Classic Corvette 30 Years : New Edition

by MUELLER MIKE

• ISBN13: 9780760318065
• ISBN10: 0760318069
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-07
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

Three previous titles on Corvette are combined between two covers to provide a giant, colorful retrospective of Corvette's first three generations. Take a fun-filled journey with Mike Mueller and cruise through the exciting history of America's only true sports car. Filled with details of the uncertain early years, the influx of the more powerful V-8 engines, and the evolution of sporty styling that's become legendary.

Table of Contents

Corvette 1953-1962
Acknowledgments	p. 10
Introduction	p. 15
1953-55: Born in a Rush	p. 27
1956-57: Off and Running	p. 43
Executive Privileges: 1956 Corvette SR-2	p. 65
Stillborn at Sebring: Duntov's Corvette SS	p. 75
1958-60: Onward and Upward	p. 87
1961-62: Last of the Solid Axles	p. 111
Corvette Sting Ray 1963-1967
Acknowledgments	p. 135
1953-1962: Sting Ray Roots	p. 139
1963: The Sting Ray Makes Its Splash	p. 151
Heirs to the Throne: Duntov's III-Fated Grand Sports	p. 171
1964: Split Decision	p. 185
1965: Easy Come, Easy Go	p. 203
1966: Building a Bigger, Better Big-Block	p. 219
1967: Unintended Encore	p. 235
Appendix	p. 252
Corvette 1968-1982
Acknowledgments	p. 258
Introduction: America's Sports Car Pursues Perfection	p. 261
Shark Sightings: Development of the Third-Generation Corvette	p. 271
See Three: Introducing the Latest, Greatest Corvette	p. 287
Putting the Big in Big-Block: Legends Labeled L-88, ZL-1, and LS-6	p. 303
The Mouse that Roared: LT-1 Corvettes, 1970-72	p. 325
Soft Touches: The "Bumperless" Years Begin in 1973	p. 339
Life in the Fastback Lane: A New Profile Debuts in 1978	p. 359
Index	p. 380
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