I just love this part of a bigger photo... I had to slice off the water marked area. Then I learned how important the car in the watermarked area was... a Super Duty 421 Tempest at the Daytona 2nd Continental Race, a 250-miler.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=26555912034081287&set=gm.1751308582811627&idorvanity=226675368608297

at the race when the all-aluminum 427 Mystery Motor made its advent within a pair of Mickey Thompson 1963 Corvette Z06s, this barely noticed Pontiac made an astonishing debut

The Chevy 427 big-block—the first of its breed, was out to punch the automotive world in the proverbial nose— but there was this Pontiac to get around.

And the Pontiac was hustling around the track and lapping everyone, including one poor Ferrari eight times. 

Others were lapped multiple times, too. Even the second place finisher, the legendary A.J. Foyt would succumb, he was 2 laps down

Instead of Chevy introducing the world to a victory with the Mystery Motor, the best they could do this day was to come in second.

But then... the SD Tempest disappeared. 

The Pontiac was sent back to the shop in Indiana and sat for a short time before reportedly being purchased by Mercedes-Benz, who promptly shipped it back to Germany and completely disassembled every nut and bolt for a “competitive” inspection. The car has never been seen again and is listed by most hard-core SD experts as “destroyed.”

https://www.motortrend.com/features/1812-pontiac-tempest-bested-427-corvette-1963

In  1963, Pontiac built 12 lightweight Super Duty Tempests, six station wagons, and six LeMans coupes to assault the 'strips—which they all did, with the exception of one coupe.

It was plucked for the first ever NASCAR Challenge Cup (above race)

https://www.hotrod.com/features/1963-pontiac-lemans-wins-the-nascar-challenge-cup

just my opinion, but anyone that lets a Corvette sit parked so long that it gets a flat tire, doesn't deserve to own a Corvette

it's rare to see old cool Corvettes walking around... they're usually kept in garages, so they aren't stolen. This guy has a pair, and they are on the driveway, that's nuts!

this one hasn't moved since 2012

In an effort to keep early allocations from becoming quick-profit flips, GM said it will void the warranty of any ZR1 resold within 12 months of its original purchase. This hasn't stopped them from being trade goods

 Since most rich people (or social media prodigies) who are only buying a new Corvette every to one up other Corvette owners, who can only buy a new Corvette every other year, they don't need to give a damn about a warranty, as they don't keep the car long enough to hit the 12 month factory maintenance

It's $290,000 for a new Corvette ZR1 but the more powerful, all-wheel drive hybrid ZR1X is available from as little as $205,400.

Except getting your hands on the latest and greatest Corvette is not a matter of money, and being rich isn't what it takes to get one. Connections are. So, a few people with connections are flipping brand new Vettes for money. It's capitalism

https://www.carscoops.com/2025/11/warranty-be-damned-new-vette-zr1-flipped-for-70000-profit/

I didn't see anything in the booth that explained why the front end on this Vette is smashed up

Tail of the Dragon was driven by 170 vettes from 27 states on the 2nd annual Vettes Versus the Dragon event over three days back in mid-September, split into different drive groups baseed experience and desired pace

 https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2025/10/02/video-tail-of-the-dragon-is-invaded-by-170-corvettes-from-27-states/

GM has a moron in charge of security at the Bowling Green Corvette plant. This was the 2nd time in 5 months, that the same thieves got into the plant, and stole 'fresh off the assembly line' Corvettes. Fire this lazy manager!

 For the second time in five months, thieves have broken into the GM Bowling Green Assembly plant and driven off with several brand-new Corvettes

20-year-old Daedrin Cook from Detroit, (probably has stolen Mopars from the Dodge factories) might have gotten away from police. 

But in yet another bizarre twist of this story, Cook apparently flagged down a BGPD officer and asked him for help in charging his phone. Investigators asked him a few questions, and after a few evasive answers, they realized he was the suspect they were looking for.

Cook now faces the following charges:

• Engaging in organized crime
• First-degree fleeing or evading police in a motor vehicle
• First-degree wanton endangerment
• Theft by unlawful taking or disposing of an automobile between $10,000-$1,000,000
• First-degree criminal mischief
• Tampering with physical evidence
• Obscuring the identity of a machine $10,000 or more.

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/unbelievable-high-speed-chase-ensues-after-gm-assembly-plant-falls-victim-to-corvette-heist-again

Corvette investors haven't been paying attention, but this might just shine a light on the situation bright enough they can finally see the reality, Chevy makes a lot of Corvettes, they aren't rare, they are easy to purchase. It's pointless to try and resell one for profit

A pristine 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 coupe with just the delivery 14 miles on the odometer  just took a big loss on the resale market. 

The loaded 70th Anniversary Edition 3LZ Z07 was on Bring a Trailer, but only sold for  $133,000 . That’s nearly $30,000 below MSRP.

On the Monroney it had an MSRP of $161,675 

https://www.carscoops.com/2025/08/rare-delivery-mileage-corvette-z06-just-got-crushed-on-resale/

Drive them you morons. If you need to invest for profit, buy a house, or gold

cool vintage dragstrip photo!

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/dog427435/3003798254/in/photostream/lightbox/

cool photo

 

https://www.vintagemotorsport-digital.com/vintagemotorsport/mar_apr_2018/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1676353#articleId1676353

Must be a strange thing to make better photos with the Corvettes you've rescued, than the best the wrecks you've found will ever become.

I don't think either the 54 or the 76 will ever be worth the trouble they went through to get them out of this property, but the photos are excellent! 

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/mystery-c1-corvette-emerges-from-abandoned-property-after-over-45-years-it-s-not-alone-241835.html#

a tornado damaged 128 Corvettes at the Bowling Green Kentucky factory

 

https://i.redd.it/4vvp8k3ci7781.jpg

https://www.powernationtv.com/post/more-than-100-corvettes-damaged-in-ky-tornado-to-be-crushed

an entire carrier of C8 Corvettes went up in flames just outside of Nashville, TN, on Tuesday

 
It’s reported that the truck was a Jack Cooper auto hauler transporting the new C8s from the Bowling Green Assembly Plant to somewhere in the Nashville area.

https://www.powernationtv.com/post/hauler-full-of-new-c8-corvettes-goes-up-in-flames  for the video clips

the golden age of the SCCA races, when the Yenko racing team was fielding split window Vettes

 

https://forum.chronomag.cz/profile/21738-vintagelover/content/?type=forums_topic_post

Must have been the time of their lives to get into one of these Corvettes and get on the race track when trophy money was on the line

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by.428585/page-6302#post-13004646

after nearly 10 years the VH1 / Peter Max Corvette collection is getting sold off individually to everyone who isn't a resident of Oregon. That state has specific laws about investors selling cars via raffle

The more recent owners, the Heller and Spindler families, bought the cars from the artist Peter Max, The cars languished in a Midtown garage, until the building was sold and the cars had to be moved.

That was when Mr. Heller encountered Mr. Max. “I was the garage broker who moved the cars to the Flatiron district for Peter,” Mr. Heller said, and then moved them again several years later, when the cars had to be moved out of that garage. They went first to Brooklyn and later to Upper Manhattan. They have since moved yet again, to the Lower East Side.

Real estate investors, including Chris Mazzilli - a comedy club co-owner and Corvette concours judge who also owns a restoration shop on Long Island, is overseeing these Corvettes’ final dispersing

The ravages of time have been especially unkind to the oldest Corvette in the collection. “The ’53 was a basket case,” Mazzilli told Robb Report recently at the LA Auto Show. “We have 4,000 hours in this car.”

One chance to win one of the Corvettes — costs $3. There are discounts for larger purchases: five tickets are $10, 20 tickets go for $25 and so on, up to 7,200 tickets for $5,000, according to the schedule on the Corvette Heroes’ website.

The 36 winners will be chosen at random, said Scott Heller, one of the owners. Another drawing will decide which winner gets which Corvette.

No doubt that will max out the amount of money the current owners can squeeze out of their investment.

Between the moving and storing all the cars, some restoring of all 36 of the Corvettes has occurred.

You may have already had a look at the ’53, ’56, ‘57, ’66, ’67 and ’69 on a tv series on HISTORY Channel, or at the LA Auto Show where KTLA shared how the Corvettes were “rescued” after being housed in New York City parking garages for nearly 25 years.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/business/peter-max-corvettes-contest.html
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/03/had-you-heard-about-peter-max.html
https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/a-long-lost-collection-of-rare-corvettes-will-soon-be-sold-off-for-charity-2887548/
https://www.corvetteheroes.com/

The NASA astronaut Corvettes... did you know they were dollar leases, that then went back tot he dealership after a year, and were sold to the unsuspecting public? One collector has found and bought two of them

The dollar lease program ended in 1971. As lease vehicles, the astronaut’s Vettes were returned to the dealership after a year and sold to the public with no mention of their space-related provenance.

Texas collector Danny Reed found the gold and black Corvette that belonged to Apollo 12 lunar module pilot Alan Bean and Worden’s white Corvette (above photo). The gold car has been restored and has earned NCRS awards; the white one is unrestored and shows the wear incurred while it sat in a field.

 Both were displayed at the National Corvette Museum in the months before the Apollo 11 anniversary (above photo)

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/astronauts-long-love-affair-chevrolet-corvettes/
https://www.corvettemuseum.org/the-corvettes-of-apollo-12-and-apollo-15/
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/12/apollo-15-astronauts-and-their-rides.html

THIS is mighty close racing for vintage racers with no trophy money to gain

http://goodsparkgarage.com/brickyard-vintage-racing-invitational/#more-10317

a 1963 drop top 327 4 speed Vette that was parked in 1972 is finally getting a new owner that will drive it

Bought from the original owner in 1964 and driven until he decided to take it apart and restore it. Then, babies came along and he said he never got around to it. So, there it sat.

The engine is a numbers-matching 340-horse 327 and it still has the original four-speed.

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/1963-340hp-corvette-found-neatly-stored-away-45-years/

Apollo 15 astronauts and their rides

https://gizmodo.com/the-lunar-rover-was-almost-as-badass-as-the-astronauts-1721379203