If you’re looking to pick up some parts for your project, you might want to head over to Classic Industries. Until Friday, March 15th, the company is offering 20% off orders, so you should get a move on if you want to catch this deal. At SEMA the CI guys featured Reggie Jackson’s cherry 1969 […] More »
By: John Coyle | March 12, 2013
BangShift posted pics of Retrokits’ Chevy truck conversion earlier today, and when I was poking around on its website, I found the company makes Camaro kits too. Now, the Trans Am/Firebird package I saw at SEMA went over well—I think they look wicked—but I don’t see the membership exactly rolling out the red carpet for Retrokits’ […] More »
By: John Coyle | February 25, 2013
We just got some awesome news. To celebrate Corvette’s 60th birthday, the C7 prototype is being shipped to Los Angeles’ Petersen Automotive Museum for its official West Coast debut. As you’d expect, there are going to be some amazing historic machines—the oldest Vette, Zora’s personal ’63 Grand Sport, ’59 Corvette Italia by Scaglietti—and some big […] More »
By: John Coyle | February 19, 2013
Recently, you might have seen some ads for Pep Boys running on the site. I don’t have anything to do with our advertising department—but I do have a soft spot for Manny, Moe and Jack. There aren’t too many Pep Boys in Los Angeles, but I grew up outside of Philadelphia, and in the early […] More »
By: John Coyle | February 15, 2013
The LS7 valve guide issue has been talked about to death, and yesterday, the General issued a bulletin about handling customer concerns. Now, I’ve heard the horror stories, and listened to those who say there’s absolutely nothing to worry about. And like with most things, I think the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. But my […] More »
By: John Coyle | January 16, 2013
Our buddies at Kerbeck just posted the General’s official renderings of the ten color options we’ll see for the C7 Corvette. There’s nothing really earth-shattering about the palate—no color-shifting, Barbie Pink or matte finishes are on the menu—and the biggest news is the addition of Lime Rock Green. A green hue—the C5 had Dark Bowling […] More »
By: John Coyle | January 15, 2013
While we don’t have any real performance numbers yet, we know that the C7 was designed to be on par with the current Grand Sport’s specs, and we have actual detailed photos of the General’s next-gen halo car. Jim Willis from our sister site CorvetteForum shot these at the reveal last night, and captured it […] More »
By: John Coyle | January 14, 2013
