GM press photographs of EX-122 taken during the Motorama tour.
The EX-122 1953 Corvette is owned by Kerbeck Chevrolet of Atlantic City, NJ where it is on display. Click Here for for more info on the EX-122.
Complementing the EX-122 is the last 1953 Corvette. It is owned by Jim and Evelyn Fasnacht of Houston Texas.
If you've been studying your Corvette history, you are aware that all 1953 Corvettes had inline six cylinder engines. So why is there a V8 in the EX-122? That's the purpose of an experimental or prototype. Soon after its duty as a show car, a V8 engine, which would become famous as the "Chevy Small Block" became available and was installed in the EX-122 so the performance could be tested and the concept sorted out.
Jamie Ginn, Miss Delaware 2006, brings additional sparkle to the EX-122.
As Corvette production proceeded, the EX-122 was no longer needed as a show car so it headed back to the engineering department where it was refurbished and painted red. It was used as a courtesy car for about 5,000 miles and then in April, 1956 was sold to Russell Sanders. John Ingle bought it in October, 1959 (for only $1,000!) who sold it to Kerbeck Corvette in July 2002. The photograph at the right was taken in August 2002. Note that distinctive items such as the script between the grill and the nose badge, the fender mounted vent intakes and the exterior door opening were removed. The fender was also upgraded to include the spear with the upward pointing accent and the gold "V" in "Chevrolet" (below) which was how the 1955 V8 equipped Corvettes were built. In 2003 Kerbeck restored it back to its original 1953 Motorama show car configuration although they kept the V8 engine.
