Corvettes for Sale: This 1996 Corvette Grand Sport is Offered by MDY Motorcars

Corvettes for Sale: This 1996 Corvette Grand Sport is Offered by MDY Motorcars

Photo Credits: MDY Motorcars

We recently heard from our friend Michael Yager, son of Mid America Motorworks founder Mike Yager, about a new venture he was starting called MDY Motorcars. MDY will be offering for sale all types of sportscars, luxury cars, and vintage rides, building on Michael’s lifelong experience of growing up in a car family and overseeing the famous “MY Garage Museum”.

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[VIDEO] Family Donates a 2019 Corvette Grand Sport to the NCM In Memory of Late Father

[VIDEO] Family Donates a 2019 Corvette Grand Sport to the NCM In Memory of Late Father

Video Screenshot: National Corvette Museum

Richard Hoffman loved Corvettes his whole life.

That’s why it’s not surprising that before he passed away in 2018, the longtime enthusiast told his family that he wanted to donate the last Corvette he ever purchased to the National Corvette Museum.

The Museum took delivery of the car recently during a ceremony that included Hoffman’s son, Derek, who handled the donation of his dad’s 2019 Ceramic Matrix Gray Grand Sport.

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Legally Blind for 44 Years, a Canadian Man Has Sight Restored and Buys a Corvette

Legally Blind for 44 Years, a Canadian Man Has Sight Restored and Buys a Corvette

Photo Credit: Jill Croteau/Global Calgary

Seeing, quite literally, is believing for a Canadian man named Mike Schickerowski.

At age 44, he got his driver’s license just two weeks ago.

Why the delay?

Schickerowski was born with a disorder called nystagmus, which causes the brain to see images as a blur.

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[VIDEO] After Losing Races to a C8 Corvette, a C7 Grand Sport Owner Gets to Test Drive It

[VIDEO] After Losing Races to a C8 Corvette, a C7 Grand Sport Owner Gets to Test Drive It

Add another convert over to the C8 side.

This time, though, it’s a C7 Grand Sport owner who makes the switch.

YouTuber John of JMC Rides has appeared on this blog numerous times in the past few months, including most recently when he reported a small fire on his Torch Red 2020 Stingray apparently due to the rear brake cooling ductwork being installed by mistake during pre-delivery at the dealer.

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1996 Corvette Grand Sport Donated to the National Corvette Museum

1996 Corvette Grand Sport Donated to the National Corvette Museum

Photo Credit: National Corvette Museum

A trip to Corvettes at Carlisle a dozen years ago planted the seed for the recent donation of an immaculate 1996 Grand Sport to the National Corvette Museum.

Long-time Corvette enthusiasts Larry and Carol Watkins had taken their Admiral Blue (with white stripe and red hash marks) ’96 to the Carlisle show in 2008, where two young guys talked to them about the car.

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QUICK SHIFTS: C8 Review, LS Swap, Business Case, British ZR-1 Sedan, 2010 Grand Sport Reveal, and more!

QUICK SHIFTS: C8 Review, LS Swap, Business Case, British ZR-1 Sedan, 2010 Grand Sport Reveal, and more!

Welcome to Quick Shifts! Quick Shifts is a content feature here at CorvetteBlogger featuring links to Corvette and automotive-related stories of interest. This week we have a new C8 review, LS swap pointers, the business side of Corvette, the C4 ZR-1’s British sedan (saloon) cousin, an LS9 powered C4 B2K, supercharger types, and the reveal of the 2010 Corvette Grand Sport at the 2009 NCM Bash.

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