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The 1963 Corvette will always be remembered for being the first ‘Vette to be designated as a Z06. Thanks to a Rochester fuel-injected L84 vee-eight with 360 horsepower on tap, the C2 Z06 was the fastest ‘Vette of the 1963 model year lineage.
Since Zora Arkus-Duntov laid out the basics of the Z06 in 1962, the lineage of go-faster Corvettes is now boasting with a 2015 model year Z06, rated a whopping 650 horsepower and 650 lb-ft (881 Nm) from a 6.2-liter small-block supercharged LT4 V8.
Clearly, times have changed, but even the first-gen Corvette had a blistering potent derivative, dubbed the RPO 687. Only 246 were ever made and good jolly, the Corvette we’re covering today is one of them.
If you’re wondering what’s hiding under the hood of this 1962 Triple Black Big Brake Fuelie Corvette, I will be much obliged to tell you it’s the same L84 small-block (327-cu.in/5.4 liters) V8 of the C2 Z06.
