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1964 Chevrolet Corvette

1964 Chevrolet Corvette 327ci V8 4 Spd in DAYTONA BLUE

1964 Chevrolet Corvette

1964 Chevrolet Corvette

1964 Chevrolet Corvette

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Chevrolet Corvette Stingray “Sideswipe” Concept , 2009. A special C6 Corvette created for the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie.

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1966 Chevrolet Corvette convertible restomod

This concours-level build, completed in 2022, was done by Jeff Hayes Customs.

Courtesy: Barrett-Jackson

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From the car files: the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible and split-window sports coupe.

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Chevy Corvette 1963. - source Ay Nur Ceylan via CLASSIC CARS IN PICTURES.

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1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split Window Coupe

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1969 CHEVROLET CORVETTE CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE

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Nadia Lee Cohen - Chevrolet Corvette

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1953 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster

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This Day In History, April 23, 1996 Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American automotive engineer, known as "the Father of the Corvette", dies at 86

Zora Arkus-Duntov (December 25, 1909 – April 21, 1996) was a Belgian-born American engineer whose work on the Chevrolet Corvette earned him the nickname "Father of the Corvette." He is sometimes erroneously referred to as the inventor of the Corvette; that title belongs to Harley Earl. He was also a professional racing driver, appearing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times and taking class wins in 1954 and 1955.

Arkus-Duntov joined General Motors in 1953 after seeing the Motorama Corvette on display in New York City. He found the car visually superb, but was disappointed with what was underneath. He wrote Chevrolet chief engineer Ed Cole that it would be a pleasure to work on such a beautiful car; he also included a technical paper which proposed an analytical method of determining a car's top speed. Chevrolet was so impressed, engineer Maurice Olley invited him to come to Detroit. On May 1, 1953, Arkus-Duntov started at Chevrolet as an assistant staff engineer.

Shortly after going to work for Chevrolet, Arkus-Duntov set the tone for what he was about to accomplish in a memo to his bosses. The document, "Thoughts Pertaining to Youth, Hot Rodders and Chevrolet", laid out Duntov's views on overcoming Ford's lead in use by customizers and racers, and how to increase both the acceptance and the likelihood of success of the Chevrolet V8 in this market. In 1957 Arkus-Duntov became Director of High Performance Vehicles at Chevrolet. After helping to introduce the small-block V8 engine to the Corvette in 1955, providing the car with much-needed power, he set about showcasing the engine by ascending Pike's Peak in 1956 in a pre-production car (a 1956 Bel Air 4-door hardtop), setting a stock car record. He took a Corvette to Daytona Beach the same year and hit a record-setting 150 mph (240 km/h) over the flying mile.[citation needed] He also developed the famous Duntov high-lift camshaft and helped bring fuel injection to the Corvette in 1957. He is credited with introducing the first mass-produced American car with four-wheel disc brakes.

A conflict arose between Duntov and Chevrolet chief designer Bill Mitchell over the design of the new C2 Corvette "Sting Ray" model. Mitchell designed the car with a long hood and a raised windsplit that ran the length of the roof and continued down the back on a pillar that bisected the rear window into right and left halves. Duntov felt that the elongated hood interfered with the driver's view of the road ahead, and the rear pillar obscured the driver's view rearwards. The split rear window was widely criticized, and a one-piece backlite was put in its place the next year.

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Chevrolet Corvette XP-897 GT Two-Rotor Concept, 1973. Presented at the IAA in Frankfurt 50 years ago this week, a prototype for a rotary-powered mid-engined Corvette that had been made by Pininfarina. The concept had been built over the platform of a Porsche 914 and fitted with a 2-rotor version of GM’s Wankel engine. The project went no further as General Motors abandoned their rotary engine program and it would be another 46 years before a mid-engine Corvette would go on sale

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Ex-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1999 Chevrolet Corvette Callaway C12,

Photo via Bring a Trailer

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Veronica Perasso

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Steve McQueen et sa Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 427 Coupe 1966. - source USA Muscle Car Legends.

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Fill It Up 1986