Corvette

by Mann, James; Benford, Tom

• ISBN13: 9780760329870
• ISBN10: 0760329877
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-15
• Publisher: Motorbooks

Summary

It was Americars"s sports car from the first, and in the half-century since, itrs"s only gotten better. This book gives Chevroletrs"s Corvette the treatment it deserves, with brilliant, detailed photographs of noteworthy models from all six generations. Full-color pictures, performance statistics, and historical summaries of each of Corvetters"s six generations: this volume packs nearly 80 vehicles and over 250 color photos into an irresistible close-up look at an incomparable sports car. Here are the cars that seduced generation after generation, from the 1953 Corvette convertible and 1963 Corvette Grand Sport to the 1990 Corvette ZR-1 and 2006 Corvette Z06--a fitting celebration of the worldrs"s longest continuously produced sports car.

Author Biography

Tom Benford is a dyed-in-the-wool car guy, award-winning automotive writer, and historian. He has authored several books, including Motorbooks’ Corvette: Five Decades of Sports Car Speed, Corvette Performance Projects 1968–1982, The Street Rod, and Garage and Workshop Gear Guide . Benford resides with his wife, Liz, in Brick Township, New Jersey. The Benford automotive stable includes six Corvettes from 1963 through 1998 and a 1933 Dodge five-window coupe street rod.
 
James Mann is a UK-based automotive photographer for the editorial and advertising industries. His work appears among the pages of top magazines all over the world, and he has contributed to more than 30 books; this if his fifth on Corvettes. He is the author of How to Photograph Cars, which was also published by MBI.
 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1953-1962

1963-1967

1968-1982

1984-1996

1997-2004

2005 and Beyond

Special Cars

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