Category: Corvette News

February 26, 2015 No Responses

Unrestored Survivor 1960 Corvette Might Be Most Original in Existence

© Provided by Hotrod VEMP 150400 RARE 01   Standing by his ’60 survivor with 11,870 miles on the odometer, Gary Skinner told us, “I rode in it when it was brand-new. The owner put it up in 1968 and...
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February 26, 2015 No Responses

Restored ’54 Chrysler New Yorker is like one of the family

The 1954 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe now belongs to David Cutler of Newport Beach. But it was his mother who purchased it new about 60 years ago. NICK AGRO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER “It’s a member of the family that lives in...
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February 23, 2015 No Responses

Fahrenheit Z06: The Maximum Operating Temperatures for the Corvette Z06 Are Insane

From the March 2015 issue of Car and Driver Fahrenheit Z06: The Maximum Operating Temperatures for the Corvette Z06 Are Insane!  The 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 posts some impressive performance numbers thanks to its 650-hp, 6.2-liter supercharged V-8. It als...
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February 19, 2015 No Responses

12 years after demolition, not all of Flint Corvette factory has disappeared

Bricks like this one came from a Flint General Motors factory that was demolished more than a decade ago and are being sold to benefit the National Corvette Museum. FLINT, MI — The Flint factory where the first few Corvettes...
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February 13, 2015 No Responses

One Year Ago – February 12, 2014….

One year ago at 5:38 a.m. (Feb. 12, 2014), a giant sinkhole opened up and swallowed 8 rare and historically important Corvettes at the National Corvette Museum. The sinkhole measured about 40 feet wide and 30 feet deep and opened...
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February 3, 2015 No Responses

How General Motors Builds The 650HP LT4 V8: Video

General Motors 650 horsepower 6.2-liter LT4 V8 used in the 2015 Corvette Z06 is built at its Tonawanda Engine Plant in, you guessed it, Tonawanda, New York. The facility is also responsible for assembling its EcoTec3 4.3-liter V6, EcoTec3 5.3-...
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February 1, 2015 No Responses

National Corvette Museum Gives The World’s Only 1983 Corvette The Display It Deserves

In late 1979, Chevrolet had huge plans in store for the fourth-generation of their Corvette. Former Corvette chief engineer Dave McLellan said they were applying “new technology that hadn’t been used in Chevrolet or in any automotive (application),” as t...
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January 29, 2015 No Responses

Barrett-Jackson President Purchases $90,000 Victory Cross Motorcycle to Benefit Ride2Recovery

We love our Veterans! Lot #3009, a 2014 Victory Cross Country 8-Ball Motorcycle, was purchased by Barrett-Jackson president Steve Davis for $90,000, with a matching donation from business leader and philanthropist Brett Torino. 100 percent of that $180,000 wil...
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January 20, 2015 No Responses

With $292.8 million in sales, another record year for the Scottsdale collector car auctions

The 1950 GM Futurliner bus and the 1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special Motorama concept. The Futurliner is the big red one; it sold for $4,000,000. The Bonneville Special pulled $3,300,000. Bother were part of the Ron Pratte Collection and crossed the...
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January 20, 2015 No Responses

With $292.8 million in sales, another record year for the Scottsdale collector car auctions

The 1950 GM Futurliner bus and the 1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special Motorama concept. The Futurliner is the big red one; it sold for $4,000,000. The Bonneville Special pulled $3,300,000. Bother were part of the Ron Pratte Collection and crossed the...
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