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CHEVROLET CORVETTE - AMERICAS STAR SPANGLED SPORTS CAR Owners Manual Handbook
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DescriptionCORVETTE - AMERICA'S STAR SPANGLED SPORTS CAR
By Karl Ludvigson
NEW
CONTENTS:
Americans Discover Sports Cars
The nature of the sports car
Early and late American examples
Kurtis, Cunningham, Nash-Healey and Crosley
Edwards and Darrin using the new body material fiberglass
Plastic Fantastic
Henry Ford's plastic-bodied cars
Creation of glass-fiber and its uses
Postwar pioneers Stout and Darrin
Enter Eric Irwin, Bill Tritt and Earle Ebers
Glasspar and Life magazine of February 1952
Woodill Wildfire
Styled by Harley Earl
Harley Earl and GM Styling
1951's LeSabre and Buick XP-300
Watkins Glen 1951 and General LeMay's influence
Alembic I in Detroit
Studio in Fisher Body Plant 8
Arrival of Ed Cole at Chevrolet and his enthusiastic support for a sports-car design
GM and GRP
GM engineers learn about glass-reinforced plastic (GRP)
Parts Fab and its early experiments
GM's GRP bodies for some 1953 Motorama dream cars
Plans to produce Chevrolet's Corvette
Bob Morrison rescues the role of GRP
Corvette is tooled for manufacture
Chassis by Maurice Olley
Maurice Olley's R&D Department designs a chassis for Project Opel
Mauri Rose ramrods prototypes and hot-rods the Chevy six
Decision to use Powerglide
Myron Scott names SO 1737
Final details decided
Perspective: Corvettes Courageous
Production Corvettes Profiled: 1953-1955
Dream Car or Nightmare
Final design changes before manufacturing
First production cars from Flint
Mill Building is plant in St. Louis
Tests of early cars
Marketing and the press launch with Mauri Rose
First sales to VIPs
Problems with the bodies
Slow sales force production cuts
Chevrolet's doubts about its new baby
Sports Car in the Doldrums
Enter Zora Arkus-Duntov
Meeting Cole and Olley and joining GM
Special Corvettes for 1954 Motorama
Ideas for face-lifts
Enthusiast engine swaps
First tests with new V-8
Introduced with 1955 model
Sales still sluggish
Corvette faces extinction
Perspective: Zora Arkus-Duntov-The Early Years
Creating the Real McCoy
The 1956 model
Ford's Thunderbird shows two-seater's potential
Handsome restyling with wind-up windows and hardtop
Experiments with transmissions
Duntov's chassis improvements and new camshaft
150 mph at Daytona
SR-2 racing versions
Perspective: GM's La Salle II Dream Cars
Corvette Learns to Race
Corvettes star at Daytona in 1956
First amateur racing efforts in 1954-55
Ed Cole urges racing but Duntov demurs
Smokey Yunick and John Fitch prepare cars for Sebring 1956
Corvette competes bravely in 12-hour race
Le Mans in the Windscreen
Ambitious plans for international racing in 1956
Corvette and Dick Thompson surprise rivals in SCCA events
SR models defined for series production and homologation
Le Mans effort postponed
Fuel Injection
John Dolza and Zora Duntov develop fuel injection
Constant-flow design chosen for production
Smokey Yunick helps racing development
In spite of late problems manufacture begins
Production Corvettes Profiled: 1956-1957
Fabulous Fifty-Seven
The 1957 model
One horsepower per cubic inch
Full-synchro four-speed transmission introduced
Sparkling injected performance
Super Sport show car
Return to Sebring
Production Corvettes for Sebring 1957
Shakedown at Nassau
SR-2 for Bill Mitchell
RPO 684 racing package
Daytona speed trials and racing
GT success at Sebring
Chevy's cars sold to private teams
American automakers agree to stop promoting performance
Corvette SS - The Creation
Duntov's conviction that racing should be by special cars
Cole is Chevy general manager
Harley Earl threatens a V-8-engined Jaguar
Low-drag XP-64 racer styled
Duntov creates skunk works for chassis design
Multitube frame and special suspension
Tuned injected V-8
Corvette SS - The Racing
Mule version of Corvette SS used for testing
Recruiting drivers for Sebring 1957
John Fitch and Piero Taruffi the choices
Fangio and Moss sensationally lap in the Mule
Racing version's extreme heat from exhaust headers
Problems in race and retirement
Shutting down the program
Going for Baroque
The 1958 and 1959 models
Olds Golden Rocket inspires possible new body
Four headlamps front dramatic styling changes
New interior pioneers a console
Potent Corvettes excel in SCCA racing and record-breaking
Production rises
Ed Cole's Q-Ship
New Code Q passenger cars for 1960 to have transaxles and independent rear suspension
XP-64 Corvette designed in 1957 to use components
Platform frame designed
Bill Mitchell inspires new body concept
Radical swing-up doors proposed
Mid-engined proposals also
Code Q's cancellation ends projects
Perspective: Mitchell on Mitchell
Stingray Racer
Bill Mitchell succeeds Harley Earl
His passion for Corvettes
Mitchell acquires Corvette SS Mule chassis
Special body derived from Q-Corvette roadster
Curved underbody concept for downforce
Bill finances racing by Dick Thompson
He gains GM's approval
Stingray SCCA success in 1959 and 1960
Mitchell's Motors
Mitchell XP-700 of 1958-59
Establishing Studio X with Ed Wayne, Larry Shinoda and Tony Lapine
Foreshadowing look of future Corvette
Creation of XP-755 Shark for 1961
Production Corvettes Profiled: 1960-1961
Sixty Specials
The 1960 model
Increased use of aluminum
Major suspension rethink
Racing entries abroad in GT category by Camoradi and Cunningham teams
Four start the Le Mans 24 Hours
Fitch and Grossman finish eighth and win their class thanks to Bill Frick's inspiration
CERV at Your Service
In 1960 Duntov's team designs mid-engined "R Car" single-seater
Attack on Pikes Peak record a priority
Striking Studio X bodywork
Sensational appearance as "CERV I" at U.S. Grand Prix
Later engines with Roots blower and twin turbos
Tests at Daytona in 1962
In 1964 206 mph at Milford
Ducktail for 1961
The 1961 model
New rear end based on XP-700 design
Successes in SCCA racing and at Sebring
Allen Markelson takes a C1 to Europe
Bunkie Knudsen becomes Chevy chief
Joe Pike named Corvette marketing manager
Perspective: C1 Inspires Coachbuilders
Calling Car 327
The 1962 model
Consideration of the "W" V-8 for the Corvette
Original engine enlarged to 327 cubic inches
Two ratio spreads for four-speed box
Meeting the XK-E Jaguar on the track
Lone Corvette races at Le Mans
International Initiative
Four-liter prototype rules for 1962 offer Duntov an opportunity
Bunkie Knudsen keen to compete
36-valve V-8 of 4.0 liters planned
Space frame for CERV II
Ingenious transaxles
Shinoda smuggles body ideas
Corporate crackdown halts manufacture
Production Corvettes Profiled: 1962-1963
A Legend's New Legs
Q-Corvette and Stingray provide ideas for aborted 1962 face-lift
XP-720 is project for all-new 1963 Corvette
Clever front suspension allows independent rear with transverse leaf spring
Rugged new perimeter frame
Engine and gearbox refined
Mule tested at Sebring in January 1962
Concept-Car Styling
XP-720 to look like the racing Stingray
Controversy over coupe's split rear window
Challenge of hidden headlamps
Wind-tunnel testing of scale model in California
Compromises for four-passenger version craved by Ed Cole
Production of pilot cars at St. Louis
"Sting Ray" name established
Year of the Sting Ray
Two shifts at St. Louis support record sales
Sensational interest in new Sting Ray
U.S. press reports
Coupe sent to Europe is evaluated
Divided rear window is criticized
Sting Ray called "tomorrow's car, on the street today."
Perspective: Corvette C2 Customs
Fish Meets Serpent
High hopes for Sting Ray's racing success
RPO ZO6 created for competition
Knudsen involves Mickey Thompson
Cobra upsets applecart
Corvette wins first Riverside encounter
Cobra's acceptance by SCCA as production car ends Corvette's championship runs
Grand Sport Genesis
Chevrolet's better idea for racing is ultralight Corvette
Production of 100 planned for GT car category
Special ladder frame and suspension
Ultralight fiberglass body
Hemi-head dual-ignition V-8 of 377 or 402 cubic inches
Ventilated disc brakes
Lightweights Go Racing
Grand Sport production plans finalized
GM bigwigs reconfirm nonracing policy
Only five cars completed
Two raced in 1963 by Dick Doane and Grady Davis
Testing at Waterford Hills improves cornering
377-cubic-inch engine specification confirmed
Perspective: Thomas and the Cheetah
Meet Mr. Mecom
Texan John Mecom provides fig leaf for Grand Sport entries at Nassau in December 1963
"Green" final drives throw up problems
Cobras soundly thrashed
Bernard Cahier gives his impressions
Two rebuilt as roadsters
Cars sold to private owners
Roger Penske establishes team to race one
Production Corvettes Profiled: 1964-1965
Sting Rays that Stop
The 1964 and 1965 models
Cleaner style with one-piece rear window
High-performance hydraulic-lifter V-8
In 1965 disc brakes after exhaustive development
GM's disc-brake evolution
Power to Spare
The 1965 and 1966 models
Mark IV engine in '65 with 396 cubic inches
Optional outside exhausts
Fuel injection dropped for 1966
Mark IV now 427 cubic inches and nominal 425 bhp
RPO M22 "rock crusher" gearbox
L88 the Great
The 1967 model
Rivalry from others including Pontiac's lighter, smaller XP-833
AMC's AMX
Ventilated steel "Rally" wheels appear
Triple Holley carburetors for Mark IV
Aluminum-head L88 engine in spring 1967
L88 entry at Le Mans in 1967
Production Corvettes Profiled: 1966-1967
Winchell's Raiders
Frank Winchell's Chevrolet R&D takes an interest in Corvettes
Project XP-777 Corvair could be lighter version
GS-II was V-8-powered mid-engined car proposed to Knudsen for production
Thanks to Mitchell R&D begins cooperation with Jim Hall's Chaparral
XP-819 a rear-engined V-8 coupe
To compete with Ford's Mach 2 the XP-880 is built
Becomes 1968 Astro II show car
Racing Four by Four
Direct opposition to Ford GT40 planned for 1964 GS-3
Later known as CERV II
Advanced Firestones powered by four-wheel drive
Patented torque-converter driveline
Single-overhead-cam hemi-head V-8 planned
Engine used as frame behind steel tub
Effort to build GS-3 comes to "screeching halt"
Perspective: Driving CERV II
Mako Shark the Second
Astonishing X-15 single-seater based on Scarab
Ideas used in new XP-830 concept car planned in 1964
Mitchell's ideas implemented by Shinoda's studio
Shown at New York and Paris in 1965
Rich in fascinating features
Named Mako Shark II
becomes Manta Ray in 1969
Choosing the Future
The 1968 model
Threats from Corvair, Camaro and designs of R&D
Fresh mid-engined proposals
New front-engined studies from Hank Haga and Larry Shinoda
Shinoda's concept closely related to Mako Shark II prevails
Poor visibility and aerodynamics of first body force delay from planned 1967 launch
Zora not fully in charge
last-minute cooling problems
Production Corvettes Profiled: 1968-1969
Preening the Shark
The 1968 model
C2 underpinnings get overhaul
Turbo Hydra-Matic introduced
New suspension geometry and wider wheel rims
As "special consultant" Duntov takes a C3 to Europe
Production quality suffers and Car and Driver cancels a test
Astro-Vette a show-car version
Return of the Stingray
The 1969 model
Arrival at Chevy of John DeLorean
350-cubic-inch V-8
Alarm system option
Aluminum Mark IV blocks
Quarter-millionth Corvette
Rathmann and the astronauts
Sharks With Teeth
L88 racing in 1968
DeLorenzo and Thompson race for Owens-Corning
John Greenwood brings fresh impetus
GM designers are involved
Lutz, Filipinetti and Greder join forces to create legends at Le Mans
the Shark's racing career
Mid-Engine Mania
The 1968 design of XP-882
Adaptation of Oldsmobile Toronado transaxle
Two prototypes ready in 1969
Joe Pike's pessimism
Attempt to merge Camaro and Corvette
Surprise appearance at 1970 New York Show
'Vette for the Seventies
The 1970, 1971 and 1972 models
Styling freshening
Pricing rises
Solid-lifter LT1
Mark IV increased to 454 cubic inches and aluminum heads
Adapting to unleaded fuel
St. Louis plant activity
Production Corvettes Profiled: 1970-1973
Foam and Aluminum the Answer?
Foam-plastic structure of Vega-based XP-898 of 1973
John DeLorean and Alex Mair support revived mid-engined XP-882 effort
Haga and Young style XP-895 version
Aluminum structure built by Reynolds and assessed in 1972
Topping and Tailing the C3
The 1973 and 1974 models
Radial tires
Better body mounts
L82 engine option
Urethane plastic nose and tail
Gymkhana suspension
Last years for the Mark IV V-8
Welcome to Wankel World
GM's commitment to the rotary Wankel engine
The XP-987GT Chevrolet GT of 1972 becomes the 2-Rotor Corvette of 1973
Design by Wasenko and MacKichan
Inspiration source for John DeLorean
Aerovette the Magnificent
The 4-Rotor mid-engined Corvette concept of 1973
Wankel power package by Gib Hufstader
Styling by Mitchell, Palmer and Haga
Paris Salon star
GM decides against Wankel power
Change in 1976 to V-8-powered Aerovette
Its significance and influence
Production Corvettes Profiled: 1974-1975
Period of Adjustment
The 1975 and 1976 models
Solely 350 V-8s
Bladder fuel tanks and catalysts
Paint issues
Elimination of the convertible
Retirement of Zora Arkus-Duntov
Arrival of Dave McLellan
GM management not keen on all-new Corvette
Perspective: Tribute to Zora Arkus-Duntov
From Duntov to McLellan
The 1977 model
new Corvette chief Dave McLellan
Body-quality issues
V-6 experiments
Prices march upward to improve profits
Retirement of Bill Mitchell and Joe Pike
Irv Rybicki at Design Staff
Production Corvettes Profiled: 1976-1977
Happy Anniversary!
The 1978 model
Fastback glazing
Aerodynamic refinements
New instrument panel
Silver Anniversary edition
Corvette demand intensifies
Frenzy over Pace Cars for the Indianapolis 500
Production Corvettes Profiled: 1978-1982
Weight Watching the C3
The 1979 and 1980 models
Durability issues
Production sets records
Plastic seats lighter but controversial
Turbocharged V-8 experiments
Duntov Turbo
A turbine-powered C3
A four-door Corvette
Weight-reduction campaign
Between Dream and Reality
The 1981 and 1982 models
A fiberglass leaf spring
Power seats and two-tone paint
Cross-Fire Fuel Injection
A new factory at Bowling Green, Kentucky
through the $20,000 barrier
Final Collector Edition lovingly created
Appendix I. Engines
Appendix II. Production and Sales
Appendix III. Serial Numbers
Appendix IV. Colors by Model Year
Appendix V. Base Specifications
Appendix VI. Equipment Buying Trends
Appendix VII. Corvette Racing Record
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