Author: Mike Vietro

June 4, 2018 No Responses

GM VP Mark Reuss crashes Chevy Corvette ZR1 pace car ahead of Indy race

Washington Post A 2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1 pace car crash led to a 27-minute delay of the 2018 Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle. General Motors executive vice president of global product development Mark Reuss was behind the wheel. Both...
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June 3, 2018 No Responses

Featured Corvette: 1958 Convertible Silver Blue with Blue Interior

Silver Blue w/Blue interior, N.O.M. small block, 4-speed manual transmission. 1958 silver blue corvette 1 Every Corvette fan has their favorite year or generation. And with over 65 years over Corvettes, there certainly is plenty to choose from. But milestone.....
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June 1, 2018 No Responses

Citroën to be First-Time Feature at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

The 1966 Citroën DS 21 Chapron Le Léman Coupé with restorer Vincent Crescia. This year, for the first time ever, Citroën will grace the 18th fairway as a featured marque at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on August 26th....
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June 1, 2018 No Responses

Fourth Person to Walk on the Moon Passes Away

The 4th person to walk on the moon, and renowned Corvette enthusiast, Alan Bean has passed at age 86. Bean was the lunar module pilot for the 2nd moon landing on November 1969; the Apollo 12 mission. During this mission,...
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May 21, 2018 No Responses

Featured Corvette: 1971 LS6 Sunflower Yellow Coupe

Sunflower Yellow Corvette with Black interior, 454/425hp, 4-spd. manual transmission. If you were in the market for the ultimate Corvette in ’71, you needed to look no further than RPO LS6. Checking this $1,221 option on your order form gave...
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May 20, 2018 No Responses

1957 Corvette Fuel Injection Unit

This F.I. unit was taken off of a ’57 Corvette engine. It has been completely rebuilt and is ready to be installed. What is needed is the distributor and air cleaner unit (not included).The numbers are as follows: Serial #...
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May 19, 2018 No Responses

Corvette Delivery Turns into Shot Put

After selling their early C3, the owner loaded it up on an open trailer to deliver it to the new owner. But something went drastically wrong on the way. While driving south on Interstate 75, in Harrison Township, Ohio, the...
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May 15, 2018 No Responses

AUTOWEEK: 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1: 6 questions with Tadge Juechter and Alex MacDonald

Challenges, limits and preferences on Chevy’s newest world beater The 2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1 is incontrovertibly an engineering marvel. Taking a nuclear reactor like the LT5, attaching it to a real-deal clutch and forcing 755 hp (and 715 lb-ft of...
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May 11, 2018 No Responses

Are Pushrods Old or Smart?

In these times, where every engine in modern cars has overhead cams, why does Corvette still have push rods? This is a common question we get from new Corvette buyers. Is it because GM is slow to change, or is...
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Watch the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Toast a Dodge Demon on the Drag Strip – The Drive
May 9, 2018 No Responses

Watch the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Toast a Dodge Demon on the Drag Strip – The Drive

Who wins in this matchup of modern American muscle? Everyone, really. YouTube | Farmer Machine Co Racing These are heady times for American performance cars, with both the new 755-horsepower Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and the 840-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT De...
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