For those people who were young kids in the 1950s, being the proud owner of this Kiddie Corvette would surely have been a big thrill. General Motors, in the midst of promoting its products in a big way in the mid-1950s, commissioned the Eska Company of Dubuque, Iowa to manufacture a one-third size pedal car of the 1956 Corvette, which had just been redesigned for the first time.
Before Power Wheels, There Was the Kiddie Corvette
Photo Credit: CarStories.com We’ve featured the Power Wheels Corvette Stingray several times so we thought this great picture from The Petersen’s CarStories.com would be of interest to the “older kids”. For those people who were young kids in the 1950s, being the proud owner of this Kiddie Corvette would surely have been a big thrill. General Motors, in the midst of promoting its products in a big way in the mid-1950s, commissioned the Eska Company
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[PICS] Show Off Your Corvette Z06’s Brembo Brakes with these ADV.1 Wheels
We’ve been featuring custom wheels for the Corvettes lately as its one of the easiest ways to give your Corvette a personalized look. When we first saw these pictures, we knew they would be a hit, so enjoy this photoshoot from ADV.1 wheels. This Blade Silver Corvette Z06 from the photos is featuring a set of ADV6.2MV1CS monoblock wheels in a color called Liquid Smoke. The wheels shown are sized 19×10″ in the fronts and
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Corvette Driver and Passenger Critically Injured in Chain Reaction Crash
Photo Credit: Brent Allen Two passengers in a C6 Corvette were critically injured Wednesday in a domino-type accident on State Highway 105 at County Road 2077 in Cleveland, Texas. The accident happened about 5 p.m. when a log truck yielded to a Liberty County EMS ambulance answering a call in the area but didn’t wait long enough for the emergency vehicle to clear before pulling back onto the roadway from the shoulder. The log truck
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1986 Corvette Indy Concept: The C5 Corvette That Never Happened
The lead-time needed to design a car can be considerable. Often, designers start the next generation of a car shortly after a new design is released for production.
Familiar Four: Corvette Racing Re-Signs Full Season Drivers for 2016
BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 1, 2015) – With its 2015 racing season coming to an end this weekend at Road Atlanta, Corvette Racing already is casting an eye toward the future. The team and Chevrolet announced today that its group of full-season drivers – Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen, Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner – will return to drive two Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs in 2016. The Corvette Racing program for next season is expected to include the
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[PIC] Throwback Thursday: 1963 Corvette Sting Ray Racer at the Drum Shop
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It’s time for Throwback Thursday where we feature vintage photos of Corvettes. Last week we featured a 1963 Corvette on the street at night and for this week’s TBT, we’ve selected another period photo of the classic split-window. Here’s a picture of a 1963 Corvette Sting Ray racer stopped in front of the Professional Drum Shop. The driver is obviously a drummer based on the Ludwig sticker on the car. The car screams weekend warrior
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September 2015 Corvette Sales
This morning, General Motors released their monthly sales report for September 2015 and the outlook still looks great for Corvette. For the month, GM sold 2,572 Corvettes, an increase of 4.3% over the 2,467 Corvettes sold in September 2014. For the Calendar Year to Date, a total of 26,398 Corvettes have been built and we are trending 1.7% ahead of the 25,950 Corvettes sold during the same time period last year. For the comparison of
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Seized C5 Corvette in New York to be Auctioned
Crime definitely didn’t pay for a Batavia, N.Y., man who is in state prison and lost his 1999 Corvette convertible to the Genesee County (N.Y.) Sheriff’s Department after being convicted of drug crimes. But crime WILL pay for the local Drug Task Force, which will get the proceeds from the sale of the Corvette through a County Highway Department online auction next month. The black over silver convertible has just 28,000 miles on the odometer
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2015 Best Driver’s Car: In It to Win It – The Lohdown
Every auto manufacturer that agreed to participate in this year’s Best Driver’s Car competition sent at least one spare set of wheels and tires, as we requested. Porsche also sent a factory-trained technician, additional sets of mounted tires, and the most badass rolling tool chest I have ever seen, the same collection of sockets, Allen wrenches, spare parts, and fluids assembled to support the U.S. launch of the 918 Spyder.