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Coming Distraction: The "Continuation" Cheetah

Cheetah, Bill Thomas, not a kit car

Posted January 8 2010 11:00 AM by scott_ross

It was a "VetteRod" when Bill Thomas made the first one in 1964...and it still is today: The "Continuation Cheetah...and March's Corvette Fever is THE place to find out more about it!

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Coming Distraction: Karvajal ZX-1

Karvajal Designs, Magnuson supercharged

Posted January 8 2010 07:00 AM by scott_ross

Can C6 Corvettes get any more exotic? See for yourself when you read the cover story in March's Corvette Fever.

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It's Not Too Early To "Summerize" (Or Start Thinking About It)

Removal-from-storage tips, Hagerty Classic Insurance

Posted January 7 2010 08:29 AM by scott_ross

On a day when Hell has frozen over (we're talking the one in Michigan that's about 20 miles southwest of GM's Milford Proving Grounds, by the way), we'd thought you'd like to check out these tips from the folks at the...

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'09 Replay: Misterl's Midyear

Harley Earl, HIS Corvette Sting Ray

Posted December 25 2009 09:00 AM by scott_ross

One great thing about writing about historic Vettes is discovering the stories behind them. So it was with "Misterl's Midyear," a special '63 Sting Ray that we brought you in 2009.

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'09 Replay: Grand Touring--VetteRod Style

'73 Corvette, VBP prototype, harborView Restorations

Posted December 24 2009 11:00 AM by scott_ross

If you missed the feature on this '73 Corvette Stingrat that appeared in last February's Corvette Fever , fear not. We've got you covered (on this blog and elsewhere). Read on about another favorite of '09.....

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'09 Replay: The C6.R's great-great-great-great-granddaddy

1956 Corvette, special SR options

Posted December 23 2009 08:30 AM by scott_ross

You've got to start somewhere...and the Corvette's storied racing history began with this '56 (and its similarly-optioned counterparts). Think that's interesting? It is! So was writing about this historic C1 in 2009.

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'09 Replay: '62 C6.R

1962 Corvette, Gulf Oil 12-of-14

Posted December 22 2009 11:27 AM by scott_ross

Why can this '62 Corvette be called the "C6.R" of its day? How about 12 wins in 14 starts that year:? That's just one reason why this car was another fun one to write about in '09.

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'09 Replay: Nassauvette

Guldstrand prototype

Posted December 19 2009 11:30 AM by scott_ross

This year, we've featured production Vettes, racing Vettes, restored Vettes...and this Guldstrand-built prototype, the Nassau Roadster

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'09 Replay: From The Land Of Oz

C1 Corvette, fun on the roads of CNY

Posted December 19 2009 08:00 AM by scott_ross

Sometimes, the roads I've traveled and towns I've passed through (and lived in) help make a feature story go that much better. Such was the case on this Vette from the Land of Oz.

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'09 Replay: A More Perfect '67

'67 VetteRod, how I'd build one

Posted December 18 2009 01:00 PM by scott_ross

Of all the cars that I wrote about in the pages of Corvette Fever this year, this '67 VetteRod comes closest to the idea I have for building one of my own.

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'09 Replay: Gulf One

Gulf oil, '63 Corvette Z06

Posted December 18 2009 08:00 AM by scott_ross

Among the notable vettes that I've written about in the past year was "Gulf One," and you can see that article again (or the first time, if uyou missed it) right here oin this website.

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Coming to Kissimmee: A High-Output Chrome-Bumper Shark "Survivor"

Mecum Auctions, 1972 Corvette Stingray, LT-1 powered

Posted December 12 2009 12:00 PM by scott_ross

Nowadays, "LT1" is one of the engines in the high-tech LS-series of powerplants that have graced C5 and C6 Corvettes. The Corvette team didn't just pick that engine designation out of thin air--they used a famous...

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Coming to Kissimmee: A 450-HP (Factory rating!) Sting Ray

Mecum Auctions, 1966 Corvette Sting Ray

Posted December 12 2009 07:30 AM by scott_ross

Back in the '60s, what was the high-water mark for Corvette factory horsepower? If you said RPO L72 from 1966, you're right...and one of those high-hosepower Midyears is coming to Mecum's collector-car auction in...

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Coming to Kissimmee: A "Benchmark" Fuelie Sting Ray

Mecum Auctions, 1963 Corvette Sting Ray,

Posted December 11 2009 04:30 PM by scott_ross

What can you say about a Corvette that's won the Bloomington Gold's Certified award, Benchmark, and Survivor awards? How about "It's coming to Kissimmee"...meaning that it'll go up for bids at Mecum's collector-car...

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SEMA Names Source Interlink's Doug Evans 2009 Person of the Year

Posted December 11 2009 12:17 PM by alancolvin

SEMA named Doug Evans, senior vice president of performance automotive at Source Interlink Media, as the 2009 SEMA Person of the Year, recognizing his dedication and legislative activism in support of the...

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