Fred and april takashima’s 1954 corvette shows off vintage touches blended with modern components
Early 1953 and 1954 Corvettes were underpowered with few, if any, options and their handling left a great deal to be desired. But still, for their time, the Corvette was an acceptable sports car. In time, enterprising young men added the newly minted small-block Chevy V-8 with better transmissions, and the tide was turned. Dick Takashima was one of them that saw the potential of the car and did something to improve on its shortcomings.
This story is from the May 2017 edition of Vette.
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