Jul 26
Interesting blend of the current C6 and the retro C3 Stingray. Will this be the new seventh generation Corvette? Not as radical as the show car used in the second Transformer movie. Plus I would think the next generation C7 Corvette will need to maintain a body style that will allow it to remain competitive in the AMLS racing circuit. So here again the Corvette used in the movie would not meet the needs of …
Feb 24
In 1951 a group of Harley Earl’s “Special Projects” crew began work on a GM sports car. Bob McLean designed a general layout for the car which was originally code named, “Opel.” William Durant, the founder of GM, said a wallpaper pattern he saw in a Paris hotel in 1908 inspired the bow tie logo. Supposedly, he ripped …
Jan 30
ZR1 101 by James Prunt The first ever Corvette ZR1 performance option package appeared in 1970 and ran until 1972, some 20 years before the more legendary “King of the Hill” ZR1. It included the 370-hp LT1 engine and other performance equipment. But that early ZR1′s LT1 engine was a hotrodded version of the basic small block. While running strong, it wasn’t exactly the harbinger of the all-new, tech-heavy V8 …
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