Tony Batterson’s Family of C2 Corvette Sting Rays
Tony Batterson’s Corvette obsession began with a Belt Buckle Mom didn’t like Tony’s new belt buckle Note: This story was first published in the August...
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Hot Rod Magazine Dec 1965 Asks, “Is this the ’67 Corvette?”
Mako Shark-II, the Corvette from another planet! To read the Mako Shark-II article from the December 1965 issue of Hot Rod Magazine, CLICK HERE. GM’s...
1963 Fuelie Corvette vs 1967 L71 427/435 Corvette – Videos
Today, some 1963 split-window coupes command very high prices. Only 199 Z06 Corvettes were built in 1963, making restored versions extremely valuable. And only 20 1967 L88 Corvettes were built, putting them close to the top of the “most expensive classic Corvettes” list.
Long Term Corvette Relationship, Al Paer still owns the 1967 427 Corvette he bought in high school!
Al Paer and his 1967 427 Corvette prove that it can be worth getting good grades in high school! Dateline: 8-29-15 – There is a...
Vette Videos: Hail to the 1967 L71 427/435 Big-Block Corvette!!!
Okay, lets get this part out of the way first. True, true – a modern C6 Z06 or ZR1 Corvette can easily walk away from anything from the big-block days – HANDS DOWN! But as our pal Mike Beal once told us, the difference between modern Corvettes and the big-block Corvettes from the olden days is that the newer cars deliver “controlled horsepower.” The old big-block Corvettes delivered EXPLOSIVE horsepower.” Not only that, but there was a guttural rumble that let even the uninitiated know that this was one bad-ass machine. STOP BY AND CHECK OUT THE VIDEO!!!
Another Chevrolet-built Custom Corvette – The Bob Wingate FS&O 1967 427 Corvette
The special custom cars for GM’s top honchos has been for decades a low-key topic and were it not for several of these cars going to auction, we most likely wouldn’t know about them at all. But it seems that not all GM customs were for executives. Of course, we’ll never know for certain how many customs were built and for whom, but here’s one that went to the top Corvette salesman back in the mid-’60s. In the world of Chevrolet sales, Bob Wingate was known as “Mr Corvette” because he sold more Vettes than anyone else.
This is an amazing story of achievement, reward, loss, recovery, and a beauty of a restoration. I covered this car in my VETTE Magazine Illustrated Corvette Series No. 158, back in Winter of 2010. Enjoy! – Scott
Illustrated Corvette Series No. 172 – 1967 L89 427 Corvette Corvette
In March of ‘65 GM’s styling VP, Bill Mitchell blew everyone away with his Mako Shark II concept car. The new shark just had to be the next Corvette. Management was so excited, they tried to get the rebodied Sting Ray completed as a ‘67 model – a totally unrealistic goal. When it was obvious that the new design wouldn’t make it in time to be a ‘67 model, stylists were tasked to give the existing Sting Ray one last pass.
