Yes you are looking at a Super RARE 1963 Corvette Z06 Tanker split window coupe. This Corvette was purchased new right here in Georgia. According to the NCRS shipping data report the car was built 6/25/1963. The original delivery dealer was Dealer Code 313, Zone 8. Name of dealership was MF Jones Chevrolet Dallas Georgia. This Corvette was professionally frame off restored by Nabor Bros Restoration in 2015 and since has achieved a NCRS Top Flight award and has been Bloomington Gold Certified.
Highlights of this factory race ready Corvette Z06/N03
837 Corvette Coupe with Black trim
941 Sebring Silver exterior paint
G81 Positraction rear axle 4.56.1 ratio
J50 Power Brakes
J65 Sintered Metallic Brakes
L84 327ci, 360hp fuel injection engine
M20 4-Speed Manual Transmission
N03 36 Gallon Fuel Tank
Z06 Special Performance Package
Radio Delete
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The 1963 Corvette Z06/N03
When the original Corvette Sting Rays debuted for the public, they came out swinging. Four of them were entered in the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix support race for production sports cars at Riverside International Raceway in October 1962.
Truly street-legal race cars, the Corvettes had been driven to So-Cal from the assembly plant in St. Louis to break them in and give their drivers some familiarity with the new model before getting on track.
As one might expect with racers, there were various hijinks along the way. Escapades reportedly included liberal interpretation of speed limits and some dodgy drafting practice on open roads west of the Rockies.
The fun continued after arrival in the City of Angels, where Bob Bondurant, driving the Washburn Chevrolet car, was admittedly late to the race shop after detouring to West L.A. and dicing it up on Sunset Boulevard. Afterwards it was discovered the glovebox contained a rightfully earned speeding ticket.
On race day at Riverside, Bill Krause, in the lightweight new Cobra, at first outpaced the Corvettes. Eventually, Doug Hooper and his Mickey Thompson-entered Corvette Z06 outlasted the Shelby, which retired with mechanical problems to hand the Sting Ray its magnificent first win.
As a result, while some cars toil for years to break out, the Sting Ray and Z06 gained fame on their very first attempt.
The one to have
Following this illustrious debut for the new model, those in the know recognized the Z06 as the best production Corvette money could buy.
Originally offered for Sting Ray coupes at a price of $1,818.45, the Z06 Special Performance Equipment option was later dropped to $1,293.95 and made available for convertibles although just one Z06 roadster is known to exist.
Regardless, all Z06s were 1963 models. By 1964, the Z06 option was gone, never to return until 2001 as a unique C5 hard-top model.
Among the Z06s race-focused features were the fuel-injected, 360-hp L84 engine powering through a close-ratio 4-speed gearbox and a Positraction differential.
While the Fuelie engine was available on any 1963 Corvette, the Z06s special suspension and brakes were highly exclusive. These track tools included heavy-duty coil springs and shocks and an extra-stiff front stabilizer bar. Stopping the car were large, finned iron drum brakes with internal cooling fans and a modern dual-circuit, vacuum-assisted master cylinder.
Cooling ducts, nowadays affectionately known as elephant ears, directed air to the front brakes, which were fitted with race-spec cerametallic linings, a further upgrade from the more common optional sintered linings.
Rarest of the rare
While all Z06s contained a full array of components to form a true production race car, one additional trick component would ultimately become available as a standalone coupe option. The Z06s big fuel tank, which carried Regular Production Option (RPO) N03, held 80ore fuel than the Corvettes standard 20-gallon tank. That huge tank kept the car on the racetrack longer between refueling stops, which is a valuable competitive advantage.
Initially priced at $202.30, the big tank ironically survived as a coupe option right through the end of the mid-year era in 1967. However, it was not a popular option, as just 210 big-tank coupes were delivered during the mid-year Sting Rays five-year run. No convertibles ever received the N03 big tank.
All of these factors make our subject Corvette, a one-year-only Z06 with the 36-gallon tank, really special. All told, just 199 Z06s were built for 1963 (including that one reported convertible), and not all of them had the vaunted big tank.
Such cars are now known as Tankers, and they hold a very special and exclusive place in the collector market.
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