George's Corvette Shop Parts Truck... George Reese specialist in fiberglass repair, and pushing his dragster

 from the 66 or 67 or 68 NHRA nats

photos from http://www.flickr.com/photos/57343654@N03/sets/?&page=3

Hyundai working on Corvette Z06 rival

Hyundai/Corvette Z06

The automotive industry has been sprinkled with the number of supercars rather unexpected countries in recent months. Samples from Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Poland and even clap, to give the major manufacturers of supercars a run for its money. Now, this is a rumor that we may be adding to the mix Hyundai as well. South Korean automaker is rumored to work on a new supercar, which would take the model as a Corvette Z06, Nissan GT-R and Porsche 911.

If produced, the new model can be sporty coupe based on the new all-aluminum company Tao 5.0-liter engine V8. The choice for transmission is still in the air, but because of the excessive weight of the car would be rear-wheel-drive model. Since it is placed above the Genesis R-Spec Coupe, expect that the new supercar to deliver more than 429 hp and 376 lb-ft of torque.

Hyundai, the new supercar will deliver the same options as a luxury sedan as Equus, including manual IPad owners and pick-ups and services, when the car needs service.

Of course, all this is only speculation at this time. Asked about the future supercar, Hyundai CEO John Krafcik said that there is a supercar in the works. In fact, he said, "No, no," and called the rumors "obscene nonsense." Anyone remember how many cars were born from a direct denial?

A Corvette built for Bill Mitchell (GM VP of styling staff)

It's my guess that if this turned up at auction it would fetch a million, or no one would want the ugly thing.

Almost any car can be identified by a corner photo... from the front or the back, there are that many design cues in the lights and bumpers

Nifty Fifty Seven, cool license plate!

I bet this car's owner hears "Nice Vette!" a dozen times an hour

Interesting Corvette 2 door wagon at Goodguys

Some entertaining photos from Goodguys

The effect of a UAW and teamsters strikes on GM

In 1972 the UAW strike lasted 174 days, stopping production at the Ohio plant. The result was 1100 Camaro's failing to meet 1973 Federal bumper safety standards. http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z169/Chevrolet-Camaro-RS.aspx

GM went on strike due to the Vietnam War. Some cars were finished with Buick interiors to go around. http://www.chevellesrus.com/parts/1968.html

Chevelles had Buick interiors possibly due to race riots in Baltimore & KC in early April associated with MLK assasination, and not a strike http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=229304

Rather than stop production, assembly plants in Baltimore, Fremont, and Kansas City went to Buick and Oldsmobile for door panels and seat covers. A large number of '68 Chevelles from March to june of '68 had Buick and Olds interiors. Muscle Car Review, March 2009 issue, page 36

April 1oth was the start of a strike that lasted until June 9th. This stopped production of Corvettes, forcing Delorean to continue the production of 1969 Corvettes past the ordinary Sept time of a new model year... causing a all time high production of Corvettes of 38762 units. This also was a cause of low quality control in the 1969 model Corvette. A 1970 Road and Track survey had quality as the worst feature of the Corvette

The April 6 1970 to May 6 strike of the Teamsters and the late start of the '70 vette caused a low production number of just 17316

1971 Bob Perry's "Fugitive 2"

Wow, words almost don't describe the over the top effort to make a dragster from a Corvette.. the big tires, the dragboat-like engine and headers... wow.
http://www.gilchristbnw.com/GPC/WS-Gallery242.html via: http://hotwheels.tumblr.com/page/43

The detail shots of Stephan Marjoram

http://www.pbase.com/smarjoram/root