June 30, 1953 the first Corvettes rolled off the temporary assembly line at a GM facility in Flint Michigan. All 300 1953 models would be built there before the shift to the St. Louis, Missouri plant for the 1954 models. Corvette production remained in St. Louis until halfway into the 1981 model year when it transitioned to Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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There''s been plenty of glory from then until now, and Friday we saw the last production front-engine Corvette (a black Z06) auctioned for $2,700,000 by Barrett Jackson. Let's hope the next model can live up to the Corvette's legacy as an affordable, enjoyable, usable sports car for the American road.
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