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or the two-speed Powerglide.
Buyers flocked to the new Thunderbird, and sales were
good, tallying 16,155. Corvette sales were not nearly as satisfactory. Chevrolet
dealers had to move the six cylinder-powered '54s and they were deeply discounted,
which cut into sales of the new V-8 powered models. When the dust settled at
the end of the model year, Chevrolet had sold exactly 700 1955 Corvettes. That
would have sounded the death knell for the Corvette, however thanks to the Thunderbird
and supporters of the car within Chevrolet, the car was given a reprieve. In
retrospect that was a sound decision,
