It Was A Very Good Year!

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because three years later the Thunderbird would leave the two-seat market and move up to the new four-passenger, personal luxury market. Engineering, styling and comfort refinements to the Corvette, beginning in 1956, transformed the car and sales slowly began to blossom. After a tremulous first three years, the Corvette would come of age, and its future would never be as precarious again.
The Gypsy Red 1955 shown here is owned by Anthony Reale of Washington, New Jersey. It was restored by the late Paul Lake of Broadway Restorations and made an auspicious debut at the 1993 Franklin Mint show as part of a special display of 1953, 1954 and 1955 Red, White and Blue Corvettes. It was "Chip's Choice" #45 at the 1994 Corvettes at Carlisle, and at the 1995 NCRS Cypress Gardens show it took at Top Flight Award with a 98.6 points. This beautifully restored Corvette stands to remind today's generation what a great year 1955 truly was.