Happy 66th Birthday Corvette!

June 30, 1953 the first Corvettes rolled off the temporary assembly line at a GM facility in Flint Michigan. All 300 1953 models would be built there before the shift to the St. Louis, Missouri plant for the 1954 models. Corvette production remained in St. Louis until halfway into the 1981 model year when it transitioned to Bowling Green, Kentucky. Click here for Motor Trend article.

There''s been plenty of glory from then until now, and Friday we saw the last production front-engine Corvette (a black Z06) auctioned for $2,700,000 by Barrett Jackson. Let's hope the next model can live up to the Corvette's legacy as an affordable, enjoyable, usable sports car for the American road.

Streetside - June 29, 2019

Lots of fun at Streetside yesterday. Chris and Debby came out with their GS as did Rick, Rollie, Dwight with the big Mopar, Tom though he left the killer 82 at home, Monique and Lonnie from ACE, Lucy and myself, and tons of other fun seekers. We returned to Freddy's for a nice lunch and tried not to totally exhaust their supply of Diet Dr. pepper as we did last time. Click here for pictures.

Weekend Events June 29 - 30

Saturday:

Streetside Classics' monthly Cars & Coffee. Official start time is 9:00 but 8:00 is a better time for a good parking spot. We'll figure out a lunch spot for afterwards once we're there.
614 E. Auto Center Dr, Suite 101, Mesa, Arizona 85204

Pavillions Rock & Roll Car Show - 9175 E Indian Bend Rd, Scottsdale, Arizona 85250

Martin Auto Museum Trip

Last Saturday's trip to the Martin Auto Museum and El Encanto in Cave Creek was a lot of fun for all involved. The trip began with Kevin and Mark meeting in Chandler, then we joined up at Culver's in Scottsdale and Chris and Debby met us at Lamar's Donuts on Bell Road. No pictures of the donuts (sorry, john), but they were incredible!

From there it was a very short drive to the Martin Auto Museum where we saw plenty of Chevrolets and other great cars (click here for pictures). Our next stop was El Encanto in Cave Creek where we had a window seat to the pond and the antics of the turtles, ducks and other critters there - and a great lunch! Finally, Mark and I made it down to Pavillions, but given the hour (heat), the attendance was still thin. See you all next time!

Weekend Events June 22 - 23

The plan for Saturday in the Valley includes donuts, classics and lunch! Meet up at Lamar's Donuts at 2340 W. Bell Road (just East of I-17 at Bell Road) at 9:30. After appropriate nourishment, we'll head up to the Martin Auto Museum at 17641 N Black Canyon Hwy (just up the frontage road from Bell). Once we've filled the eyeballs, it'll be time to fill tummies - Chris and Debbie are selecting a suitable restaurant in the Cave Creek area. If you're in town, come on down!

Saturday afternoon/evening is the Pavillions Cruise-In.
Sunday - nothing yet!

Snowbird Report

From John U.
A few snowbirds were found along the St.Croix river having a picnic.  Larry and Melania were missing from the photo, maybe chasing the two deer that smelled the food!  Again Dave was caught in his Corvette powered SUV.  A pleasant evening to be out!

Weekend Events June 15 - 16

Penske Museum Cars & Coffee on Saturday morning and Pavillions in the afternoon.
Le Mans 24 Hours - Go Team Corvette! Live on Motor Trend Network beginning at 5:00 am Saturday.

X-Pel Clear Bra

I had X-Pel clear bra installed on both the Camaro and the Corvette this week. I am very pleased with the care and workmanship of the installer, Jonathan at Smart Shield who is the business owner and sole guy there. He was recommended by Mark (Carbon 65) and I'm very glad to also recommend him. The shop is in Chandler at 3185 N. Colorado Street, Chandler 85225 (602) 531-0259. He has an alternate installation site on Deer Valley for people in that area.

Window Tinting - Tint Wizard

I had the new Corvette's windows tinted today at Tint Wizard in Scottsdale. They did the Camaro for me earlier this year and I'm very satisfied with their workmanship. The widows look very dark in the picture, but they aren't in reality. I specified the Llumar Ceramic 30% transmission film, just as on the Camaro. Tint Wizard is at 15855 N. Greenway Hayden Loop, (480) 596-1133. It's a small place, you'll deal with Lenny or his partner. They do a lot of exotics and are very careful with the car.

Corvettes at Le Mans

A very quick video from the Corvette team at Le Mans as they prepare for next week's race.

Le Mans Tribute Video

Corvettes will be racing at Le Mans next weekend (June 15 - 16). Here's a brief video compilation from the past. Be sure to see it from the beginning, sometimes the link starts part way through. You can expand it by clicking the word YouTube or the box next to it.

Weekend Events - June 8-9

Saturday Cars & Coffee at Alpio's  10452 E. Jomax Rd. Scottsdale 85262

Pavillions Car Show: Indian Bend and the 101 Scottsdale - Noon to 8:00

More event listings here: http://arizonaautoscene.com/events/ 

More New Corvette - June 1

Here are a few more pictures of the new Corvette. Lucy and I had a great morning with Chris and Debbie on Saturday despite the cancellation of the Scuderia Southwest cars & coffee. We went to First Watch for breakfast, pictures of the cars at In N Out, a tour of Old Town Scottsdale and a final stop at the Pavillions car show. As it was our 34th Anniversary, we finished the day with dinner at El Chorro in Paradise Valley.