This is the ultimate barn find!

Have you heard about the Peter Max Corvette collection? It is a set of 36 Corvettes, one from each year starting with the model’s 1953 debut and continuing through 1989. This collection is not only famous because they were owned by Mr. Max, the Pop Art star who gained fame in the ’60s, but also because he stored the cars for years in publicly accessible parking garages without much thought for their upkeep.

Members of Corvette forums seethed every time a new photo emerged showing the dust-caked cars in a dim garage. Some wanted Mr. Max to sell the cars or donate the set to a museum. Others didn’t much care who owned the cars, they only wanted to see them.

Thanks to the hard work of Daniel McDermon over at the New York Times, we finally [...]

Over the past few months there have been cars reported that were stolen decades ago, only to turn up again after authorities managed to sniff out some peculiarities with VINs. Well, another Corvette has turned up after being lost for 26 years.

The most recent story floating around involves a Jaguar E-Type that was stolen from New York City and recovered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection while they were in a container headed to the Netherlands. There were four other cars recovered including a 1969 Corvette. CorvetteBlogger.com reports that this Corvette was stolen from Portland, OR in 1988 but authorities have yet been able to find out who the owner was, not to mention who were the perpetrators of the crime almost three decades ago.

If you happen to have had a 1969 Corvette stolen from the Pacific Northwest in 1988, you may want to contact customs officials in Los Angeles. Hopefully [...]

An early look at the C7′s Z06—historic RPO codes be damned.

What It Is: A heavily camouflaged seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette that we believe to be the next generation of Z06 high-performance models, which will be called Z07. The Corvette has used such an RPO three times in the past—first as an off-road suspension and brake package from 1973–1975; then in 1991–1995 to designate an adjustable-suspension package; and again from 2011–2013 as a package that included magnetic selective ride control, stickier rubber, lighter wheels, aero updates, beefed up cooling, and Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes—and, considering the publicity the seventh generation of Corvette has going for it, the “Z07” moniker would make some sense. It’s also the next Vette in the hopper, after the convertible and targa models start rolling off production lines.

Why It Matters: [...]

We invite you to join us in Celebrating our 10 Year Anniversary at an Open House on Saturday September 13, 2014 from 11am-2pm at the Corvette Mike MIDWEST location in Burr Ridge, Illinois.

We want to thank our customers, fellow enthusiasts, families, friends and vendors for contributing to our success since we opened in 2004.  We look forward to you joining us on this Appreciation Day as you have all been part of this journey.  We will have door prizes, food, and lots of fun talking about stories of the last 10 years. We ask you to RSVP so we can better plan the event.

If the weather is nice we encourage you to bring your Corvette or Classic Car as we will have parking available.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you!

Larry, Bill and the Corvette Mike Team

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DETROIT —General Motors is recalling 1,939 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray cars in the U.S. with the FE1 or FE3 suspension to repair a possible insufficient weld in the rear shocks that could lead to a fracture and/or reduce the shocks’ service life, the automaker said on Friday.

Chevrolet dealers will replace the two rear shock absorbers.

GM said it is not aware of any crashes or injuries related to the recall.

Thirty-three additional vehicles were sold in Canada and another 82 were exported.

No information about the recall was posted on the Web site of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which oversees vehicle recalls in the U.S.

But the agency posted a stop delivery order on the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray with the FE1 or FE3 suspension. A total of five vehicles are involved in that order.

The affected cars must be held and not delivered to customers, dealer traded or used for demonstration [...]