Vintage Corvette Advertisement - Pleasure Package

...there's dream car construction. The Corvette's body is genuine fiberglass. It's light, it's strong, it's convenient and economical to repair, and fiberglass can't rust.

There's interior luxury in the Corvette that's typified by the rich-as-leather vinyl upholstery. The waffle-type pattern of this upholstery and the contour design of the bucket seats are touches of the true custom car. Interior colors harmonize with the exterior color choice.

The new Corvette offers the convenience of an optional power-operated top. And there are weather-tight windows that roll up by hand, or by power. And for the tops in weather protection and extra style, you can have not only the standard vinyl-coated fabric top, but an optional...

...lightweight plastic top. In addition to convenience and luxury, inside the Corvette you'll find...

...true sports car realism and glamour. Like the racing-type steering wheel, and such genuine sports car instruments as a tachometer that indicates engine revolutions per minute.

The shift lever is floor-mounted for convenience and split-second control of the specially-engineered, close-ratio standard transmission. The gear ratios used in First, Second, and Third are numerically closer to each other than usual, which means that higher road speeds can be attained in First and Second gears.

If you wish, make Powerglide your choice. Move the lever, and this transmission does your thinking, does your shifting for you with an expert's sure grip. But whatever your choice of transmission, the Corvette gives you the safety and pleasure of being ahead of traffic, because backing up your transmission...

...is the kind of advanced, responsive, power-crammed engine that puts the Corvette ahead of any other sports car or personal car on the road. Under the polished aluminum rocker covers and air cleaners is the smoothest V-8 engine in the industry.

In its standard version, with single four-barrel carburetor and dual exhausts, this new powerplant hits a mighty 220 horsepower. In addition, there are four optional engines available to match power to fit individual pleasure and needs.

There is the 245 horsepower engine with eight-jet carburetion. And for competitive-minded sports car fans, a spectacular 270 horsepower V-8 with high-performance camshafts and mechanical valve lifters. And for the first time on a production model sports car, Corvette presents...

...V-8 with fuel injection. The fuel-injection principle, previously only on expensive racing cars, is now available on production model Corvettes. The conventional carburetor is out. Instead, gasoline nozzles, aimed right at the intake valves of each cylinder, provide direct flow of automatically adjusted gas/air mixture for greater, smoother, and instantly responsive power.

Corvettes bearing this proud fuel injection emblem can be powered by either the 250 horsepower fuel-injection V-8 with 9.5:1 compression ratio, or a 283 horsepower V-8, equipped with high-performance camshafts, and an all-time high of 10.5:1 compression ratio. Just how good is the performance of Corvette with fuel injection? Well, let's hear from...