Posts Tagged “chevy”
January 17, 1953 is a day the automotive world will never forget. On that date, Chevrolet unveiled a car to compete with the like of British sports cars such as the Jaguar XK120, the Corvette. The fiberglass-bodied car came only in Polo white, was powered by a 235ci inline-6 known as the “Blue Flame Six” [...]
Early in the morning I met up with the BYU Electric Blue Streamliner team, climbed into a van and made the way out to the Bonneville Salt Flats for World of Speed. After driving through the western Utah desert, jamming to Boston, we arrived to the salt. Team leaders, Dr. Perry Carter and my father, [...]
In 1980 the top-of-the-line supercar that you’d would undoubtedly find hanging in poster form on any teenage boy’s wall was the Lamborghini Countach LP400S. Any why not? The Countach represented all that was sacred in the supercar realm. It was impractical, expensive, rare, larger than Abby Lee Miller (if that’s even possible), and fast. The [...]
In case you were living under the proverbial rock last night, the Super Bowl made its yearly appearance in all of its patriotic, pig skin throwing, beer drinking, commercial watching glory. And if you’re a sports fan, the game did not disappoint…unless you were a Patriots fan. But if you’re more into the whole entertaining [...]
This is the Autohaus Motorsports #46 Chevy Camaro GT.R, which races in Grand-Am Rolex GT series. Starting life as a 5th Generation Camaro SS, Pratt & Miller modifies the body and Katech Engines modifies the GM LS3 6.2L naturally aspirated V8 to create a race reliable engine producing a spec ~450 hp, coming on at [...]
Can you believe that the Chevy Corvette has been around for over 60 years now? As a true American motoring icon, the car that wears the cross flags as an emblem has gone through six generations over the years yielding plenty of special editions and one-offs. Now, Chevy is celebrating the Corvette’s 60th birthday with [...]
