BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky museum devoted to Corvettes had its second-highest attendance numbers in 2016. The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green says it welcomed 228,363 visitors last year, up 3.5 percent from 2015. Museum officials say the only year when the facility drew more visitors was…
Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2017 Wrap Up
This year’s Barrett Jackson auction saw a mixed variety of ultra high level celebrity auctioned vehicles. Steven Tyler, Floyd Mayweather, Burt Reynolds and Dale Earnhardt just to name a few; all raising money for various charities. Corvette saw some impressive sales over the weekend. Below is a brief list of…
Mickey Thompson’s 1963 ZO6 Corvette Sells at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2017
One lucky bidder acquired Mickey Thompson’s Personal 1963 Tanker Corvette ZO6 this weekend at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. This Corvette is one of the most famous 1963 ZO6 Corvette Tankers to ever leave the St. Louis plant. Otherwise know as a De Facto COPO! This Corvette was personally…
Rusty Wallace Corvette sells for $110,000 at Barrett-Jackson
In recent years, NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Rusty Wallace has been a regular at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Collector-Car Auction and Saturday night he was there to sell a special 1978 Corvette he customized. The gleaming black Corvette featured a 450-horsepower Chevrolet engine built and dyno-tuned by Doug Yates, who…
Corvette Plant Will Go Temporarily Offline
The year Corvette production shifted from St. Louis, Missouri to Bowling Green, Kentucky was 1981. The proud men and women working at Bowling Green have been producing America’s greatest sports car ever since, and they’ll continue to do so in the years to come. However, the assembly line has remained…
Mecum Exceeds $86 Million at Kissimmee 2017
Mecum Kissimmee 2017 was a huge success for Corvette! Corvette took three of the top sales position within the massive 2,700 car sale this month in Florida. January 20, 2017: Mecum Exceeds $86 Million at Kissimmee 2017 More Than 4,000 Lots Sold Throughout 10-day Auction WALWORTH, Wis. – Jan. 20,…
Barrett-Jackson Auction Results – Thursday, January 19th
Today was another ramp up in quality, quantity and price here in the desert of Arizona. I felt there were a few remarkable sales today, as most cars at Barrett Jackson cross the block at NO RESERVE. In my opinion, this first car listed may have been a good buy….