1956 Chevrolet Corvette SR-1

1 of 6 SR-Optioned Corvettes Produced and 1 of Only 2 Known to Still Exist · Lot R610 · Kissimmee 2027 - Serial No. E56S002823 - 1 of 6 factory SR-optioned Corvettes produced in June 1956 - All 6 were produced on the assembly line in St. Louis as part of normal production - 1 of only 2 SR-1 Corvettes known to still exist - The Sebring Corvette racers, 6 production SR-1 Corvettes and Zora Arkus-Duntov are often credited with saving the Corvette brand in 1956 - The SR options on these 6 cars were the basis for the racing RPOs 684 and 687 available in 1957-1962 - The SR-1 Corvettes were equipped with the 13 SR-1 options - Bloomington Gold Certified on June 24, 2001 - NCRS Top Flight awarded at NCRS Heart of America Regional Meet on April 30, 2011, with a score of 97.9 - Comprehensive restoration by noted first-generation Corvette restoration specialists Dick Robinson and Jim Keegan in 1998-2000 at the same time as the only other known SR-1 - Preserved and maintained in a climate-controlled facility and car collection since its restoration - Released to Dick Doane Chevrolet in East Dundee, Illinois, with four other SR-optioned Corvettes in 1956 - Purchased new by Frank C. Carr from Dick Doane Chevrolet in 1956, who campaigned the car in Chicago, including the 1957 Lake Michigan Miglia - Second owner Ron Buck purchased the Corvette in June 1962, though was drafted into the U.S. Army in July and ultimately unable to afford the payments on his Army salary - Buck’s father sold the SR-1 on his behalf to Jack Douglass Chevrolet in Elmhurst, Illinois, on November 10, 1962 - As early as 1981, the SR-1 was under the ownership of Bill Herron - Jim Blakely acquired the SR-1 from Herron in 1988 - The SR-1’s current owner, Larry Martin, acquired the car from Blakely in 1998 - 2823 was in a highly original state at the time of its acquisition and subsequent restoration - Displayed at the National Corvette Museum Millennium Anniversary Celebration in 2000 - Displayed at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in 2008 - Pictured in the 1957 Corvette News Vol. 1, Issue 3, article on the Lake Michigan Miglia - Photo album documenting the SR-1’s restoration - Photos signed by John Fitch and Richard “Dick” Thompson, both of whom worked on the Sebring Racer program - Copies of photos of first owner Frank Carr on an SCCA Rallye with the SR-1 - Copies of photos of second owner Ron Buck at Chicago’s O’Hare airport on the day he picked up the SR-1 from Carr’s home in Barrington, Illinois - Copies of correspondence from Carr and Buck regarding their ownership of this SR-1