Meet Richard Prince, the Man Behind So Many Corvette Racing Images!
When Opportunity knocks, it’s usually wearing work clothes! This story was first published in the June 2024 issue of Vette Vues Magazine. It is hard...
When Opportunity knocks, it’s usually wearing work clothes! This story was first published in the June 2024 issue of Vette Vues Magazine. It is hard...
Race-prepared, Stock 1990 ZR-1 Shatters a 50 Year 24-Hour Speed Record – 2 Video Below! (This story first appeared in the May 2017 issue of...
Taking “Sportsman” to a whole new level! This story was originally published in the July 2024 issue of Vette Vues Magazine. “By building and sailing...
And Why Are We Talking About His 1960 Corvette Race Car? This story first appeared in the August 2024 issue of Vette Vues Magazine. Lloyd...
Greetings, I started collecting car magazines around 1965. While I still don’t have most of the magazines, I do have most of the issues with...
On the cover was a bright yellow 427 Corvette, branded, “Baldwin-Motion SS-427 Phase III Corvette”! On top of the standard ’68 big-block hood bulge was a grafted-on ’67 Stinger 427 scoop that totally looked like it belonged there. On the sides of the Stinger hood were badges that read, “SS-427”. WOW
On the showroom floor was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen (except for Ann Margret in “Viva Las Vegas”!). It was a 1965 Corvette Sting Ray Coupe. Standing there with my mouth gaping open, a sales guy said, “You like that car, kid? Here’s a brochure!” and then scribbled his name on the cover, perhaps hoping my Dad would buy a Corvette. Fat chance!
I took the brochure home and poured over it a hundred times. I didn’t understand more than five percent of what I was reading, but the photos and line drawings captivated me. Fifteen years later, as an illustrator, I specialized in line art of machines and cars. Forty years later a friend gave me a 1965 Corvette brochure he had because he knew I once owned a ’65 Corvette. I was blown away to see the line illustrations in the brochure and could clearly see where my influence came from.
The only thing hotter than an August day in Michigan was the all-new, 1963 Corvette Sting Ray. The GM Proving Ground was first opened in 1924 and was the industry’s first dedicated automobile testing facility. Located in Milford, Michigan, the facility is huge and today has 4,000 acres, 107 buildings, and employs around 4,800 people. Some say that in the summer months, out on the 4,000 acre black asphalt surface, the temperature can reach 140-degrees!
What ever became of the first, independent, purpose-built, 1,750-pound Corvette racer? Unless you are familiar with the early days of Corvette racing, the name Dave...
Unlike the one-of-a-kind Brooks Boxer and Alembic-I, the body had to be engineered for mass production. The directive was to lay out the body parts as if they were steel, which makes sense, as that’s what they were used to doing. Besides, fiberglass was the quick way to get to a body design that would later be made from steel. This was the plan at the time.
Mauri Rose was a genuine unsung Corvette hero. Having won the Indy 500 three times, Rose had the most racing experience of any GM engineer. Chevrolet Chief Engineer, Cole told him, “You are the man to do the sports car.”
A look-see of Larry’s Big-Block Sting Rays and his C3 ’68 427/435 L89 Big-Block Dateline: 12-9-22 – This story was first published in the October...
One of 63 “Tanker” 1963 Z06 Corvettes Saved From Oblivion! Dateline: 10.5.22 – This story was first published in the June 2020 issue of Vette...
The 2004 C5 Corvette Goes Out With a ROAR With the Commemorative Edition Z06 Corvette Dateline: 9.18.22 – This story and art were part of...
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