Its 1953 and the Corvette is born


And so is this 1953 K38 serial K195134,
Appears to be the same 5 screw frame in matte blue with High speed hammer,


Closer inspection reveals this example has the "proud" style front site pins that seem to come and go until the practice of pinning the ramp to the barrel is discontinued years later .


Also different roll stamp fonts and smaller ampersands,


the change from the high sharp shoulder diamond Magna to the tapered shoulder style that continues until the end of the diamond era,



Last is a bit hard to see from the pics but the grip medallion that changed from nickel brass to plastic has now changed to bare steel and will stick to a magnet.