Month: October 2012

Mecum Auctions will offer over 100 Corvettes for sale this week as part of their annual fall St. Charles auction. Sales kick off Thursday, October 25th and runs through Saturday, October 27th at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois. Velocity will provide 12 hours of live auction coverage from the event.

Here’s how the 104 Corvette consignments sort out by generation within the 1,000-vehicle St. Charles docket:

The Corvette selection again covers all 6 generations and ranges from a bone stock unrestored white 1954 to a Caravaggio modded 2008 Z06. Plus, don’t forget about The Pizza Man 1954 drag racer we told you about last week.

Here are our Corvettes to watch this weekend in St. Charles: The Black Edition

Lot #S101 1962 Big Brake Fuelie Corvette Roadster

Why You Should Buy It:

Tuxedo Black with black interior; 1 of 246 produced with RPO 687; heavy duty brakes and steering; heavy duty suspension; double front sway bars; matching numbers 327/360 HP fuelie engine; T-10 4-speed manual transmission; 4.11 posi; hardtop; off road exhaust

Lot #S86 1963 Fuelie Corvette Sport Coupe

Why You Should Buy It:

Tuxedo Black with black interior; L84 327/360hp with Rochester fuel injection; Borg- Warner T-10 4-speed manual transmission; original AM Wonderbar radio; correct seat covers, steering wheel and wheel covers

Lot #S168 1967 427/435 Corvette Roadster

Why You Should Buy It:

Tuxedo Black with red stinger and black interior; L71 427/435hp; 4-speed transmission; heater, radio delete; soft top only; J56 big brakes; side pipes; no documentation mentioned in auction listing

Velocity’s 12 hours of live coverage breaks down like this (all times central):

• Friday 3-9 pm
• Saturday 1-7 pm

You can also watch the entire event live on the Mecum.com website.

Source:
Mecum

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With news of the 450-hp C7 LT1 engine dominating the Internet this week, we managed to find another Corvette motor worthy of some ink, too.

And you don’t even have to wait until an official unveiling to see this unusual Corvette.

Reports on the Web are discussing what appears to be the world’s only Corvette powered by a diesel engine that runs on vegetable oil.

A fellow named “Spank” out in Escondido, California has actually put a 1980s Oldsmobile 350 diesel V8 that produces a whopping 77-hp into his C4 Corvette, which he says has the ability to run for five hours at unspecified speeds on one tankful.

And, if you’re impressed by all these facts and figures, this car can actually be the Corvette of your dreams for just $3,500!

Of course, there are some potential drawbacks. Spank didn’t install two fuel tanks – one for conventional diesel and another for the vegetable oil. Instead, he drains the vegetable oil from the tank, replaces it with diesel fuel to warm the engine up, and then drains it again and puts more vegetable oil in. He makes it sound as normal as just hopping in the seat of your car and turning the ignition switch, but we’re not sure we’d want to go to that much trouble for just 77-hp!

Spank calls his creation the “Cor-Vegge” and says it was built for the 24 Hours of LeMons endurance racing series for cars that cost $500 or less (not to be confused with the 24 Hours of LeMans).

Source:
24hoursoflemons.com via GreenCarReports.com

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Charles Johnson was like so many of us. We enter a contest and never give it another thought, figuring we won’t be lucky enough to ever win.

Wrong!

At least for this Raleigh, North Carolina man, who beat the odds and actually won a 2013 Corvette 427 Convertible.

He had seen an ad earlier in the year about a General Motors- and Corvette Racing-sponsored giveaway for the ultimate Corvette convertible and filled out the entry form.

He didn’t figure he had much chance of winning, but six months later, the phone rang at his home, his son picked it up, and soon came the news that Charles had been picked as the winner not only of the LS7-powered 505-hp 427 Corvette, but also a four night-five day trip to France for the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

Charles, who once owned a 1998 Corvette, has big plans for his prize. He wants to take the car to Virginia International Raceway, to the factory in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and to the Tail of the Dragon, a track in Robbinsville, North Carolina.

After putting 131 miles on the odometer the first day, Charles says he plans to slow down a little and keep the mileage to about 4,000 miles a year.

Ironically, he will turn 49 on Halloween and will definitely be celebrating in style in his new Corvette.

Source:
GM Authority

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