Customer Spotlights
Ray Leyva's 1968 427 convertible spent twenty-seven years in a storage unit in Stockton, California. Engine, transmission, rear end, wiring, gauges, brakes, steering, interior — he's been through all of it, and the car is about to go down for paint. It's also a first-year C3, which means it wears a badge no other C3 does: none at all.
Rick bought his 1969 Stingray in 1973 and never let it go. Fifty-three years later it wears fresh Fathom Green paint, factory side exhaust, and its original 350 block — bored and stroked to 383 and now fuel injected. Here's why he took a car he'd owned that long all the way down to the frame. Click to read the full story!
When Octane met his future wife, she was 20 years old with Corvette posters on her bedroom wall. Thirty-five years of marriage later, he's driving a 1972 white Stingray convertible — and the 4-speed, chrome-bumpered C3 is one of the last of its kind. 1972 was the final year for chrome front bumpers on a Corvette. Click to read the full story.
Alec Beange's 1974 C3 Stingray lives in New Zealand — and under the hood sits a fully rebuilt, dyno-tuned 454 big block making 430 horsepower and 850 ft-lbs of torque at the rear wheels. The 454 was only offered in a Corvette for one more year after this one, and Alec's version makes the most of that legacy. Click to read the full story.
Walton “Wally” Mahlum’s 1969 Corvette Stingray has been in his family for nearly 56 years. Purchased new in 1970, this classic C3 has served as a daily driver, raced in competition events, carried daughters to prom, and still wins car show awards today.
