Noland Adams is a well known author and Corvette historian whose works include Corvette, American Legend covering five volumes: The Beginning, about original dream car prototype and 1953 production, and the follow-up series, 1954-1955 Production, 1956 Racing Success, 1957 Fuel Injection / 283 V-8, and 1958-1960 Production.
In this third installment of the series, the author covers the smallest details of Corvette's fourth production year. Archival photography, much of it never before published, shows the 1956 model rolling down the production line at GM's top-secret St. Louis assembly plant, turning heads on American street corners, and taking on all comers at racing venues like Daytona, Sebring, and Pebble Beach.
Period advertisements re-create the hype GM generated following a sales slump in 1955. An exhaustive text follows the automobile from the design table to the production line to the showroom floor and discusses the development of. racing models and their performance at major races around the globe.
Contents: 1. Assembly Instruction Manual (AIM) 2. Development 3. On the Beach 4. Production Begins 5. 1956 Motorama 6. Dealer Drive-Away 7. NASCAR Speed Week 8. Sebring 1956 9. Prince's Bertil's '56 10. Export 11. Pebble Beach 12. Fuel Injection 13. SR-2 14. Influences 15. End of Production 16. Future
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