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Mecum’s Spring Indy Event Delivers on Second Gen Corvettes

Dana Mecum’s spectacular annual Spring Indy Auction is now history and though the auction set pricing records with two Mustangs that sold for over a million dollars each, it was more of a “mixed bag” when it came to Corvettes. It was really no surprise to see the 200 quality Corvettes Mecum uncovered and offered

By: | May 22, 2013


Corvette Auction Preview: The Don Davis Collection at RM Auctions

Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. At least that’s the way Don Davis of Fort Worth, Texas looks at his eclectic collection of cars. “I’m reducing my collection,” Davis told a reporter for the Star-Telegram. “It’s just too much trouble to take care of them.” As a result, Davis has decided

By: | April 16, 2013


Corvette Blogger Visits the Lingenfelter Collection

Article and Photos contributed by Steve Burns A couple months back we had the opportunity to tour the immense car collection of Ken Lingenfelter, owner of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering. The diverse collection contains about 150 stunning muscle cars, exotics, classics, as well as several of LPE’s latest creations. No car collection is complete without a

By: | September 21, 2011



Corvette Billboards on Display for Woodward Dream Cruise

In anticipation of this weekend’s Woodward Dream Cruise, Chevrolet has put up a couple of billboards featuring a 1953 Corvette and the 2012 Corvette ZR1 Centennial Edition. What’s really interesting is the location of the billboards: deep in the heart of Ford Country. Motor Trend posted the following images of the Chevrolet billboards which appear

By: | August 18, 2011


Happy Birthday! Corvette Turns 58

Content provided by Keith Cornett of CorvetteBlogger.com Fifty-eight years ago yesterday, the world’s first production Corvette rolled off its Flint, Michigan assembly line, which was located at a small factory on Van Slyke Road, next to the Flint Truck Plant. On June 30, 1953, the chevrolet workers who built the first Corvettes gathered around VIN […] More »

By: | July 1, 2011


C1 Corvette

The C1 was the first Corvette to go into production. This original Corvette was born, to some degree, because Chevrolet had designer Harley Earl on staff and Earl loved sports cars. General Motors produced the C1 from 1953 through 1962. Financing To finance a C1 Corvette, you can go to a bank, credit union, or […] More »

By: | March 1, 2011



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