Beauty

[Black 03 Z06]

This one is indeed a beauty, those Cragar wheels just look so good on these early Corvettes. Oddly I found a second picture of the same car in a different spot altogether. This interwebby thing is pretty cool.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Daytona Beach would not be a bad place to be right now...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

I don't care if you are the boss get off my Corvette..

 

[ddgermann]

That is a really nice looking car. A winter beater for the Boss.

 

[Keith Tedford]

Kind of amazing that the Corvette above with a fuel injected big block is probably making 7 to 800 horsepower. That power really is limited to full on blasts down the track and yet the current production cars are making similar horsepower and yet are very manageable on the street even in traffic. I find that incredible.

From 1919 to 1969 cars improved a lot and from 1969 to now, things have kept on improving. I drove a friend's 2019 650 hp supercharged Corvette. As docile as Grandma's car or wild. At 60 mph on 401, giving it about half throttle, it was going to go squirrelly. The car was automatic and I wasn't used to it so wasn't about to get carried away.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

I suspect this picture is as old as the car....good looking racer

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Showed a pic earlier of this car, "chaos in 3..2..1" (page 30 post 582). Here are a couple additional pictures and a bit of a back story. This 54 Corvette is driven by actor Ralph Meeker. Meeker was the first to play "Mike Hammer"; the film was "kiss me deadly". Anybody remember that movie?

 

[nascar03]

Gosh, I sure like black!

Graham

 

[Black 03 Z06]

New to Corvettes but wanted to race one. Hired a marketing firm to come up with a race number for maximum exposure. Not sure what it means but everyone says "hey look at that 63"...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Get your kicks on Route 66...

 

[Rruuff Day]

They are both trying their hardest just to maintain eye contact...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

These were very serious guys...On Route 66

 

[vintageracer]

I believe this shot was from the very first episode. It was my favourite episode of the entire series.
David

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Ah the road trip through the mountains....Miss MikeysZ06 travel videos

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Delmo Johnson in the Grand Sport from 1964 or so...

 

[Rruuff Day]

Ah the road trip through the mountains....Miss MikeysZ06 travel videos


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I wonder where Mikey disappeared to. Pretty much haven't seen him around since the Cold Lake Air show. Yeah. He did some great videos. He missed his calling.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Agree Eric I found Mikey's videos really entertaining, I always liked history and he managed to tell stories about people, places and events I never heard about. He did indeed have a real talent for them, probably wore his Z06 out wandering all over the mountain ranges.

 

[12cents]

Yep, I agree. I miss Mike's videos. It was great to see other parts of the country and Mike had a nice relaxed and easy way of doing his commentary.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

It was great while it lasted, hot cars, nice clothes, recognition and money..

 

[Black 03 Z06]

And then it all came to an end....