Lil’ pink corvette brings big dough
All the hype surrounds Mopar muscle these days, but Corvettes continue to bring big money, particularly one-off cars. A 1964 Corvette styling car owned by Dr. Vance Shappley sold at the recent...
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Black Corvettes, all in a (publicly escorted) line
Normally, the punch line to any half-serious question about a bunch of Corvettes and a bunch of people with badges and guns is a bunch of tickets. Not this time. Mecum Auctions instead created a bunch...
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Original 1955 Corvette turns up after 45 years in storage
It simply doesn’t pay to be greedy, or at least misinformed when it comes to values of vintage Corvettes as the owner of this 1955 Corvette found out at the recent Bloomington Gold show. The...
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From the My Hemmings pages: Two unrestored American classics
Over on the My Hemmings pages, Del Bartel of Tulsa, Oklahoma, recently treated us to the excellent story of his father, Dean Bartel, and the 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air that Dean bought new and has kept in...
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Bloomington Gold moves again
The world’s most significant all-Corvette show is moving back to central Illinois. After nearly a decade of being held at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Bloomington Gold will be moving about...
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Bloomington Gold gets tough on engine stamping standards
Photo courtesy Bloomington Gold For years, the re-stamping of engines in Corvette circles has been an accepted practice. Thankfully, the folks at Bloomington Gold are doing something about it by...
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Car show season heats up – what’s on your calendar?
Welcome to the month of June. For collector-car owners, it’s a time to rejoice. All traces of winter are but a distant memory. There’s been enough rain to wash away the road salt. And with the sun...
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CERV-I among this weekend’s Bloomington Gold Great Hall inductees
Photos courtesy GM Media Unlike most auto-centric halls of fame, Bloomington Gold’s Great Hall inducts both the people and the cars that contributed to the history of the Chevrolet Corvette. The cars...
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Zora Arkus-Duntov, Corvette Grand Sport to be inducted into Bloomington...
Photos courtesy GM Media. He didn’t conceive of the Corvette. He didn’t shepherd it from concept to production. He didn’t drive one to a championship. He didn’t have much to do with its styling. Yet...
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Pair of unrestored 1967 Chevrolet Corvettes sells for $185,000
Pair of 1967 Corvettes, which together sold for $185,000. Images courtesy Mecum Auctions. Seeing a small-block-powered Corvette take top sale at an auction filled with big-block-powered versions may...
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Duntov’s test-mule Corvette among final Bloomington Great Hall class
The Duntov Mule Corvette in 2009. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. The enduring success of Chevrolet’s Corvette really boils down to one factor: the small-block Chevrolet V-8. Not only did the engine...
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Mecum cancels Bloomington Gold all-Corvette auction
Photo by Richard Lentinello. One of the largest annual Corvette gatherings in the country will go forward this year without its traditional all-Corvette auction after Dana Mecum decided to cancel what...
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Bloomington Gold moving to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Photos by Richard Lentinello. As it turned out, Champaign proved to be just a two-year stopover in the 40-plus year history of Bloomington Gold, which bills itself as the world’s largest Corvette...
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