Mecum Auctions will offer nearly 200 Corvettes for sale this week in Indianapolis at their 25th Annual Spring Classic auction. Corvettes make up almost 10% of the expected 2,000 car docket. The event kicked off yesterday with ?Super Tuesday? and concludes on Sunday, May 20th. The team at Velocity will provide 32 hours of live auction TV coverage. That’s almost double last year’s coverage. Click past the jump to check out some of the highly desirable Corvettes being offered in Indy.

The Corvette selection at Indy represents examples from all 6 generations of Corvette production and, as usual, they range from original to restored, stock to modified, in addition to some vintage racers. We’ve already told you about the Smokey Yunick racer and the 1972 ZR1 they have available so here’s how the rest of the cars break down according to generation:

There are numerous rare and highly desirable Corvettes crossing Mecum’s red carpet this week. So many, in fact, that we’re going to do this preview a little differently so we can show you all of the chart toppers. Rather than just spotlight a few of the “must haves” check out our list of heavy hitters below and click on the Lot number to go straight to the car description on Mecum’s website.

	Lot # S160 1957 Airbox Fuelie 1 of 43 built; Bloomington Gold, NCRS Top Flight, and Triple Crown Winner
	Lot #S272 1957 Smokey Yunick Racer Test mule for airbox induction systems; fitted with one of the oldest know FI units; big brakes, and 37 gallon gas tank
	Lot # S218 1958 Big Brake Fuelie 1 of 144; HD suspension and brakes; fuel injected
	Lot #309 1960 Big Brake Fuelie Original and unrestored, documented, Triple Crown Winner in 1994
	Lot #S204 1961 Big Brake Fuelie 98.4% NCRS Top Flight; silver with white coves and red interior; ownership history
	Lot #S196 1962 Big Brake Fuelie NCRS Top Flight; Body off restored; white with red interior
	Lot #S281 1967 427/435 Roadster 427/435hp; red on black; side pipes; Bloomington Gold Cert.
	Lot #S188 1968 L88 Roadster 1 of 13 known; Nabers? restoration; NCRS Top Flight; Bloomington Gold; documentation
	Lot #S233 1969 L88 Coupe The last known L88 to be built; body off resto; build sheet
	Lot #S258 1971 LS6 Coupe 1 of 188 built and 1 of 47 known coupes; Triple Crown winner; tank sticker
	Lot #S157 1972 Black Convertible Special order by GM president; 1st time offered for public sale; NCRS 4 Star Bowtie and Top Flight; very well documented
	Lot #S159 1972 ZR1 Coupe 1 of 20; matching numbers; tank sticker and Protect-O-Plate
	Lot #S177 1972 LT-1 A/C Convertible Estimated to be 1 of less than 50; 40k miles; NCRS Top Flight; tank sticker
	Lot #T406 1975 Convertible 57 original miles; Bloomington Benchmark; NCRS Top Flight; still on MSO
	Lot #F104 2005 Coupe VIN 002 1st C6 released by GM; formerly of the McDorman Collection; 9,100 actual miles

As you can see, the Mecum Indy event has assembled another stellar catalog of Corvettes for their silver anniversary event. The 25th annual Spring Classic begins Tuesday May 15th and continues through Sunday, May 20th.

Velocity will provide 32 riveting hours of live coverage of the event Wednesday through Friday 2pm – 10pm and Saturday 12pm – 8pm. All times are Eastern. You can also watch the event live on Mecum’s website.

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