From the category archives:
![[VIDEO] Hot Rod Magazine Destroys a C4 Corvette](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/072110_1.jpg)
Hot Rod Magazine has a feature coming out later this year in which they take a C4 Corvette and show you how to make it outrun a new Corvette for dirt cheap. To help promote the story, they released a teaser vid on the Corvette Forum which shows the hot rod staff literally tearing and cutting apart a 1985 Corvette. Big mistake according to the C4 Corvette owners who have chimed in against the gratuitous destruction of their favorite sports car.
Two Corvettes were destroyed by a tornado that swept through countryside outside Sibley, Iowa on June 25th. The owners, Henry and Twyla Bents survived the store by taking shelter in their basement.
We got word this evening that 1996 Corvette Grand Sport #947 was stolen out of the driveway of the owner’s house in North Miami Beach, Florida last Thursday, June 10th. Margie Love, the owner of the Corvette since new, had pulled into her driveway in her other car around 10pm and interrupted a burglary of her home. The robber(s) had found the keys to the Grand Sport and used it as a getaway car, causing a massive amount of damage in the process.
Is the economy so bad that even SpeedRacer has to part with his famous Mach 5 race car? Actually, we were tipped to this unique Corvette-based Mach 5 from a twitter user who passed by it on Ventura Boulevard where the car was on the lot of Woodland Hills Quality Motors in LA. The body style is similar to one of Mark Towle’s The Real Mach 5 replicas down to the wheels, but I couldn’t tell you if this is one of his or not. You can be SpeedRacer for just $27,995 although we are pretty sure that it doesn’t come with a monkey.
A recent study of Corvette owners by SEMA found that the exhaust system is the most popular upgrades. Our friends at Corvette Central are aware of this fact and have set up a site dedicated to Corvette exhaust systems. CorvetteCentralExhaust.com features stock and performance systems for all six Corvette generations including these new dual-outlet mufflers for 1984-1990 Corvettes.
The C4 version of the Corvette ZR-1 was nicknamed “The King of the Hill” for good reason. At a time when the standard Corvette’s horsepower was 245, the 1990 Corvette ZR-1 was powered by the new 375-horsepower LT-5 V8 which featured a 32-valve dual overhead cam. Looking back today, Corvette’s return to the world stage of sports car performance can be directly attributed to this special edition.
This poor guy was trying to save his C4 Corvette from a flooded barn. In the process of “yahooing the Corvette through the lake” he hydro-locked the engine. Comments from the camera lady range from “You got sooo close” to “Mike, are those your work shoes?”
Source:
Tampa Sports Car Examiner
Related:
[VIDEO] This Corvette Is NOT a Highly Maneuverable Ship
In our final installment of our analysis of the 2009 Corvette market, we present an overview of the Corvette values by generation as documented by our Corvette pricing guru Bob Kroupa of VETTE-N-VESTMENTS.
Someone’s Corvette dream turned into a nightmare last week as the Pahrump Valley Fire Department was called to put out an engine fire in a 1985 Corvette.
Michael P. Keegan returned to his Plank Road home in the town of Watertown on Wednesday to find his 1984 Corvette crumpled under two toppled maple trees. No one was injured or home at the time. The storm left 5,000 National Grid customers without power.
Source:
Watertown Daily Times
Related: C4 Corvettes Damaged by Hurricane Ike Storm Hammers Corvettes at Carlisle
Review new Chevrolet Corvette features on the New Corvette Coupe, Chevrolet Corvette and performance specs on the new Chevrolet Corvette Car.
Corvette Parts:
Southern Car Parts is your source for Corvette Parts and Corvette Accessories. We specialize in Corvette Performance Parts including Borla Exhausts, Kooks Headers, and Escort Radar Detectors.
MyHotCorvette.com has the best prices and selections on Corvette accessories.
Corvettes for Sale:
Buy Used Cars
Corvettes | Classic Corvette Dealer | Chevy Corvettes for Sale
Automotive Resources
Convertible Tops
Auto Transport
Discount Car Audio & Video
Lane's Professional Car Products offers the best car care products. Here you will find the best car wax.
