Well crap! I thought I was going to be able to add another rare find to the really short existing list!
Beautiful job on this from start to finish Bob. And I'm really starting to like the White too.
Here's the rare list. There are three frames known with the May 61 serial numbers and I have one of them, but it was not built when the other two were built since mine had the standard markings. These May frames were the first Corvette 5's
This one was for sale on the old Pacific Schwinn Bike Forum by member Kbrays. Every single person on that site said this was a total fake and after a few weeks I believe he gave up selling on the site and listed it on eBay. It did eventually sell to a collector, name unknown, and then it was later purchased by Jerry of Memory Lane Classics. The chain guard markings and the seat tube decal are the early proto's. I'm not sure if there was originally a gear shift decal or not or if that was added at some point later.
There are only two of these known and
@vincev has the other one.
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Then there is this one, the only 1963 Corvette 5 speed known. This has an interesting history and one of the previous owners was a homeless beach bum in Florida.
1963 Was the first year any Corvette was available in Coppertone. Owner: Jeff,
@Pedalsnostalgia
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