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Corvette Timeline Tales: Aug 16, 1969, Astoria-Chas 1967 L88 Corvette Sets A/Sports Production Nat’l Record

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Corvette Timeline Tales: Aug 16, 1969, Astoria-Chas 1967 L88 Corvette Sets A/Sports Production Nat’l Record

Charlie Snyder was a car crazy Long Island teenager who came of age when Joel Rosen and Marty Schorr launched their Baldwin-Motion Phase III Supercars. Schorr was also editor of CARS Magazine, so the enterprise also got plenty of ink via road tests, how-to tech features, and advertising. Snyder bought a new Marlboro Maroon ’67 427/435 Roadster and quickly turned in into a street racer, then a drag car.

From the Archives of CARS Magazine: In Memory of Astoria-Chas 1967 427 L88 Corvette Roadster

Baldwin-Motion Corvettes / C2 Corvettes / Corvette Racers

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From the Archives of CARS Magazine: In Memory of Astoria-Chas 1967 427 L88 Corvette Roadster

In February ‘67, 19-year-old Chas took delivery on a new Marlboro Maroon, 427 Corvette Roadster and took it straight to Rosen’s shop for some serious tweaking. It wasn’t long before Charlie’s Vette was winning races at the local strip and was a regular at the late-night street racing scene on Connecting Highway in Queens on Friday and Saturday nights.

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