Almost everything written about the '63 Impalla Z11 claims that 57 of these drag cars were built ... ban on intermediate-sized cars had a carve-out that allowed the Corvette access to a 427ci ...

Then at 9, he drove down a dragstrip in his dad's car show-winning 409 Chevy ... In 2008, Team Walsh entered its slick '63 Corvette in the Super Chevy Show's Aeromotive Nitro Coupe competition.

That day back in ’63, I sat in that Corvette and dreamed of someday owning my own. That dream has finally come true and continues every time I get into my car and feel the power of the engine.