If you want to custom order a 2017 C7 Corvette, time is running out. The Bowling Green assembly plant is preparing for a lengthy shut down this summer, and that means time is ticking down to place an order.

The last date the factory will take an order for a C7 Corvette Stingray is April 13, 2017. After that, you’re left with whatever your local dealer has in stock. The good news is that inventories are currently high, so you will be able to find something close to exactly what you want, but with the plant shutdown expected to last three to four months, inventories are more than likely to dwindle quickly.

Production of the 2017 C7 Corvette will end on June 2, 2017, and production for the 2018 Corvette will start back up sometime in the fourth quarter of 2017. Other than the rumored 2018 [...]

LeMans Blue w/Blue interior, 427/500 plus hp, 4-spd manual transmission.

By the mid-sixties, “The Big Three” were in a race to see who could come up with a bigger, more powerful engine to put in a lighter, thus faster car. Zora Arkus-Duntov and his engineering team were constantly and tirelessly developing Corvette to be a better car both on and off the track. But despite their efforts, the car was seriously challenged by Carroll Shelby’s Ford-powered Cobra. Arkus-Duntov’s answer was the Grand Sport Racing program. However, GM’s self-imposed racing ban made the development of the Grand Sport difficult at best and just as things were starting to get interesting, the program was discontinued at the behest of the top GM brass and the cars ordered destroyed. But, not before 5 examples were built and somehow “disappeared” out the back door and into the hands of privateers. However, [...]

Gulfstream Aqua w/White interior, 351/290hp, automatic transmission.

By the end of the ’60’s increasing insurance premiums and the rising cost of gas meant that high performance cars were getting harder to own. And by 1971 it was clear to those in the know that the end of the muscle car as we knew it was just over the horizon. However, there were still a few very good years left before the end of high performance (for the time being). The Big Three were pumping out muscle in all shapes and sizes. Ford was right in there with the Mustang. And If you wanted the ultimate Mustang, Carroll Shelby was happy to oblige with the GT350 and GT500.

This beautiful GT350 has benefited from a repaint in stunning Gulfstream Aqua Metallic, but is otherwise very original and features an original Deluxe interior in White knitted vinyl [...]