Are there any purple corvettes in the world?
But they looked like white cars that a couple of lunatics in the GM design studio had drawn all over with Magic Markers. Purple is a color that has never flattered the Corvette — or the top half of a Corvette. A total of 527 of these were made and that’s not a lot of cars. But it is a lot of Magic Markers.
What’s the name of the first white Corvette?
7. 1988 Corvette Commemorative Edition. The first 1953 Corvettes were all painted Polo White, so when it came time to celebrate the car’s 35th anniversary, someone at GM decided a special white version of the C4 Corvette coupe was in order. Glaringly, blazingly, blindingly white.
What was the name of the corvette in the Indianapolis 500?
There was nothing mechanically awful about the 527 replicas built of the Corvette Convertible that paced the 1995 running of the Indianapolis 500. But they looked like white cars that a couple of lunatics in the GM design studio had drawn all over with Magic Markers.
When did Bill Mitchell start working on Corvette?
And three chrome spears in the cove along the car’s flanks. This thing was almost as much chrome as it was fiberglass. Earl retired from GM in 1958 to be replaced by Bill Mitchell, who immediately started pulling chrome and louvers off the 1959 Corvette.
What kind of engine did the 1979 Corvette have?
The base L48 version of the 1979 Corvette had a 5.7-liter V8 that made only 195 hp, barely enough to keep the 3,372-pound lump moving. Meanwhile the interior was a relentless, hideous monochrome that extended the disco-era upholstery colors onto the door panels and dashboard. But here’s the most frustrating thing about the 1979 Corvette.
When did the C3 Corvette go out of production?
Incidentally, all the 1953 Corvettes had red interiors. A quarter of a century after the Commemorative Edition Corvette went on sale, it looks a half century old. The C3 Corvette was amidst its death throes during the 1982 model year. In its 15th year of production, it had few fans left and open derision was the norm among enthusiasts.