When Dutch Corvette enthusiast John G Van Meewuen hankered after owning one of the most distinctive of all the mid-year Corvettes, the 1963 rear split-screen coupe, he decided to contact Alan Faulkner-Stevens at Dragon Wheels (www.dragonwheelsrestorations.co.uk) to see if he could source him a suitable car. John had already got to know Alan quite well as he had previously restored his 1962 Corvette, and it wasn’t long before the right car came along. Purchasing a car with some provenance is always more desirable than something completely unknown, and a friend of Alan’s was selling his car which he imported into the UK with history from the US many years ago.
Built in November 1962, this particular car was one of the earliest split-screen coupes to roll off the production line and had the most powerful non-fuel injected engine available at the time: an L76 rated 340bhp which was mated to a four-speed aluminium cased Borg
