January 1959
What We Said: “For sheer straightaway performance the car is exhilarating, thrilling, and amazing to drive. . . . The sound of this machine, as we took off, was astonishing. The [315-horsepower 348-cubic-inch] Chev 315 . . . comes on right now with that booming, hard-slamming thunder that we’ve learned to associate with wild, full-race V-8s at the drags and at Bonneville. It sounds precisely like what it is: a legitimate racing engine. . . . In cornering it is incomparably better than the ’57 Chev while still retaining a very buoyant ride. The rear lets go very slowly and only does so under hard provocation. . . . This car is an absolute ball to drive.”
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