Tag: throwback thursday

This week’s Throwback video brings you the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray commercial, which is unusual in how it focuses on the Corvette while also showing off the other cars in the 1963 Chevrolet car lineup.

This week’s Throwback video features an absolutely wicked 1968 Chevrolet Camaro powered by a blown big block engine that is said to produce upwards of 1,000 horsepower.

This week’s Throwback video features what looks to be a show quality 1988 Pontiac Firebird Formula cleaning off the tires. Based on how this Firebird looks and sounds, I am guessing that it is either stock or very near stock, but that doesn’t prevent it from putting together a pretty solid burnout.

I love vintage automotive ads and I feature a great many of them for Throwback Thursday, but this week’s old school commercial for the 1969 Pontiac Firebird is very likely one of the strangest new car ads I’ve seen. Evidently (according to the commercial), the introduction of the redesigned 1969 Firebird caused such a significant […] More »

The 1980s were an awesomely tacky times whether you are talking about fashion, music or advertising and today’s Throwback video features a 1984 Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta commercial that just screams ’80s. From the ultra-crude computer technology to the absurdly long socks and skirt of the actress to the emphatic music playing in the background, this […] More »

While it obviously doesn’t have an LS1 engine, the 1953 Chevrolet Corvette directly led to the development of the first small block Chevy V8 and today our Throwback video features what I believe to be the very first television commercial for the first Corvette from back in 1953. This commercial is priceless, not just because […] More »

This week’s Throwback video features a later 4th gen Chevrolet Camaro packing a turbocharged LS1 engine. We don’t know anything about the engine build or the suspension modifications, but it is pretty obvious as soon as the burnout begins that this is one monster F-Body. After a quick, strong burnout during which we can hear […] More »