W Copper Bge None = Cascade Green Bik-W-Bge Green Bge None = Arcuc Blue Bik-W-Bge Blue A-Bge None Venetian Red Bik-W-Bge Red R-Bge None = Polo White Blh-W- Bigs A-Sat A-Be None inca Sawer Bin-W Sivet A-Bige ABBAEVIATION: Blk = Black, R = Red. Boe = Seige, We White, Si = Siver ® At adaitional cost, fender coves areas could be factory painted in offsexung colors. Factory brochuses list Siver coves for Onyx Black, Arcuc flue and Polo White exteriors. Beige coves are specified for all Other extenors except inca Saver which shcwed an optuonal white cove. But evigence sugyests What al ince 7 Ort Os Srms Mle Mine © -+ See > 0 OR ED Gee Gee oa o> ones a a 2 ES a ae a . . ted h il —~e eo a oo ee .