Gulf One Z06 Corvette -The $1.113 Million Sting Ray. In January 2009, attendees of the Mecum Muscle Cars & More Auction got to witness the historic ‘63 “Gulf One” racing Z06 Corvette sell for $1.113 million. While that’s not the highest price ever paid for a Corvette at auction, it was more than enough to drive the audience wild. Let’s have a look at what made this car so special. The ‘63 Z06 option was a “racer kit” Read More
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Million Dollar Gulf One Corvette Racers-Pt One
Gulf Oil 1662 Corvette Race Car -The Most successful C1 Racer? While the Gulf Oil ’62 doesn’t have the high profile of many other racing Vettes, it is arguably the most successful single Corvette race car ever. In 1962, the car competed in the SCCA’s A/Production class with Dr. Dick Thompson behind the wheel and won 12 out of 14 races-an 85.7 percent win rate. Read More
Corvette Racers’ Theme 09 Carlisle
2009 Corvettes at Carlisle Corvette Racers at Carlisle 2009 C 4 Challenge Corvette Racers Kevin mackay’s restored Corvette Racers ZR1 Under the skin Chassis Read More
Ken Hazelton’s 1963 Split-Window Coupe Corvette Racecar
Ken Hazelton’s Sting Ray shows that not everyone raced Z06 and Fuelie Corvettes. When Ken bought the car in 1991, it was pretty much in its original racing configuration. The car was raced occasionally and never abused or wrecked. Frame was excellent, body was great except for a damaged nose. It looked like a jigsaw puzzle that someone put back together and not very well. Ken replaced the nose, mid tire forward with an original style nose. The 327 small-block with a Holly carburetor was not the original motor, but similar to what it came with from the factory. It had a 1965 drivetrain with a M22 transmission, and a heavy-duty rear with 3.55 gears. The car came with a 3.70 rear that Ken used until it broke, then replaced it with a 3:90, and eventually a 3.55 gear-set. Read More
Book Review: Corvette Sixty Years – by Randy Leffingwell
“Corvette Sixty Years” weighs in at 254 pages of text. A book covering the entire 60-year heritage of the Corvete. In the first three chapters Leffingwell takes you on a quick and concise tour of six generations of Corvettes in 179 pages. Read More
2004 Commemorative Edition Corvette – The “Best” C5 Corvette?
To celebrate the success of the C5-R Corvettes, Chevrolet offered the Commemorative Edition option on all ’04 Corvettes – coupes, convertibles, and the Z06. The paint scheme and stripes were taken from the ‘04 C5-R cars and included every performance and luxury option available. This was a $3,700 option for the coupe and convertible, and a $4,335 option on the Z06. A total of 6,899 units were built, accounting for 20-percent of all ’04 Vettes. Read More
Grand Sport Legend
Legend of the Grand Sport Corvette–Yes, a white-haired mechanical wizard fell in love with the young and beautiful Princess of The General (General Motors), in the stylish house of Chevrolet. Her name was Corvette and under the good graces of the House of Chevrolet’s Lord of Styling and Good Looks, Master Harley Earl she was the most beautiful machine in the entire kingdom of The General. Read More
R.I.P. Joel “Mr. Motion” Rosen
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 Read More
