Truly Crazy Corvette Customs from Yesteryear

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by John Gilbert as republished from SuperChevy.com
Retro Vette Madness

Dateline October 2015: The summer of 1969 is long over, but the traces of Corvette custom culture are as vivid in the pages of old issues of Hot Rod, archived online at the Hot Rod Club, than the nostalgia associated with Farah Fawcett’s titillating smile. And yes, Farah once owned her share of wildly customized Corvettes, including Farah’s Foxy Vette by Barris. Continue reading “

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Silver Corvette captivates woman with Alzheimer’s

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Joan Jones, 79, is in the lap of luxury in a 2014 Corvette that, since she suffers from
Alzheimer’s, is one of the few things that brings her alive. Photo courtesy of Brenda Samonds

by Dave Bakke as republished from The State Journal Register

Dateline October 2015: The shiny silver 2014 Corvette sitting on the Freedom car sales lot in Virden, Illinois never fails to catch Joan Jones’ eye. Joan, 79, is in the latter stages of Alzheimer’s disease. She lives at Pleasant Hill Village, an assisted living facility in Girard . Her daughter, Brenda Samonds, lives in Glenarm. She takes her mom for drives in the country because Joan seems to like that. Continue reading “

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Lingenfelter Unveils Its Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Fighter

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by Jonathon Klein as republished from Bold Ride

Dateline October 2015: With 650 horsepower and 650lb-ft of torque on tap, Chevrolet’s engineers did their damndest to build the ultimate track-focused weapon in the new Corvette Z06. However, in reality, the LT4 motor that powers the new Corvette isn’t exactly getting praise for its reliability, and the price is astronomical when considering the nameplate. Continue reading “

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Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Convertible is Really Fast!

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as republished from RobbReport

Dateline October 2015: The latest Chevrolet Corvette Z06 represents a long-standing production practice. The original Z06 was conceived in the early 1960s by Zora Arkus-Duntov, the chief engineer at GM who helped transform the Corvette from a docile roadster into a world-class sports car. Continue reading “

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2016 Corvette Z06: Chevy blows the base Vette away: CNET On Cars – VIDEO

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as republished from CNET

Dateline October 2015: From the CNET site: Corvette Z06 is the attainable supercar, automatic braking could be the next standard feature and we demystify the three specs of wheel alignment.​ Continue reading “

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The C7 2015 Z06 Roadster Corvette

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2015-chevrolet-corvette-roadsterWords and Art by K. Scott Teeters as written for Vette Magazine and republished from SuperChevy.com

Illustrated Corvette Series No. 225

Sometimes we have to remind ourselves that all Corvettes were roadsters for the first 10 years of production. After all, when Harley Earl first conceived his Chevrolet sports car, most sports cars were open roadsters. Oh, there were coupes, but there was nothing like motoring on the open road with the top down and the wind in your hair. Ever since 1963 there’s always been a “coupe” Corvette. Roadsters went away from 1976 to 1985 but have been back ever since 1986. Continue reading “

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Is the Corvette Z06 Actually a Corvette ZR1 in Disguise?

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by Jack Barruth as republished from Road and Track

Has the track focus taken a back seat to outright speed?

Dateline October 2015:  This must be what it was like to be Saul “Slash” Hudson back in the early Nineties, I thought to myself. Over the four days of Performance Car of the Year testing I’d received dozens of social-media and text messages from various friends and/or acquaintances trying to find out what was happening. Had we crashed any cars? (Sorta.) Had anybody gotten arrested, maybe after a long police chase? (No.) Continue reading “

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“Purple People Eater” 1959 Corvette road racer to cross the block in Scottsdale

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1959 Chevrolet Corvette, the Purple People Eater Mk III. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson.

by David Conwill as republished from blog.Hemmings.com

Dateline October 2015: When Nickey Chevrolet of Chicago decided to sponsor a road racing Corvette in 1958, it wanted to make sure its advertising dollars were getting their maximum return. Accordingly, the dealership decided that to make its car stand out in a sea of white, silver, and light-blue ‘Vettes, something special was required in the paint department. Likely inspired by Sheb Wooley’s hit novelty song, the distinctive metallic purple paint job would result in the car and its two successors bearing the nickname “Purple People Eater.” Next January, the last of these cars, the 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Purple People Eater Mk. III, will cross the auction block in Scottsdale, Arizona. Continue reading “

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First 2016 Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition Delivered by Corvette Museum

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Photo Courtesy Corvette Museum

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First R8C Museum Delivery of the special edition Z06

Dateline October 2015: It’s always great news when you hear that customers are finally getting their hands on a new or special special edition Corvette.

It was back in April 2015 that the Corvette Team first unveiled the 2016 Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition at the National Corvette Museum’s Bash Event. Now we’ve come full circle with the first R8C Museum Delivery of the special edition Z06. Continue reading “

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1954 ‘Entombed’ Corvette Being offered by Barrett-Jackson at its January Auction

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by Keith Cornet as republished from CorvetteBlogger

Dateline October 2015: Sometimes when you run across an old Corvette story, it really makes you wonder about your fellow man – like, what the heck were they thinking! We’ve covered the infamous 1954 ‘Entombed’ Corvette” previously in 2013 when it was offered for sale and for those that have never heard how it got its nickname, it makes for a good tellin’ especially around Halloween. Continue reading “

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