| The Chevrolet Corvette, a Sportscar
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| | good day to day commuter by just
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| legend and a Auto Classic for ever, has
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| | selecting the right options. The Corvette
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| somehow survived inflated insurance
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| | could play either role very well.
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| rates; all types of inane and meaningless
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| | Performance was the trend in the late
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| safety legislation and engine pollution
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| | 1950's and early 1960's. One of the
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| add ons. The Chevrolet Corvette has been
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| | biggest controversies of the day was
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| universally accepted as the measure of a
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| | which was faster - a Corvette with dual
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| high performance sports car. Cars come
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| | four barrel carbs or one with fuel
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| and go, new model of cars emerge and
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| | injection.
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| disappear and yet the Corvette lives on.
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| | Corvette owners were buying the high
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| No car has been able to cover as many
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| | performance versions and putting them to
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| aspects of the high performance sport as
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| | good use at weekend drags and the novice
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| the Corvette. The versatility of this
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| | road events. There were metallic brake
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| fantastic automobile has appealed to all
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| | and sway bar options for the sporty set.
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| age groups and has kept the ownership of
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| | And although the suspensions system was a
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| a Corvette, a most prestigious thing.
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| | conglomeration of early passenger car
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| The Corvette has gone through many
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| | parts, the low center of gravity and near
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| changes in its lifetime, including every
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| | equal weight distribution made these cars
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| custom and hot rod trend going. It has a
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| | handle well. The 50/50 weight
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| miracle that the Corvette has remained a
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| | distribution did not hurt the drag racers
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| true high performance sports car and did
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| | one bit either, and they won more than
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| not mature into a two plus two sedan as
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| | their share.
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| did Ford's Thunderbird. The Corvette was
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| | When 1963 happened, it brought with it a
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| in the on the beginnings of the fast car
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| | real change in the Corvette. The new body
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| era. In the mid 50's people wanted fast
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| | style called the "Sting Ray" was
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| cars, and by 1957 the Corvette was
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| | unavailable in a fastback version
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| leading the pack. Hot rodding owes a big
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| | commonly referred to as a "coupe" and in
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| debt to the Corvette; it was responsible
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| | the traditional roadster version with a
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| for almost all of the higher performance
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| | removable hardtop. The Sting Ray had much
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| parts ever to come from Chevrolet. Four
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| | cleaner lines than its predecessors and
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| speed transmissions, dual quad intake
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| | even featured retractable headlights.
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| manifolds and hot solid lifter camshafts.
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| | With the change in body style, the
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| One of the big contributions to the
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| | suspension was vastly improved with a new
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| Corvette's success story was the variety
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| | independent rear suspension assembly and
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| of options that were offered. Ever since
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| | updated steering gear. It still had the
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| 1956, there had been the choice of a
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| | performance of the older cars, including
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| standard of high performance automatic
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| | the Rochester fuel injected 327 cubic
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| transmission. Each car could be tailored
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| | inch engine, rated at 360 horsepower.
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| into a semi competitive race car of a
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