Ex–Pikes Peak 1962 Corvette Fuelie Heads Toward a No Reserve Finish on Bring a TrailerFew Corvettes can claim a racing résumé that starts the year they were built, but this 1962 fuel-injected 327/360 four-speed, offered with no reserve on Bring a Trailer, was campaigned in the July 1962 Pikes Peak Hill Climb by the very dealer who sold it.The story begins at Daniels Motors in Colorado Springs, where the Corvette was sold new and then promptly traded back. Dealer owner Al Daniels turned it into a competition car and ran it up the mountain at Pikes Peak, finishing third. Once the racing equipment came off, the car stayed in the Daniels family until 2019, when it moved to Florida. In September 2021, Al Daniels' granddaughter and her husband bought it back through Bring a Trailer and returned it to Colorado Springs, closing a loop few cars ever get to complete.Under the hood is the 327-cubic-inch V8 with Rochester mechanical fuel injection, rated at 360 horsepower, paired with a Borg-Warner T10 four-speed manual and a Positraction rear axle. It is the combination that made the early fuelie Corvettes the performance benchmark of their day. Recent work includes a rebuild of the fuel injection system, distributor, and generator, along with new exhaust manifolds, exhaust, plug wires, spark plugs, fuel tank, sender, and fuel lines. The odometer shows 51k miles. If you like your C1s with racing history, check out this 1962 big-brake fuelie with race history, and for another injected first-generation car, see this award-winning 1961 Corvette C1 fuelie.Originally finished in Almond Beige, the Corvette was refinished in Fawn Beige and wears a body-colored hardtop, split chrome bumpers, quad headlights, color-matched coves, and a Daniels Chevrolet dealer badge. Fifteen-inch steel wheels with dog-dish hubcaps, bought in 2023, are wrapped in US Royal nylon bias-ply tires, and stopping comes from four-wheel drum brakes. Inside, beige vinyl bucket seats and matching door panels and carpets keep the period look intact. The seller notes there is no soft top, and the side mirror was reportedly removed for racing and never reinstalled, which is exactly the kind of detail that makes a car like this feel real.The paper trail is as strong as the car. The listing includes the original purchase documents, the window sticker, newspaper clippings, and historical photos of the Corvette and the other cars the Daniels family competed with, plus a 2022 article about it in The Corvette Restorer and Daniels Chevyland service records that run into the 2010s.The Corvette was offered on Bring a Trailer in April 2026 and returns now at no reserve on dealer consignment, so the high bidder will take it home. Bidding stood at $62,360 at last check, and the auction ends Saturday, October 10, at 3:18 p.m. ET. For collectors who want a documented, race-used C1 fuelie with a Colorado mountain story, that is a rare chance to buy provenance that can't be recreated.⚡️ Read the full article on Motorious
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