Photo: Mecum Auctions
The 1963 Corvette will always be remembered for being the first ‘Vette to be designated as a Z06. Thanks to a Rochester fuel-injected L84 vee-eight with 360 horsepower on tap, the C2 Z06 was the fastest 'Vette of the 1963 model year lineage.
Since Zora Arkus-Duntov laid out the basics of the Z06 in 1962, the lineage of go-faster Corvettes is now boasting with a 2015 model year Z06, rated a whopping 650 horsepower and 650 lb-ft (881 Nm) from a 6.2-liter small-block supercharged LT4 V8.
Clearly, times have changed, but even the first-gen Corvette had a blistering potent derivative, dubbed the RPO 687. Only 246 were ever made and good jolly, the Corvette we’re covering today is one of them.
If you’re wondering what’s hiding under the hood of this 1962 Triple Black Big Brake Fuelie Corvette, I will be much obliged to tell you it’s the same L84 small-block (327-cu.in/5.4 liters) V8 of the C2 Z06.
The fuel-injected lump is mated to a 4-speed T-10 manual transmission and a 4.11 Positraction third member, translating to the fastest ‘Vette you could buy from the 1962 model lineup. Aided by heavy-duty brakes and a competition-spec steering pack, this bad boy from days long past was the real deal.
Sold at auction in 2012 for a cool $100,000, the eye candy in the photo gallery below is also enhanced with air scoops for the front and rear brakes, an off-road exhaust, the popular auxiliary hardtop and two front sway bars from the Sebring package. Not bad for a two-seater sportscar that’s 53 years old, huh?
Clearly, times have changed, but even the first-gen Corvette had a blistering potent derivative, dubbed the RPO 687. Only 246 were ever made and good jolly, the Corvette we’re covering today is one of them.
If you’re wondering what’s hiding under the hood of this 1962 Triple Black Big Brake Fuelie Corvette, I will be much obliged to tell you it’s the same L84 small-block (327-cu.in/5.4 liters) V8 of the C2 Z06.
The fuel-injected lump is mated to a 4-speed T-10 manual transmission and a 4.11 Positraction third member, translating to the fastest ‘Vette you could buy from the 1962 model lineup. Aided by heavy-duty brakes and a competition-spec steering pack, this bad boy from days long past was the real deal.
Sold at auction in 2012 for a cool $100,000, the eye candy in the photo gallery below is also enhanced with air scoops for the front and rear brakes, an off-road exhaust, the popular auxiliary hardtop and two front sway bars from the Sebring package. Not bad for a two-seater sportscar that’s 53 years old, huh?
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