[PICS] Celebrate 70 Years of Corvettes with the 70th Anniversary Display at the Woodward Dream Show

On Friday, August 18th, Corvette history was made at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan. As part of their annual Woodward Dream Show, they assembled the first-ever gathering of Corvettes from every single model year. Collectively, the group made up their special Corvette 70th anniversary display.

70 years and 71 Corvettes

This display was special for a number or reasons, but it may be most remembered for 1 car in particular. That special car was the lone 1983 Corvette that made the trek up to Michigan from Bowling Green. We’re told that this was the first time that the 1983 car had ever left the National Corvette Museum.

The rest of the collection was an eclectic throng of Corvette’s 70-year history. Rarely optioned and special edition cars were seen throughout. Others were highly awarded cars within the NCRS and Bloomington Gold organizations. Several were low mile originals and others had been driven often and enjoyed thoroughly. We also got to see many of the options, features, and special editions that helped make Corvettes so special over the years. We saw fuelies, big blocks, pace cars, anniversary editions, and more. Don’t forget legendary options like L71, LT1, Z06, and ZR1. If that wasn’t enough, the Mako Shark, Aero Vette, and Transformers Concept were on display separately inside the conference center.

The cars were organized neatly by year in front of the M1 Concourse Event Center and greeted eager visitors as soon as they jumped off the parking lot shuttles. Each generation then had a white Corvette of the respective generation’s first model year placed right in front of the given group. Most of those had red interiors just like the 1953 Corvette. Coincidentally, the white 1983 Corvette ended up almost exactly front and center of the whole display. When completed, it was a cathartic walk through 7 decades of Corvette. A special Corvette moment for sure.

The 70th Anniversary Corvette display at the Woodward Dream Show was a special day for the Corvette hobby. We happily give a tip of the CorvetteBlogger hat to Hall of Famer Werner Meier and the M1 Concourse staff who made this display happen. Now, enjoy our gallery of the Corvette 70th Anniversary display.

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Photo Credits: Steve Burns

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