Some of the interesting features on this car are the use of fiber-optics to monitor light operation; if you look closely at the shift console, you’ll see 6 lights on top and 3 on bottom. These tell the driver the status of head/tail lamps, turn signals, stop lamps, and the license plate marker. They’re a bit tough to see in daylight, but work pretty well at night. Also, headlight washers were included and necessitated use of a special 5 port washer pump.Additionally, the ‘miles’ of vacuum hose you see all under the hood operates the headlights and hideaway wiper doors. This may have seemed like a neat gimmick, but ask any early 'shark' owner about it, and they’ll probably have a few choice words to describe it for you.

     This particular Corvette was the 13,526 vehicle produced in the St. Louis factory for the 1969 model run. It has Riverside Gold paint/saddle vinyl 'basketweave' interior, trim codes 980/420. The car was ordered on Thursday, Dec 26, 1968 for Carter Chevrolet, Vernon, CT (belated Xmas gift?) and built on Monday, Jan 20, 1969, build code F20.

     This car has an interesting choice of options..obviously, the original owner wanted some ‘bang for the buck’ so he ordered the 350HP engine (L46), close ratio M21 4 speed (M21), and 3.70 Posi-traction rear (G81). He then skipped amenities like power steering, power brakes, power windows or air conditioning, but decided the car had to have the optional P02 ‘deluxe’ wheel covers ($57.95) and an U69 AM-FM radio ($172.75), both of which this car still has. The only other options are A01 Soft ray tinted glass ($16.90), PT7 F70X15 White Stripe Tires ($31.30) and A82 Headrests ($17.95). The A82 option was actually a mandatory 'option' early on.