1957 Chevrolet Corvette Big Brake Airbox

1 of 43 Big Brake/Airbox Cars Produced, Fuel-Injected 283/283 HP V-8, 4-Speed · Lot R880 · Kissimmee 2027 - Fuel-injected 283/283 HP V-8 engine - RPO 579E - Fresh air airbox - RPO 276 - 15x5.5-inch wheels with dog dish hubcapse - RPO 678 - Positraction rear axle 4:11 - RPO 684 - Heavy duty racing suspension - RPO 685 - 4-speed transmission - Recent multi-year restoration - 1 of 43 Big Brake/Airbox cars produced - Bought new in December, 1957 by Jack Coyle from Harry Mann Chevrolet in Los Angeles - Coyle raced the car regularly from 1958-1961 at Pomona and other races in California and Nevada - Coyle won the Mission Bell Hill Climb on June 19, 1960 - Coyle finished 8th in the 1964 sports car class at Pikes Peak - The second owner was Roger Daisley, an Air Force pilot - Daisley bought the car from Coyle in 1966 and had it shipped to Okinawa, Japan, where he was stationed - Daisley drove in many hill climb races in Okinawa and raced in the Macau Grand Prix near Hong Kong in 1967 and 1968 - Daisley sold the car to Troy Mason in 1969 after getting an order to report to Vietnam in 10 days - Mason painted the car yellow and shipped it to Norfolk, Virginia - After his military service ended, Mason drove the car from Norfolk, Virginia to his hometown of Irvine, Kentucky - Mason raced the car a few times at Clay City Dragway - Mason then put the car in his mother's barn and it sat there for 48 years - Dale Flynn bought the car in 2017 and finished restoring it in 2021 - 2019 - Corvettes at Carlisle Race Car Reunion J.D. Purvis Celebrity Choice award - 2024 - Best of Show Mushroom Festival - 2024 - Displayed at Bloomington Gold Collection: A Tribute to the Fuel Injected Corvette - 2024 - Top award at American Tri-Five and featured as the cover car in the "American Tri-Five" magazine November 2024 issue - 2025 - Best of Show Corvette Expo in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee - 2025 - Displayed at the Race Car Reunion Corvettes at Carlisle - 2026 - NCRS Regional, Altoona, Pennsylvania, sign-off for American Heritage award - 2026 - NCRS National, Charleston, South Carolina, American Heritage Historic Race Car award