Author: Mike Vietro

Featured Car of the Week: 1969 Shelby GT350 Fastback Coupe Gulfstream Aqua Metallic
February 21, 2017 No Responses

Featured Car of the Week: 1969 Shelby GT350 Fastback Coupe Gulfstream Aqua Metallic

Gulfstream Aqua w/White interior, 351/290hp, automatic transmission. By the end of the ’60’s increasing insurance premiums and the rising cost of gas meant that high performance cars were getting harder to own. And by 1971 it was clear to those...
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2017 is Starting off as an Exciting Year in the Classic Car Market!
February 21, 2017 No Responses

2017 is Starting off as an Exciting Year in the Classic Car Market!

The 2017 auctions have already seen record sales volumes. Mecum Las Vegas Vintage Motorcycle Auction had astounding results! A 65% higher selling rate than that of last year’s sale. Hard to imagine a motorcycle built at the turn of the...
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1962 Best of the Best Resto-Mod
February 18, 2017 No Responses

1962 Best of the Best Resto-Mod

Originally built by Corvette Mike for a collector client of ours.  Tuxedo Black w/Black and Gray interior, 350/350hp, Fuel Injected 5-spd. manual transmission. Built by Corvette Mike for a collector client of ours over a period of about three years....
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Man dies in Lake Forest crash after police chase
February 17, 2017 No Responses

Man dies in Lake Forest crash after police chase

LAKE FOREST – A man driving a stolen Corvette died after he crashed the car in Lake Forest following a police chase Thursday night, authorities said. Around 6:30 p.m., someone reported the Corvette stolen from Mission Viejo. About an hour...
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New ZL-1 Block
February 17, 2017 No Responses

New ZL-1 Block

You never know what you can find on Craigs List. While answering a Craigslist ad for Chevelle parts a brand new NOS (New Old Stock) (1968-1974) 427 ZL-1 bare engine block was discovered, still in its original plywood crate. This...
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Work beginning to repair sinkhole-damaged Corvette
February 16, 2017 No Responses

Work beginning to repair sinkhole-damaged Corvette

FILE – In this Feb. 12, 2014, file photo, cars lie in a sinkhole that opened up at the Skydome showroom in the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky. The museum said a prized Corvette still covered in dirt...
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Corvette Cave In Exhibit Opens on Two Year Anniversary of Museum Sinkhole
February 14, 2017 No Responses

Corvette Cave In Exhibit Opens on Two Year Anniversary of Museum Sinkhole

Cutting the ribbon are (from l-r) Katie Frassinelli, Museum Marketing Manager; Wendell Strode, Museum Executive Director; Roger Barganier, President of Creative Arts Unlimited; Bob Hellmann, Museum Facilities Manager and Christy Thomas, Museum HR/Finance Direc...
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February 13, 2017 No Responses

2017 Chicago Auto Show: Corvette

A super car, sometimes called an exotic car, is a $100,000-plus ultra-high-performance sports car or grand tourer. Some supercars are marketed by mainstream automakers as “halo” vehicles. Examples include the Chevrolet Corvette, Ford GT or Lexus LC. Other ...
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February 10, 2017 No Responses

Don’t Lie at the Track

Let’s face it, we would all love to take our sports cars around the track and really see what it, and you, could do. One reason most of us don’t do this is because our insurance does not cover us...
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February 8, 2017 No Responses

Featured Corvette of the Week: 1967 Chevrolet Corvette L71 427 435hp Convertible Marlboro Maroon

Marlboro Maroon w/Black interior, L71 427/435hp, 4-spd. With less than 17,900 original miles (mileage not indicated on the title), this 427/435hp L71 Convertible is comprehensively matching-numbers. It wears 100% of its original, factory-applied Marlboro Maroo...
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