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May 2015
An American sports car with a Hood Full Of Horses!
1956 The American Sports Car The Corvette began to define itself as a true American sports car. An American sports car with a Hood Full Of Horses! A new fresh body and more options brought a lot of excitement to the 1956 Corvette. And now a legitimate performance machine that is a true American icon. All the former version’s inferior elements were removed and the superior...
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May 20151957 New 283hp Fuel-injected V-8 Corvette
1957 New 283hp Fuel-injected V-8 Corvette Corvette saw some major improvements under the hood,A new, larger 283-cid, 283hp v8 engine. Corvette had effectively become a street-legal sports car! the 1957 Corvette delivered uncompromising, and largely unmatched, performance. The Corvette had effectively become a street-legal sports car...
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May 2015Corvette Jazzed up for 1958
The 1958 Corvette received a body and interior freshening including a longer front end with quad headlamps, bumper exiting exhaust tips, a new steering wheel and dashboard with all gauges mounted directly in front of the driver...
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May 20151959 Corvette 9,670 units sold
The 1959–60 model years had few changes except a decreased amount of body chrome and more powerful engine offerings. The biggest update was six new colors sold including Cascade Green. Aluminum radiators came with the 270 hp and 290 hp engines...
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May 20151960, Corvette as America’s sports car
Whereas a few short years ago the Corvette was railed by critics for it’s lack of performance, the Corvette had come into it’s own as a genuine America's sports car both in the United States as well as around the world...
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May 20151962 model year, 360hp fuel-injected V-8 upgrade
The 1962 Corvette marked the end of an era for America's sports car, Still, the 1962 was a transitional model year in that it introduced the venerable 327 V-8, which would be carried over to the new design...
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May 20151963 Corvette Sting Ray Received Major Restyling
The Corvette Sting Ray represented the first total restyling of the Corvette since its inception 10 years earlier and brought the first coupe to the Corvette brand. The Sting Ray's breakthrough styling was enhanced by a totally new chassis, including an independent rear suspension...
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May 20151964 Sting Ray was absolutely loved
1964 corvette results were impressive. The car completed a quarter-mile run in 14.2 seconds at a speed of 100 miles per hour, with a 0-60 time of just 5.6 seconds (which were both impressive performance numbers for 1964...
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May 2015The “L78” 396 grunted out a hulking 425 HP
But the big news (literally) was the availability of the new 396-cubic-inch big-block V8. And there was even better news as four-wheel disc brakes became standard.The "L78" 396 grunted out a hulking 425 horsepower and became an instant legend...
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May 20151966 continues to feature big block engines
The "L78" 396 grunted out a hulking 425 horsepower and became an instant legend as the meanest machine to leave General Motors since the company had stopped building Sherman tanks. With the arrival of big-block power, the mechanical fuel-injected 327's...
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