The mangled remains of a powerful Corvette — barely recognizable to its former owner — were pulled from the depths of a sinkhole at a Kentucky museum Wednesday, completing weeks of painstaking work to retrieve eight classic cars that were gobbled up by the gaping hole. The 2001 Mallett Hammer…
National Corvette Museum begins pulling cars from sinkhole
Bowling Green, KY (CNN) – All those cars that were swallowed up by the huge sinkhole that opened up inside the National Corvette Museum won’t be lost. Eight cars in all went down when the sinkhole opened up last month. Museum officials have brought in heavy equipment to start removing…
Bloomington Gold Announces Changes to SURVIVOR Judging Program
by Steve Burns on February 18, 2014 via corvetteblogger.com Back in 1990 Bloomington Gold introduced their SURVIVOR award for original, unrestored Corvettes. Award winners would need to be 20 years old, complete a short road test, and be at least 50% unrestored in 3 of 4 categories. Now, as we…
Sinkhole Swallows 8 Cars At National Corvette Museum
Snow is flying. Ice is accumulating. Roads are impassable. Power is out. And the story of the day that’s getting more attention than the weather on social media is this: “Eight Corvettes Swallowed By Massive Sinkhole At National Corvette Museum.” () Here’s how the museum in Bowling Green, Ky., to…
Chevrolet sweeps Car and Truck of the Year
Chevrolet’s Corvette Stingray sports car and Silverado pickup earn top honors. Chevrolet’s Corvette Stingray – Car of the Year There was much cheering as the announcement was made that the Stingray had earned this prestigious award. Tadge Juechter, chief engineer for Corvette, proudly accepted the trophy. He pointed out that…
2015 Chevrolet Corvette to get optional Performance Data Recorder [videos]
Chevrolet has announced the 2015 MY Corvette will be available with an optional Performance Data Recorder system. Introduced at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the Performance Data Recorder system has been co-developed with Cosworth and encompasses a 720p high-def camera located in the windshield header, a cabin-mounted microphone…
Hennessey Corvette Breaks 200 MPH
PRWEB.COM Newswire Houston, Texas (PRWEB) December 17, 2013 Only a handful of supercars exist that can rightfully lay claim to achieving 200 mph and beyond. With a serious injection of horsepower from Hennessey Performance (HPE), the new Corvette Stingray has entered that exclusive club. On December 11, 2013,…
Chevrolet sweeps Autoweek awards for best car, truck
2014 Corvette Stingray (boldride.com) Chevrolet swept Autoweek’s best car and best truck awards for 2014 with its new Corvette Stingray and Silverado pickup. It was the first time that one brand has won both awards, the magazine said. “With the level of this automotive game as high as it…
Snake and Stingray: 2014 SRT Viper GTS and 2014 Chevrolet Corvette
Vette or Viper? Maybe both??
Alcoa Inc. is making its patented Alcoa 951 bonding process available to competitors
At the request of automakers, Alcoa Inc. is making its patented Alcoa 951 bonding process available to competitors who also supply aluminum to the auto industry. Alcoa 951 coats aluminum to prevent corrosion and prepare the surface for adhesives. It will help automakers produce more structural load-bearing parts made of…