A new exhibit at the National Corvette Museum is welcoming a new exhibit through January 18, 2013 featuring country music stars and their Corvettes and Camaros. Included in the exhibit are well-known names such as George Strait’s 1958 Corvette, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s 1960 Corvette, Roy Orbison’s 1967 Corvette, George Jones’s 1978 Corvette, and Brad Paisley’s 1999 Corvette Country music is […]
Joe Crosby of Florida Restoring Neil Armstrong’s 1967 Sting Ray
November 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
News in Florida is buzzing about the Space Coast man who has purchased and is now restoring astronaut Neil Armstrong’s 1967 Marina Blue Sting Ray Corvette. Crosby purchased the car earlier this year from an unknown seller in Georgia, but he’s not telling how much he paid for it. The early astronauts were famous for […]
Vintage Corvette Ads from the Early 1960s
November 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
We’ve previously looked at some of the great Corvette ads from the 1950s as provided by Flickr member aldenjewell, who has done a superb job archiving these images. Today we’ll look at more magazine ads for Corvettes, this time from the first half of the 1960s. Corvette Ads from 1960 What Happened to Gravity? Purely […]
Chevrolet Releases Details of the C7 Corvette Engine
October 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Chevrolet unveiled the upcoming 2014 Corvette’s engine today. Details include: 6.2-liter V-8 anticipated 26 mpg city rating 450 horsepower at 6,000 rpm 450 pound-feet of torque at 4,000 rpm retains the OHV and cam-in-block configuration of previous small-block engines supposed to be one of the most fuel-efficient engines ever feature Active Fuel Management, GM’s moniker for cylinder deactivation, which […]
New C7 Corvette Emblem Revealed
October 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Last Thursday, General Motors revealed the new emblem for the C7 Corvette, due out for the 2014 model year. Design chief Ed Welburn stated that the emblem is ““much more modern, more technical and more detailed than before, underscoring the comprehensive redesign of the entire car.” We’re excited about the new C7 design, and getting to […]
Vintage Corvette Ads from the 1950s
October 22, 2012 by 2 Comments
Magazine and newspaper advertisements were a major source of brand awareness and salesmanship, back in a time when radios and TVs were few and far between, and the Internet hadn’t even been dreamed of. We didn’t have infomercials, or Facebook…the world of advertising was primarily based on print advertising. The benefit for us is being […]
History of the Corvette
October 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Chevrolet Corvette is an icon of the American sports car industry. As we approach the Corvette’s 60th birthday, let’s celebrate by looking back at the history of the Vette. C1 Corvettes In 1951, a group at General Motors under the leadership of Harley Earl, the head of design and later Vice President at GM, […]
Corvette Trivia – Did You Know?
September 27, 2012 by 1 Comment
Corvette fans know lots about their cars – but maybe there’s some Corvette trivia you haven’t run across yet. See if you know the following fun Corvette facts. • The Corvette was named after a small, maneuverable warship of the same name. Myron Scott, the creator of the All-American Soap Box Derby, is credited with naming the […]
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