Rare A.O. Smith-bodied 1967 Corvette Big Block Headed to Barrett-Jackson’s Reno Auction

Rare A.O. Smith-bodied 1967 Corvette Big Block Headed to Barrett-Jackson's Reno Auction

This is the Corvette that never existed, some say. But exist this A.O. Smith-bodied 1967 big-block Corvette does, and it will be up for auction at Barrett-Jackson at Reno Tahoe Aug. 6-8. A little background: From 1964 to 1967, Corvette bodies were actually built at two locations – half at the St. Louis factory and half under contract with A.O. Smith in Ionia, Mich. Some experts say there were a few A.O. Smith 427 bodies

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Corvettes on eBay: The Force is With This Star Wars Themed 1974 Corvette

Corvettes on eBay: The Force is With this Star Wars Themed 1974 Corvette

Back in 1977, a young filmmaker named George Lucas changed pop culture forever with the release of the first Star Wars movie. That film not only ushered in cool special effects, it set the standard (in the immortal words of Spaceball’s Mel Brooks) for movie merchandising and soon Star Wars branded toys and accessories were everywhere. Obviously, the first Star Wars movie made an impact on the former owner and creator of this special 1974

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The Last C6 Corvette

Milestone Corvettes have become a fascinating part of the Corvette story. Prior to the white 1992 1,000,000th Corvette convertible, no one was paying any attention to numerical milestones or the first and last ones built of any Corvette generation.

GM’s Trouble With Aussie Trademark Registration Reveals Details about Mid-Engine Corvette Zora

GM's Trouble With Aussie Trademark Registration Reveals Details about Mid-Engine Corvette Zora

Image Credit: MonaroSS/GMInsideNews Last week, the Australian car magazine Wheels broke an exclusive report about the trouble that General Motors is having in securing a trademark in the land of Oz for its crossed-flags Corvette logo. Specifically, the Corvette logo trademark has been denied multiple times due to protections that Australian intellectual property laws grants to the Red Cross. However, after reading the article and reaching out to the author who wrote the story, we

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[ACCIDENT] Teenage C5 Corvette Driver Causes Three Car Crash in Texas

[ACCIDNET] Teen C5 Corvette Driver Causes Three Car Crash in Texas

Photo Credit: gosanangelo.com A silver C5 Corvette was one of three vehicles involved in a Texas crash that injured four people Thursday night in San Angelo. Officer Joshua Younts of the San Angelo Police Department reported that a teenage male was headed north on Bryant Boulevard and attempted to turn left onto Knickerbocker Road. In the process, he hit a Hyundai headed southbound on Bryant, with the impact causing the Corvette to then strike a

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Corvette Delivery Dispatch with National Corvette Seller Mike Furman for Week of July 26th

Corvette Delivery Dispatch with National Corvette Seller Mike Furman for Week of July 26th

Each week, Criswell Chevrolet’s Mike Furman delivers new Corvette Stingrays and Z06s to his customers who come from all parts of the country to work with the nation’s top Corvette seller. This week, Mike shares some sad news with the passing of young Corvette fan from Leukemia. Over 20 deliveries are shared this week and the truckloads of Corvettes (five this week alone) continue to arrive. This past week was very busy with Corvette deliveries

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