With all the discussion about ‘The Wave’ going on, I dug out an article from “Corvette News”. Corvette News, in the beginning, was a FREE publication sent out by Chevrolet to Corvette owners. A great magazine whose origin goes all the way back to 1957 (the first edition, BTW, is quite a collectors item as you may well imagine.) The particular article, called “Save the Wave”, which I am quoting, appeared in the August/September 1969, Volume 12, Number 6 — *please* keep that in mind. Not only will you see that our fellow Corvette owners worried about carrying on the ‘tradition’ of ‘The Wave’, you’ll see that times were simpler and that writing styles have changed ;^)
SAVE THE WAVE
Ever since Corvette No. 00001 first met Corvette No. 00002 on the road, their drivers saluted each other with waves. Today, unfortunately, this grand and glorious tradition is wavering. There’s one item of standard equipment [...]
Do you like cars?
Do you like classic cars?
Do you love to see very unique and rare cars?
Do you want to help people this holiday season?
Car enthusiast,
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then Corvette Mike in Anaheim, CA. has the event for you. It is our second annual Car Show and Food/Toy drive to be held on Saturday December the 17th. This is a free event and open to everybody. If you would like to help and have any non-perishable items or unwrapped toys you would like to donate, we will be happy to collect it and make sure it gets distributed to families for the holidays. Last year we had people offer to donate money and this year we will be able to [...]
Reprinted From Bill Overton:
‘Twas the night before Christmas and out in the garage,
There wasn’t a trace of a Honda, a Toyota or even a Dodge.
The presents were wrapped and the lights were all lit,
So I figured I’d mess with my Corvette for a bit.
I popped the release and I lifted the hood,
When a deep voice behind me said “looks pretty good.”
Well, as you can imagine, I turned mighty quick,
And there, by the workbench, stood good ol Saint Nick!
We stood there a bit, not too sure what to say,
Then he said “don’t suppose that you’d trade for my sleigh?
I said “no way, Santa” and started to grin,
“But if you’ve got the time we could go for a spin!”
His round little mouth, all tied up like a bow,
Turned into a smile and he said “hey! Let’s go!!”
We opened the doors to claim [...]
From ESPN News/Associated Press:
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Corvette Racing unveiled the new 2012 Daytona prototype on Tuesday at Daytona International Speedway.
It’s the first Daytona prototype body built by a manufacturer. Its first test will be Wednesday at Daytona.
The Corvette DP will have four teams next season — Bob Stallings Racing; Wayne Taylor Racing; Sprit of Daytona Racing and Action Express Racing.
The car will make its racing debut in the 50th anniversary of the GRAND-Am Rolex 24 at Daytona in January.
Jim Campbell of Chevrolet says sports cars and endurance racing is the perfect platform for manufacturers to develop cars. The new car incorporates Corvette styling cues and is recognizable to sports car enthusiasts.
A would-be car thief in Prince George, B.C., has learned a powerful lesson from a powerless car.
He now knows that the Corvette he tried to steal on Sunday afternoon becomes nothing more than a four-wheeled holding cell when the battery dies.
RCMP Sgt. Jason Keays told the Prince George Citizen the 21-year-old jumped into the idling Corvette just as the owner was putting away a charger used to revive the sports car’s dead battery.
The owner watched in disbelief as the thief rolled up the power windows, locked the power doors — and promptly stalled the vehicle while trying to back out of the driveway.
Without enough juice in the battery to restart the car, the suspect was trapped inside as the Corvette withstood his efforts to smash a window or pry one open with a [...]
