June 30, 1953 the first production of Corvette in Flint Michigan.

Bob Mclean designed the first Corvette.

Tony Kleiber has the honor of driving the first Corvette off the assembly line.

The Corvette is the first dream-car to become a production model, and first series-production car with a fiberglass body.

It was designed to compete with European sports car such as Jaguar and MG.

The bow tie logo was inspired in a Paris hotel in 1908 when William Durant, the founder of GM visited the place and saw the wallpaper pattern.

The Corvettes were Polo White with red interior

January of 1953, A Corvette mule is assembled ready for mechanical testing.

January 9, 1953, the name “CORVETTE” was first used by GM in stylized script with all letters joined.

300 1953 model Corvettes have been built by the end of the year.

From Flint Michigan the production shifts to St. Louis, Missouri.