What a day for birthdays, huh? Muhammad Ali, Betty White, Michelle Obama, Zooey Deschanel, Benjamin Franklin… (to name a few)
It’s also the birthday for a different kind of American icon — the corvette. On this day in 1953, the first prototype for the corvette was unveiled at the GM Motorama Auto Show.
Pictured: A new Corvette looks to be racing while standing still in a showroom in 1953. Built by hand, the first Corvette numbered only 300 (John Wayne owned one) and took its name from sleek fighting ships.
(see more — American Classic: The Corvette)
