1961 Corvette XP-700, both tops Fuel Injection

1961 Chevrolet Corvette Description

• 1961 CORVETTE
• XP-700
• New rebuilt 283
• Fuel Injection completely Rebuilt
• complete with rare Air Cleaner
• 4speed
• Steering wheel restored
• Frame cleaned and painted
• Power windows
• one of only 400 made that way
• Excellent soft top
• Painted Hard top
• Body painted does need some touch ups
• all body work complete
• New Mufflers and pipes
• All parts are here according to the owner
• I am selling this for him,
• and am not familiar with
• the 61 Vette to verify this.
• Car is a rolling chassis and will load to a trailer easily
• 
  
• Clean California
• NON-OP title
• (will consider offers)
• "selling"
• He has to many cars
• time to let go of some
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• Here is some information on the XP-700
• from an Internet article
• Corvette XP-700was a one-off, two-seatersports carthat was intended byGeneral Motorsto be a concept but was actually a prototype that used components from available Corvettes at the time and was modified with subtle embellishments to the body style. It was built under the personal supervision of GM Chief DesignerWilliam L. "Bill" Mitchell<ref>GM Store1958 Chevrolet Corvette XP-700 - ©2006 General Motors, All Rights Reserved</ref> (1912-1988) and driven by him for the first year of its life, after which it was redesigned and put on public display the following year. TheXP-700was a two door, canopycoupéthat incorporated a Grand Prix-inspired body over a conventional chassis. It was debuted officially to the public in 1960. In 1961 the chassis was re-used for building its successor, the 1961 Mako Shark<ref>Digital Corvettes"According to Mark Jordan, son of GM designer Charles M. Jordan, the XP-755/Mako Shark was built on the XP-700, explaining it's disappearance". Forum entry on 06-14-2005, 02:16 PM - Copyright ©2000 - 2007, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. and © 2003-2007, DigitalCorvettes.com, Inc. - All Rights Reserved</ref>.