by Rick Tavel Special to Corvette Forum ? 7-24-2013 All rights reserved, do not duplicate without permission. Even though the image shown is that of a 1968 Corvette, technically it’s not a pure Corvette advertisement. It is one of a group of ads that advertise cars with a common purpose from more than one […] More »
By: Rick Tavel | July 24, 2013
Matt Rodriguez made it back more than 40 years ago from Vietnam, where he worked as a crew chief on a chopper. After he returned to the States in 1970, he began a 30-year career with General Motors in the tool and dye department. That’s when he also started his long love affair with Corvettes,
By: Keith Cornett | July 22, 2013
by Rick Tavel Special to Corvette Forum ? 7-17-2013 All rights reserved, do not duplicate without permission. Corvette had frequently bragged that it was America’s only sports car and liked to advertise that fact. And up until 1968 that fact was undisputable. But the marketing department found need to resurrect and reinforce that claim […] More »
By: Rick Tavel | July 17, 2013
Just when you might be thinking that all the old “barn finds” have surely been discovered by now, you hear about someone like the Lambrechts. Ray and Mildred Lambrecht have been running Lambrecht Chevrolet in Pierce, Nebraska for the past 50 years – with just one other employee – but since they’re getting on up
By: Keith Cornett | July 16, 2013
Photo courtesy of Andy and Sue Schiestl Viola Schiestl White is sitting in a C3 Corvette that is considered a classic by car enthusiasts. Nothing unusual about that. What is unusual is that Mrs. White will be celebrating her 100th birthday on July 28, 2013 so she can recall a time when there were not
By: Keith Cornett | July 16, 2013
by Rick Tavel Special to Corvette Forum ? 7-10-2013 All rights reserved, do not duplicate without permission. The first year advertising for the new C3 concentrated on educating the consumer to the new features and styling of America’s sports car. In 1968, both the body style and interior were all new while the engine […] More »
By: Rick Tavel | July 10, 2013
At any car show we always enjoy taking a peak at what witty things owners select on their vanity plates. We all know that Corvette owners are the best when it comes to unique characters, phrases, or sayings on their license plates. So as we always do, set aside some time last weekend at Bloomington
By: Keith Cornett | July 8, 2013
