Month: February 2017

LeMans Blue w/Blue interior, 427/500 plus hp, 4-spd manual transmission. By the mid-sixties, “The Big Three” were in a race to see who could come up with a bigger, more powerful engine to put in a lighter, thus faster car. Zora Arkus-Duntov and his engineering team were constantly and tirelessly developing Corvette to be a […] The post Featured Corvette of the Week: 1968 Chevrolet Corvette L88 Coupe LeMans Blue appeared first on Corvette Mike’s Blog. Powered by WPeMatico

Gulfstream Aqua w/White interior, 351/290hp, automatic transmission. By the end of the ’60’s increasing insurance premiums and the rising cost of gas meant that high performance cars were getting harder to own. And by 1971 it was clear to those in the know that the end of the muscle car as we knew it was […] The post Featured Car of the Week: 1969 Shelby GT350 Fastback Coupe Gulfstream Aqua Metallic appeared first on Corvette Mike’s Blog. Powered by WPeMatico

The 2017 auctions have already seen record sales volumes. Mecum Las Vegas Vintage Motorcycle Auction had astounding results! A 65% higher selling rate than that of last year’s sale. Hard to imagine a motorcycle built at the turn of the last century selling for Over $400,000! And they said, “It might not even Run?”. Needless […] The post 2017 is Starting off as an Exciting Year in the Classic Car Market! appeared first on Corvette Mike’s Blog. Powered by WPeMatico