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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!...
Corvette Mike 1969 Corvette L88 unveiling. 1969 Riverside Gold Corvette L88 Coupe – In mothballs for over 30 years! Riverside Gold w/Black interior, L88 427/500+hp, 3-speed automatic transmission. The legend. The myth. The mighty L88! Seldom seen but always heard! Stay tuned for the fascinating story about this awesome L88 Coupe!!!
PeriscopeFilm Made by the Jam Handy organization for Chevrolet, “Be An A*C*E* Driver” is a campy driver’s ed film featuring Miss Jr. Miss for 1967, Rosemarie Dunaway Trible of Arkansas. The “A.C.E. system” centers on the words Alert, Courteous, and Education. The film opens with slot-car racing model cars on a miniature race track (0:07–0:54). Miss Rosemarie Dunway from Little Rock, Arkansas, makes an appearance on screen (0:59), followed by an explanation of what...
Who were the lucky winners? 1969ChevroletChevrolet CamaroChevrolet CorvetteChevrolet ImpalaCollector CarsContestshistorysweepstakes Tyson Hugie Imagine winning two brand-new cars – a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro and a 1969 Chevrolet Corvette – in a sweepstakes. That was a very real opportunity in late 1968 as a grand prize award at a Texas dealership. While our high-level internal research didn’t uncover the names of those who won the cars, hopefully one of our savvy readers will have information –...
Oct 20, 2018 The fastest classic muscle cars made by General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford, starting in the 1960s, were made specifically to address the unquenchable desire for high-performance driving machines from young buyers. Unsurprisingly, the auto manufacturers wanted to sell a muscle car to each of them. However, they knew to rely on advertising and that word-of-mouth marketing alone wouldn’t cut it. Not leaving anything to chance, American auto manufacturers knew the best...
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...
Our special studio guest, Tony Pedro talks about classic Corvettes & the people who own, build and drive them. Chris shares his freshly minted car show trophy win with us, which leads us into all of the cool local shows taking place this time of year. Stan from the Corvette Society calls in to educate us all about his fantastic car club & the great people in it. Check our social media feed to...
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...
General Motors recruited engineer and race car driver, Zora Arkus Duntov, to help them inject some performance into their brands. Duntov wanted to make the Corvette competitive with sports cars from Europe like Ferrari and Maserati. To gain respect it needed to win on the track. He organized a team to build the SS or “Experimental Corvette” and took it to Sebring. The 1957 Corvette SS ‘concept car’, was built in order to race...
Dream Cars / Corvette Society tech session. Want to thank Chris Mazzilli and Dave Weber for another year hosting this event for us. We had a little over 35 members which included several members from the VCCA club. Great day, great cars and good friends!! WHAT WE DO We offer a suite of services tailored to enthusiasts and collectors alike. From top-notch restoration to evaluation, consignment and storage, we’ve got all your classic car...
This one was highly requested small block Chevy first generation which was produced from 1954 ( for 55 model year) clear up to 1992. Design by Ed Cole and his team Chevy got it right out of the gate. With their V8 design for instants Ford and Chrysler have tons of engine families that overlap one another whereas Chevy had one continuous engine family throughout the decades. One of the reasons why the small...
Learn more about the development of the original Chevrolet small block engine and some of its key features.
