Monday, 31 December 2007 16:00
1968 L88 Coupe
The L88 Corvette burst onto the scene with victories at Daytona and Sebring in 1966 and continued at the Le Mans Trials in April 1967, where, in near-stock trim, an L88 clocked 171.5 mph on the Mulsanne Straight. That same car led the GT class in the 1967 24 Hours...
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Monday, 31 December 2007 16:00
1963 327/360 4-Speed “Fuelie” Convertible
The 1963 Corvette was a dramatic, exciting breakthrough in American automobile design, engineering and specifications. Its four-wheel independent suspension was as good as any European exotic, and it should have ruled the road courses of the time—and would have, except for Carroll Shelby’s Cobra.
But the Cobra was gone in five...
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Monday, 31 December 2007 16:00
1957 283/283 Race Car
Although Chevrolet introduced the Corvette to great acclaim at the 1953 Motorama, few realized it would, in time, become America’s iconic sports car.
The sporting transformation didn’t come until 1956, a year after Chief Engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov inserted a 265-ci V8 into the previously sluggish 6-cylinder-powered fiberglass two-seater.
For 1956, Arkus-Duntov improved...
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Sunday, 30 September 2007 16:00
1953 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster
The Corvette was introduced at the General Motors Motorama at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York and it was a sensation. Its two-seater body was wrapped around the conventional perimeter frame chassis with independent front suspension and live rear axle. The body itself was a revelation, constructed from a revolutionary...
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Wednesday, 28 February 2007 16:00
1954 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster
This sale could awaken the collector market for early Corvettes; if you have your eye on one, go get itThen GM's Motorama was held in January 1953 at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Chevrolet unveiled its new Corvette.Six months later, the first Corvette rolled off a makeshift assembly line in Flint,...
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Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:00
1957 Chevrolet Corvette "Fuelie" Convertible
As I struggled to keep the Corvette on the road, I felt like I was driving my couch through the Laguna Seca CorkscrewIn 1956 Chevrolet introduced a restyled Corvette that was a complete departure from earlier models. The new Corvettes gave the American sports car a new identity that was...
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Monday, 31 July 2000 16:00
1957 Chevrolet Corvette FI Roadster
America was sadly without a true sports car until Chevrolet introduced the Corvette at the 1953 Motorama show and started production that year. The early Corvettes were lower and sportier than any other domestic car on the market but they lacked the innovative technology necessary to break open the market....
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Wednesday, 28 February 2001 16:00
1965 Corvette "Fuelie" Convertible
In 1965 the nine-year reign of the "fuelie" Corvette came to an end. Only 771 cars with the L84 option were built in 1965, making it the lowest production year. It was the only year you could buy a fuel-injected, disc-braked Corvette.This 1965 Glen Green model has traveled only 1,577...
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Friday, 31 October 1997 16:00
1954 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster
Dream cars were big in Detroit in the Fifties, but only General Motors built some you could actually buy. In 1953, at the first Motorama in January at New York's Waldorf -Astoria Hotel, Chevrolet unveiled their new Corvette. The car was sleek, with a rounded body, mesh stone guards over...
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Friday, 31 July 1998 16:00
1956 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster
In 1956, Ford was building the two-seat Thunderbird, and outselling Corvette four to one. After two disastrous sales years, the Corvette had to change or die. And change it did. First, it received a new body to replace the classic roadster style body of the previous three years. Still in...
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