Z06 Corvette Review, Pt. 5 – The Grady Davis 1963 Z06 Race Car

Grady Davis’ Successful 1963 Z06 Corvette Becomes a Million Dollar Collectible

Dateline: 7-20-22 Graphics and illustrations by K. Scott Teeters, this story first appeared in the February 2010 issue of Vette magazine.

Intro: Details keep rolling out as orders pour in for the new C8 Z06 Corvette. The official pricing just came out and the car starts at $106,395 and it doesn’t take much to get past $125,000. Back in 2009, the then-new C6 ZR1 had a starting price of $103,300! I guess it’s the accounting magic of amortization. Let’s continue our look back at the origin and development of the Z06 Corvette. Continue reading “Z06 Corvette Review, Pt. 5 – The Grady Davis 1963 Z06 Race Car”

UPDATED: Hanspeter Boehi’s REBORN 1965 Mako Shark-II Corvette – VIDEO

Hanspeter Boehi from Muenchenstein, Switzerland builds a spot-on replica of the most important concept Corvette ever!

Dateline Update 6-16-22: The below video was from 2017 and I just found it. Better late than never. As beautiful as Handpeter Boehi’s photos are, seeing his creation in motion makes it all more real. What a stunning thing Hanspeter has recreated. Continue reading “UPDATED: Hanspeter Boehi’s REBORN 1965 Mako Shark-II Corvette – VIDEO”

SUDDENLY, It’s 1980 Again!

Inflation Smacks the Corvette world!

Dateline: 6.14.22 – Alright, Corvette friends, time for a history lesson. I thought I’d never see this again!

Take out your Corvette Black Book, turn to the 1978 Corvette page, and read the base price of the Corvette in 1978 – $9,351.

Now go to the 1982 Corvette page and read the base price of the Corvette, just four model years later, it was $18,290. Continue reading “SUDDENLY, It’s 1980 Again!”

NEW Corvette Tees & Mugs! Corvette American Flag Coffee Mugs & T-Shirts

NEW Corvette Tees, Mugs & More for Corvette Fans!!!

Dateline: 6.6.22 – We are happy to announce that we have just made available in our Man Cave Car Art Etsy Store a line of TWELVE Corvette American Flag Black Coffee Mugs and Black T-Shirts!

The twelve mugs and shirt designs include – 283 Small-Block; 283 Fuelie; 327 Small-Block; 327 Fuelie; 396 Big-Block; 427 Big-Block; 454 Big-Block; Z06; ZR1; Grand Sport; LTI; and Make America Fast Again. Continue reading “NEW Corvette Tees & Mugs! Corvette American Flag Coffee Mugs & T-Shirts”

Z06 Corvette Review, Pt 2 – The ORIGINAL Z06 – the 1963 Z06 Corvette

Duntov’s New 1963 Z06 Corvette Sting Ray Battles Shelby’s New 289 Cobra and WINS!

Dateline: 6-3-22 This story originally appeared in the February 2008 issue of Vette Magazine

Introduction: The C8 Z06 has just about taken all the air out of the room when it comes to talking about Corvettes. The April 28, 2022, Michelin Corvette Bash at the National Corvette Museum was astonishing. Engineers from Michelin and the Corvette team were on hand presenting seminars loaded with technical information about the new C8 Z06. A week or so later, Team Corvette teased fans with a 30-second teaser of the 2023 Hybrid All-Wheel-Drive Corvette that will supposedly be released in 2023. Continue reading “Z06 Corvette Review, Pt 2 – The ORIGINAL Z06 – the 1963 Z06 Corvette”

DeWitt Moyer’s 2017 “Grey Ghost

A modern-day sleeper C7 2017 Corvette Stingray with a spooky alter ego

Dateline: 5-27-22 / This story was originally published in the September 2019 issue of Vette Vues The concept of a “sleeper car” has been around for decades. We’re all familiar with the formula; you take a Plain Jane grocery-getter car and stuff it with gobs of horsepower. It’s a lot of fun dusting off showy performance cars with a four-door Chevy Biscayne station wagon or plane Chevy Nova. Corvettes certainly are not grocery-getter cars, although you can put a lot of groceries in the back of a modern Corvette. Continue reading “DeWitt Moyer’s 2017 “Grey Ghost”

Rene Lopez-Duprey’s 2016 Z06 Corvette Convertible- the Perfect Florida Corvette!

It took a long while for Rene Lopez-Duprey’s to get into a 2016 Z06 Corvette. But the wait was worth it!

Dateline: 5.17.22 – This story was originally published in the August 2019 issue of Vette Vues Magazine – Every Corvette fan and owner has a “Corvette moment”. I’m preaching to the choir here, but you know what I mean; that moment of demarcation when a Corvette grabbed your attention and you were never quite the same.

Corvettes have been around since 1953 and for most of us; Corvettes had been on the road for a good long time before we noticed. That moment could have been when a neighbor, family, friend, or co-worker got a Vette that made us ask, “What’s that?!” That moment can happen at any stage of life and all that’s important is that it happens. Continue reading “Rene Lopez-Duprey’s 2016 Z06 Corvette Convertible- the Perfect Florida Corvette!”

Corvette Coffee Mugs

Corvette Coffee Mugs, 15oz & 11oz

Dateline: 5.16.22 – Remember that old Folgers coffee commercial with the jingle that went, “The best part of waking up is with a Corvette on your cup!” No, that’s not how it went, but it should have!

We love our Corvettes and what a nicer way to start the day (besides an early-morning drive in your Vette) than a beautiful classic Corvette to look at while having that first cup of Joe. Modern Corvettes are awesome, but the old classic C1s, the Sting Ray C2s, and the Shark C3s have become timeless beauties. We never tire of looking at them. Continue reading “Corvette Coffee Mugs”

Corvette Quarterly’s 1999 Jay Leno Interview

Jay Leno Finally Gets A Corvette!

Dateline: 5.4.22 (Corvette Quarterly interview below) – Jay Leno is arguably more popular today within the car community than he ever was when he was the host of The Tonight Show for nineteen years. Jay appears to be having more fun doing his Jay Leno’s Garage programs than he ever was when hosting The Tonight Show. Not that The Tonight Show was a drag, but you can clearly see that cars, motorcycles, and machines are his first passion. Continue reading “Corvette Quarterly’s 1999 Jay Leno Interview”

Z06 Corvette Story, Pt 4 – The C7 Z06 and Z06/Z07

Dateline: 5.2.22 Graphics & Illustrations by K. Scott Teeters, Photos GM Archives, this story was first published in the April 2017 issue of Vette Vues MagazineUpdateThe C8 Z06 has been all over the Corvette community, as it should be. Clearly, the car is a vast improvement over the C7 Z06. At the April 29, 2022 Corvette Bash event at the National Corvette Museum, Corvette Product Planner, Harlan Charles made it perfectly clear when he said, “The C8 Z06 is a race car that you can drive on the street.” Continue reading “Z06 Corvette Story, Pt 4 – The C7 Z06 and Z06/Z07”

Michael Tran’s STUNNING Wrapped C7 Corvette Stingray

A Dazzling 940-horsepower daily driver!

Dateline: 4.21.22 This story was first published in the April 2019 issue of Vette Vues Magazine Michael Tran, of Baytown, Texas has been into cars since the age of eighteen. For years Tran bought and fixed up a variety of Hondas and BMWs, but in his heart, he wanted a hot American car; not a Camaro or a Mustang; a Corvette! Continue reading “Michael Tran’s STUNNING Wrapped C7 Corvette Stingray”

Mike & Linda Waal’s Grand Touring (GT) 1980 Corvette

See the USA in a Chevrolet, CORVETTE!

Dateline: 4-5-22 (this story was first published in the April 2018 issue of Vette Vues Magazine) – The term “GT” is arguably one of the most misused automotive designations. The term dates back to the 1930s in Europe and is an abbreviation for the words “grand touring,” or as they say in Italian, “Grand Turismo.” In the classic sense, a GT car was a road-going, lightweight, semi-luxurious coupe, built on a high-performance chassis. In the 1960s, American carmakers started to apply the GT term to many of their new pony and intermediate-size cars. Continue reading “Mike & Linda Waal’s Grand Touring (GT) 1980 Corvette”