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The Supernova Corvette – Bill Jobe’s 1964 Chevrolet Corvette Racer

Ben Branch March 2, 2018
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet
  • Racing

The Supernova Corvette started life as a factory-stock 327 1964 Chevrolet Corvette, it was ordered new by American racing legend Bill Jobe and raced…

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1960 Chevrolet Corvette C1 Dual-Quad 4-Speed

Ben Branch February 8, 2018
Chevrolet Corvette C1
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet

The Chevrolet Corvette C1 was designed and built to show the Europeans that their neighbors across the sea could also build world class sports…

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1958 Fiberfab Centurion Corvette

Ben Branch December 27, 2017
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet

It’s thought that only five or so examples of the Centurion Corvette were built in the mid-1960s until General Motors forced Fiberfab to stop…

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Documentary: The 1956 Joie Chitwood Hell Drivers

Ben Branch December 3, 2017
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet
  • Films

The Joie Chitwood’s Hell Drivers show started just after the Second World War in the USA as a traveling spectacle seen by hundreds of…

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1962 Chevrolet Corvette – 327 Cubic Inch

Ben Branch June 28, 2017
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet

The fuel-injected version of the 1962 Chevrolet Corvette was the fastest and most powerful of the first generation Corvettes thanks to the V8 enlargement…

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1969 Chevrolet Corvette L88

Ben Branch April 19, 2017
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet
  • Rare

The Chevrolet Corvette L88 was a special version of the iconic American sports car that was available for just 3 years – between 1967…

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1928 Chevrolet Series AB National Custom

Ben Branch October 12, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet

The 1928 Chevrolet Series AB National is actually one of the most important models ever made by the iconic American manufacturer – primarily because…

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1965 Chevrolet Corvette C2

Ben Branch March 30, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet

1965 was the third year of production for the C2 Chevrolet Corvette, and it was also the year that disc brakes became standard equipment…

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Purple People Eater Corvette

Ben Branch December 12, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet
  • Racing

The Purple People Eaters were possibly the most famous Corvettes in the world in the late 1950s, they belonged to Nickey Chevrolet of Chicago…

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1964 Chevrolet Corvette Racer

Ben Branch June 6, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet
  • Luxury
  • Racing
  • Vintage

The Chevrolet Corvette has been America’s homegrown challenger to the refined racing coupes from Europe since 1953, the model has now become one of…

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1951 Chevrolet 3100 Pickup

Ben Branch May 29, 2014
  • American
  • Chevrolet
  • Retro
  • Vintage

The vintage American pickup truck is a genre of vehicles that I have a huge soft spot for, there’s something both rugged and endearing…

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1970 Pontiac GTO Convertible

Ben Branch March 27, 2013
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet
  • Luxury
  • Rare
  • Retro
  • Vintage

When it comes to classic cars, the Pontiac GTO is an A-lister, the car’s iconic look is probably second only to the Mustang as the most recognisable muscle car ever made (now that was a sentence that’ll get me some all-caps hate mail).

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