Chevrolet Corvette C1 (9th Place, 1956 Sebring) - 1:43 Scale Model Car by Spark

1:43 Scale (approximately four inches in length) Resin body, features no opening parts Comes with acrylic dust cover and display base Limited edition of 300 units After its first three years in production, the Chevrolet Corvette was viewed with derision in the sports car world, perceived as being all style and no substance. With an eye on racing at the highest international levels, General Motors hired veteran driver and engineer John Fitch to spearhead their efforts to turn the Corvette into a winner. Bringing a level of professionalism he had honed racing for the likes of Mercedes and Cunningham to the factory Chevy team, Fitch turned the boulevardier Corvette into a formidable weapon on the track. In the car's race debut at the 1956 Twelve Hours of Sebring, Fitch and co-driver Walt Hansgen would score an impressive class win and 9th-place overall finish against one of the strongest fields of cars and drivers ever assembled to that point in history. Though GM's withdrawal from all