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Industrial Vault General Motors Corvette facility, Flint Michigan, 1957. Building America’s first sports car—6,339 Corvettes with fiberglass bodies, fuel-injected V8s, and four-speed manuals. Complete process: HAND-LAID FIBERGLASS BODY CONSTRUCTION (workers applying resin-saturated mat in molds creating panels versus steel stamping, 350-pound body versus 600+ steel, enabling complex curves), panel trimming and bonding, two-seater sports car body, fiberglass painting in Venetian Red Cascade Green Aztec Copper Inca Silver Onyx Black (solid colors), thirteen-tooth chrome grille...
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Welcome back to Edmunds U-Drags, our series of down and back drag races that...
(With a Special Appearance by My Daughter, the Future Probate Attorney) There’s a particular...
Join Kevin Oeste for an exclusive after-hours walk-through of the 2025 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals (MCACN) in Chicago! This is the ultimate muscle car paradise – rare unveilings, record-setting displays, barn finds, survivor cars, and some of the finest restorations on the planet. From a freshly restored 1967 “Little Hoss” Z/28 drag Camaro and the actual Tommy Boy movie Plymouth GTX to a 28-car Hemi B-body convertible gathering, the Class of 1965 &...
Before Knight Rider or The A-Team, there was Route 66 — the show that made America fall in love with the open road. Every week, Tod and Buz crossed the country in a brand-new Chevrolet Corvette, turning the car itself into a TV legend. But behind the scenes, the story of those Corvettes was just as fascinating as what happened on screen. From the color tricks used for black-and-white filming, to the hidden fleet...
OsbornTramain The Winner Circle was an annual event at American and Standard Gasoline Stations. Pretty Jazzy music!
CO R V E T T E E N T H U S I A S T HOW DRIVEN CORVETTES AND THE NCRS CAN CO-EXIST B Y J O H N H I N C K L E In the September issue, we went into the design and operating characteristics of the Corvette cooling system and discussed some diagnostic and troubleshooting techniques for those of you who have various cooling problems. Most cooling problems...
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On “My Car Story” we’re in the Suburbs of Chicago IL on 7-27-25. We’re looking at John Rogerson’s collection. This collection is a tribute to his Friend Tom Dietz. Tom collected 1962 & 1963 Chevrolet cars, memorabilia, and brochures. We have with us John Rogerson who took two years to put together this collection, Tom’s Brother Todd, and Bob Kleckauskas who has a 1962 Chevrolet Impala 409 CI V8 4 Speed car too. ENJOY!...
The Emulsion Alchemist This 1974 Chevrolet promotional film, titled ” Selling Corvette “, was sent to the Chevrolet car dealerships to be used as an in-house Sales and customer training film. This film highlights technical aspects and features of the new model year. Model shown includes Corvette sports coupe with T-Tops. Accessories and Features Highlighted include, Anti-theft system, Leather Seats, Tilt and telescope steering wheel, Air Conditioning, 350 LS – 2 and 454 LS...
Josh From Reader Jonathan H – So it’s kind of a long story but here goes… I had a Corvette Coupe and I was cleaning the engine compartment one day when I found a metal ID tag on the radiator from a radiator shop in Saginaw Michigan. I called the shop to see if they remembered working on the car and if they knew who the owner was back then. They gave me the owners...
This race-winning L88 ’67 has touched many lives over the past half century, and engendered many lasting friendships along the way Story by Richard Prince Photos by the author May 11, 2017 As ancient Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu taught us, every great journey begins with one small step. Our feature car’s great journey began in the fall of 1966 when Clyde Wheeler, Vice President of Public Affairs and Public Relations for the Sunray DX Oil...
Amateur sleuth pieces together accident report Wait—A C3 Corvette Slammed into Someone’s Garage? Amateur sleuth pieces together accident report Diego Rosenberg Wait—A C3 Corvette Slammed into Someone’s Garage? Amateur sleuth pieces together accident report 1966197019711972C3 CorvetteChevroletChevrolet CorvetteChevrolet Nova SS Diego Rosenberg 18 hours ago 2 (Image courtesy of New Castle County Paramedics on Facebook) There’s plenty of weird stuff on the Intertnet. Once in awhile, however, you stumble upon something that doesn’t garner the viral treatment for...
