327-cid, 360-hp OHV V-8 engine with Rochester Fuel Injection, four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with coil springs, live rear axle suspension, and four-wheel drum brakes. Wheelbase: 102-inches

Chief Engineer Zora Arkus Duntov set the future path for Corvette as early as 1955, when he first began developing the new 265-cid small-block engine for racing. Higher compression ratios, multiple carburetion and fuel injection, heavy-duty rotating pieces and improved breathing all benefited from Duntov’s tireless work. In 1958 he added heavy-duty suspension and high performance braking packages, and by the early 1960s the Corvette was in a class of its own. It got a further boost in 1962 when displacement increased to 327-cid. If all-out competition in SCCA B Production racing was your goal in 1962, you checked off all the options that went into producing this sensational triple black Chevrolet Corvette Roadster.

Sold new by Humphrey Chevrolet in Evanston, Illinois, this example is one of only 246 1962 Corvettes produced with the RPO 687 heavy duty brakes and steering package that included special front and rear shock absorbers, air scoops to feed cool air to the brakes, metallic brake linings, special finned drums with internal cooling fans and a quick steering adapter, complemented with dual front sway bars, off-road exhaust and auxiliary hardtop. Power comes from the competition-ready 327-cid engine with Rochester fuel injection. Capable of a reliable 6,500-rpm, the 327 combines 11.25:1 compression, the famous Duntov solid lifter cam and high-speed valve train for a factory rating of 360-hp at 6,00-rpm; backed with a four-speed T-10 manual transmission and 4.11 posi-traction rear end, it all adds up to the most potent Corvette in the 1962 line-up with this specific car being an excellent and worthy example of the marque.