EX-52

The All American Soap Box Derby Championship Corvette Mystery

By John D. Amgwert In August 1953 these slides were taken by a currently unknown person. In June 2025 I happened to stumble upon these slides randomly while searching for anything related to the Soap Box Derby on eBay. I was absolutely in shock when I saw the picture of the first slide being listed …

Did the 1953 Motorama Show Corvettes Serve as Stand-Ins for the First Two Production Corvettes?

By John D. Amgwert For the better part of 20+ years there has been a theory going around claiming the 1953 Motorama Show Corvettes were used as stand-ins for the first two production Corvettes because of production delays. The belief being both 1953 Motorama Show Corvettes (Car 852 / SN: EX-52 and Car 853 / …