Douglas Barton, Author at CorvSport.com - Page 16 of 28

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Douglas caught the Corvette affliction in 1999 at 31 when he bought his first brand new Fixed Roof Coupe. Since then, he has owned 20 Corvettes, the most recent being his third FRC, a 2000 model in the same color as the first two. Douglas recently traded his 2000 FRC to feed his new car smell addiction, and he hopes when you read his pieces, you will sense his genuine passion for all things Corvette.

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As Boosted 2025 Corvette ZR1 Nears, Texas Tuner Beats GM To A Twin Turbo LT6

The excitement surrounding the upcoming 2025 ZR1 never ends, and as the 7.25.2024 reveal date looms, one Texas tuner has turned up the heat with their newly released Bravo Twin Turbo LT6 Kit–the first to hit the market! As many know, the 2025 ZR1 is speculated to have a twin-turbocharged...

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DIY Guide: How To Upgrade Your Base C7 Corvette Stingray To The Z51 Brake System

Greetings, and welcome back to another installment of CorvSport’s new DIY series, where we canvass the internet for the best do-it-yourself guides. Let CorvSport be your digital encyclopedia and bring you the best guides and resources from our vast Corvette community. This series can also give enthusiasts contemplating a DIY...

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Corvette Culture

Why This Stripped Cutaway C8 Corvette Display Has Social Media Talking

Recently, a member of the popular social media site Reddit posted some behind-the-scenes pictures from the eighth-generation Corvette with the headline, “In case yall have never seen a stripped down Corvette.” The wide range of stripped-down pictures got many enthusiasts on the r/Corvette subreddit page talking, and CorvSport wants to...

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This Week’s Corvette Listings We Love

Welcome back to this week’s installment of CorvSport’s Listings We Love series, where we comb the internet for the most interesting Corvettes currently listed for sale on the most popular sites. We love all Corvettes, but some certainly catch our eye more than others. Maybe it’s a tastefully done Restomod...

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FOR SALE: The Top Three Lowest Mileage Corvettes Currently In The Market

Welcome back, Corvette enthusiasts, to this week’s installment of The Top Three, where CorvSport combs the internet for the lowest mileage Corvettes currently in the market. I continue to be amazed by how an enthusiast can own any of these beautiful Corvettes and resist driving them regularly! If you want...

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This Week’s Top Corvette Wholesale Auction Sales And Those That Failed To Sell

Thanks for joining us for another installment of CorvSport’s unique (and exclusive) bi-monthly series, where we analyze the Corvette wholesale market to help our faithful readers gather data while shopping. While not an exhaustive list, each episode will give insights into market trends for the Corvette shopper (and curious enthusiasts...

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The Most Interesting Corvettes That Have Recently Sold Around Our Community

Greetings, and welcome back to CorvSport’s new series, where we highlight the Top 5 most interesting Corvettes that have recently sold around our community. We love to follow the markets here at CorvSport, even more so as the sales environment became tumultuous heading into 2020. This has been a wild...

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Corvette Culture

[C6 vs C7 vs C8] Battle Of The Butts: Which Corvette Has The Best Derrière?

Many enthusiasts vividly remember how polarizing the reaction was when GM eliminated the round taillights on the C7. Much like when GM canned the pop-up headlights, we traditionalists were averse to change (even when the design element has been used in the past, like the exposed headlights dating back to...

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Some Cool Sights And Sounds From Bloomington Gold 2024

The first Bloomington Corvette Corral event took place in 1973, and by 1977, it had grown to be the largest Corvette show in the country. Soon renamed Bloomington Gold, the iconic event has moved around the state of Illinois throughout the last 51 years. After its first 19 years in...

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[Z-NEWS] GM Sets ZR1 Reveal Date Then New Video Shows ZORA In The Wild

Chevrolet throws us enthusiasts another bone for the most anticipated and hyped new model release in recent Corvette history, the eighth-generation ZR1. Then, to add to the hysteria, both ZR1 and ZORA models were spied testing outside of the Milford Proving Ground earlier this week. Before we dive into the...

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FOR SALE: The Top Three Lowest Mileage Corvettes Currently In The Market

Greetings, Corvette enthusiasts, and welcome to this week’s installment of The Top Three, where CorvSport scours the internet for the lowest mileage Corvettes currently in the market. I continue to be amazed by how an enthusiast can own any of these beautiful Corvettes and resist driving them regularly! If you...

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Corvette Racing At The Glen: Garcia And Sims Score 2nd Podium Finish For Z06 GT3.R

When we last left off, the battles within the IMSA series were intensifying, as Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports tried to capitalize off the positives from Detroit’s street battle earlier this month. Now, the three Z06 GT3.Rs fighting it out in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship headed off to...

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This Week’s Corvette Listings We Love

Greetings, and welcome back to this week’s installment of CorvSport’s Listings We Love series, where we scour the internet for the most interesting Corvettes currently listed for sale on the most popular sites. We love all Corvettes, but some definitely catch our eye more than others. Maybe it’s a tastefully...

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Corvette Culture

Watch These C3 Corvettes Get Washed For The First Time In 40+ Years

If your car is dirty, it just feels good to clean it. Some consider it therapy, a satisfying chore. And with the nearly 10 million views these three detailing videos have received, it’s very apparent we are not alone. In early April of this year, these three collectible third-generation Corvettes...

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Most Notable Wholesale Corvette Auction Sales And Those That Failed To Sell

Greetings, and welcome back to another installment of CorvSport’s unique (and exclusive) bi-monthly series, where we analyze the Corvette wholesale market to help our faithful readers gain negotiating leverage while shopping. While not an exhaustive list, each episode will give insights into market trends for the Corvette shopper (and curious...

Douglas Barton·

The Most Interesting Corvettes That Have Recently Sold Around Our Community

Greetings, and welcome to a new series where we highlight the Top 5 most interesting Corvettes that have recently sold around our community. We love to follow the markets here at CorvSport, even more so as the sales environment became tumultuous heading into 2020. This has been a bizarre time...

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News Recap: New National Corvette Museum Sinkhole Exhibit; Another C8 Accolade

I’m on all the notable Corvette forums and social media pages all day, every day, and I’ve done the legwork for you. Here are some top news items from the Corvette community, with concise, straight-to-the-point summaries for your busy lifestyle. Today’s news recap includes the details and a full photo gallery...

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Corvette Racing Recap: Both Z06 GT3.Rs Finish Grueling 24 Hours of Le Mans

The stage was set for an exciting and riveting 24 Hours of Le Mans, as this was TF Sport’s first trip to the French classic and the first Le Mans for the new Z06 GT3.R. And to add to the intrigue, this was just the second 24-hour endurance race for...

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Corvette Culture

700 HP C5 ZR1 Creator Says Anybody With Credit Can Drive A New C8, Be Different

We all have a little bit of used-car salesman in us when it comes time to get creative while selling our pride and joy. But this enthusiast out of Las Vegas, Nevada, is rolling the dice that his inspirational “Be Different” mantra will help him get C6 Z06 numbers for...

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The Top Two Cheapest Corvettes From Each Generation At Mecum Tulsa 2024

Since January’s Kissimmee auction, Mecum has offered enthusiasts a whopping 1,134 Corvettes across five venues, with a remarkable 802 hammering off to new owners. While Tulsa’s offering of 56 Corvettes was a bit on the thin side, the Oklahoma event stormed through to garner this year’s best sales percentage, with...

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Corvette Listings We Love

Greetings, and welcome to this week’s installment of CorvSport’s Listings We Love series, where we comb the internet for the most interesting Corvettes currently listed for sale on the most popular sites. We love all Corvettes, but some definitely catch our eye more than others. Perhaps it’s a tastefully done...

Douglas Barton·

FOR SALE: The Top Three Lowest Mileage Corvettes Currently In The Market

Greetings, and welcome back to another edition of The Top Three, where CorvSport combs the internet for the lowest mileage Corvettes currently in the market. I’m still a bit bewildered by how an enthusiast can own any of these beautiful Corvettes and resist driving them regularly! If you want to...

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Market Update: Could This Be The Next Callaway C4 To Fetch $100,000?

The iconic Callaway twin-turbo conversions were available through select Chevrolet dealers as Regular Production Code (RPO) B2K from 1987 through 1991 and brought the Corvette brand to the next level of performance with styling upgrades that rivaled the best the European marques offered. The Callaway C4 had the exclusive and...

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Most Notable Wholesale Corvette Auction Sales And Those That Failed To Sell

Welcome to this week’s installment of CorvSport’s unique (and exclusive) bi-monthly series, where we analyze the Corvette wholesale market to help our faithful readers gain negotiating leverage while shopping. While not an exhaustive list, each episode will give insights into market trends for the Corvette shopper (and curious enthusiasts who...

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News Recap: Our Museum Wins 2nd Best, Top 10 Dealers, Production Update

I’m on all the notable Corvette forums and social media pages all day, every day, and I’ve done the legwork for you. Here are some top news items from the Corvette community, with concise, straight-to-the-point summaries for your busy lifestyle. If you’re looking to buy a C8 soon, our second...

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C8 ZR1 News Recap: GM Teases Us With Engine Clues In 2nd Video, And More…

It’s highly likely that the spirited and entertaining debates surrounding the powerplant for the highly anticipated 2025 ZR1 will not be settled until the official reveal, but in the meantime, GM seems to be having a hoot teasing us enthusiasts. The speculations have been all over the map and are...

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Corvette Racing Recap: Mixed Results In Michigan Don’t Tarnish Recent Milestones

Things are as hot as ever for our beloved iconic brand, with the first hybrid AWD Corvette fresh off pacing the Indy 500 just a week ago. And now the exciting new E-Ray was set to pace the first race on the streets of Detroit for the new Z06 GT3.R,...

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[Tips And Tricks] The Top Ten Most Useful C5 Corvette Secrets!

With nearly 30,000 subscribers, Toys4Life C5 has established himself as one of the go-to guys for the fifth-generation Corvette, helping enthusiasts across the globe on various topics. When his latest video started making the rounds days ago, even some long-time enthusiasts were surprised by some of the “secrets” he shared....

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[The Top 17] The Revolutionary C8 Corvette Keeps Accumulating More Accolades

The revolutionary eighth-generation is not without fault, and we’ve reported on some of the issues owners face in our exclusive CorvSport Durability and Reliability reports. That being said, when GM upped its game with the mid-engine DCT-equipped C8 Corvette, enthusiasts and the industry took notice, with record production and an...

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Corvette Culture

Deal Or No Deal? Rare 1991 Shinoda/Rick Mears ZR-1 Has Made The Rounds

Welcome to a new CorvSport series where we take a deeper look at recent sales of collectible and rare Corvettes, and the rounds they make around the collector car world. And where better to start than the formidable former King of the Hill, the C4 ZR-1? We have an action-packed...

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