Corvette: Year by Year
1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 19671968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
1959, 1960
Differentiating 1959 (above) and 1960 (below) Corvettes is not easy as they are basically the same. Both years featured four open headlights and a tail light integrated into the nicely subdued tail fin. They did not have the trunk spears or the hood louvers of the 1958 edition.
Although not visible from the outside, the interior does provide one distinguishing characteristic. The 1959 seats (below left) have the surface seams lined door to door while the 1960 seats (below right) are lined front to rear.
1961, 1962
1961 (above) and 1962 (below) are known as "transitional" years in which the rear styling of the upcoming C2 Corvettes was incorporated into the 'quad open headlight and coves' 1958 through 1960 'vettes. What soon would become a Corvette trademark - the four round tail lights - replaced the '56 to '60 tail lights that were blended into the tail fin.
The coves, which were unchanged from 1958 through 1961 (above) were updated in 1962 (below). The chrome strip that outlined the cove area was gone and so were coves painted in contrasting colors. The three horizontal spears from '58 to '61 were replaced by a vertical trim piece.
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