Straight Axle Years

Rochester Ramjet fuel injection altered the automotive landscape in 1957

Paul Stenquist 13 June 2023 Share In the mid-20th century, fuel injection was still largely the stuff of fantasies. Then General Motors shocked the automobile world and put injected Chevies and Pontiacs on the showroom floor. Car-loving performance enthusiasts drooled, and the Beach Boys sang about a “fuel-injected engine sittin’ under my hood.” It was automotive culture shock. We were accustomed to seeing that technology on race cars, but fuel-injected cars that you and...

Phil Castaldo Has a Treasure Trove of Rare Corvettes in His New York Garage

This Guy’s Garage Richard Prince writer Apr 14, 2016 America’s obsession with the automobile was at a fever pitch in the 1960s, and like just about every other youngster coming of age in that decade, Phil Castaldo was utterly obsessed with hot cars. His first job was pumping gas at a Sunoco station in Massapequa, New York, and he went from there to working as a mechanic. Castaldo began accumulating a collection of fast...

Corvette Passion And Performance – Wheels TV

A 40-year video Celebration (Now going into our 70th year) for the Corvette. Meet the father of the Corvette, Zara Arkus-Duntov. Visit the country’s top events – Corvettes at Carlisle and Bloomington Gold. Get a close up look at the Rarest of the rare – a 427 Grand Sport Roadster, a 2,700-mile Original ’69 ZL-1, the only ’67 L-88 to race at LeMans, and the ’70 Motion Phase III GT. Visit http://www.wheelstv.net to take...

First Production 1954 Corvette

Master Corvette Restorer Mike McCluskey shares his beautifully restored and historically significant Corvette with Jay. ABOUT JAY LENO’S GARAGE A new video every Monday! Visit Jay Leno’s Garage, the Emmy-winning series where Jay Leno gives car reviews, motorcycle reviews, compares cars, and shares his passion and expertise on anything that rolls, explodes, and makes noise. Classic cars, restomods, super cars like the McLaren P1, sports cars like Porsche 918 Spyder and Camaro Z28, cafe...

1960 24hrs of Le Mans Corvette Documentary

In 1960 GM was not officially affiliated with any of the teams, but for the first time Corvette was on the grid and GM commissioned a short documentary to be filmed. The #3 Corvette persevered and took 1st in class.

A Look At The Three Corvette Assembly Plants

Jim Smart EditorJul 29, 2019 In 1953, who would have believed that an American automaker—known more for great styling rather than road-going, canyon-cutting performance—would give the world an exciting two-seat sports car. American automakers in the post war period introduced fresh and exciting models erected on new underpinnings with updated sheetmetal and creature comforts. In the early 1950s, Chevrolet had its eye on building a fierce competitor to European sports cars. European sports cars were enjoying...

1955 Chevrolet Corvette

The Corvette engineering corps wanted more power. Corvette advertisers wanted more power. Corvette aficionados wanted more power. The Ford Thunderbird team…well, they probably would have preferred that the Corvette stick to its Blue Flame Six engine for another few years at least. But more power is exactly what the Corvette got. For the 1955 model year, Chevrolet’s two-seater finally gained the muscle to fulfill the promise of its catch-me-if-you-can exterior. V-8 power had arrived. And the...