Douglas Barton, Author at CorvSport.com - Page 17 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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Corvette Listings We Love

Welcome back to another 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 catch our eye more than others. Perhaps it’s a tastefully done Restomod with a...

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

Welcome back to this week’s edition 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 want to try...

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DIY Guide: How To Update The Problematic EBCM On Your Early C5 To A 2001+ EBCM

Welcome to another episode 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 an enthusiast contemplating a DIY project the...

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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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Corvette Culture

Valarra Vitriol: $116,000 Base C6 With Wild Body Kit Triggers Social Media

Meet the polarizing ValarraVette C6, which knocks enthusiasts directly in the jaw with its outlandish love-hate looks. These rare, highly modified ValarraVettes don’t pop up for sale very often, so it’s hard to get sales comps. But the post-Covid-Era 2024 Corvette market would put a base 2010 C6 with 140,000...

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Corvette Culture

Have You Ever Wondered What GM Does With Corvettes Damaged At The Plant?

Despite being an avid enthusiast for decades, I can’t recall ever reading anything about this type of program, so when an Ohio man contracted by GM recently posted the details on Reddit, I was hooked with curiosity. A cursory Google search titled “What does GM do with damaged Corvettes at...

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Mecum Indy 2024: The Top 7 Corvette Sales And The Top 3 That Fell Flat

CorvSport continues to analyze the hottest collector car auction, and at this year’s Indianapolis event, Mecum showcased a remarkable 332 Corvettes, with no generation left out of the Mecum magic. And as you’ll note below, Mecum has also been remarkably consistent with their sales ratios, with Mecum Indy coming in...

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Not Your Father’s Yenko: SVE Announces 1000HP Twin Turbocharged C8 ZR1 Beater

When most enthusiasts (myself included) hear the Yenko moniker, we instantly picture the formidable big-block Camaros cranked out by Yenko Chevrolet in the 60s and 70s. Owned by former racer Don Yenko, the Pennsylvania dealership became famous for offering these big-block beasts to enthusiasts before Chevrolet officially started offering them...

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Have You Seen The Spectacularly 80s Greenwood Daytona Turbo With A Zora Connection?

If you happened to see this 1981 Greenwood Daytona Turbo out in the wild, at first glance, you might shrug it off as another gaudy, outlandish body kit cobbled together by some 70s-era shade-tree wanna-be designer who just finished binge-watching the classic “Corvette Summer” hit with Mark Hamill. You wouldn’t...

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Corvette Listings We Love

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 catch our eye more than others. Perhaps it’s a tastefully done Restomod with a...

Douglas Barton·

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

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Top Three, where CorvSport scours the internet for the lowest mileage Corvettes currently in the market. I’m always amazed by how an enthusiast can own any of these beautiful Corvettes and resist driving them regularly! If you want to try to get a...

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Wholesale Market Report: Most Notable Corvette Auction Activity [5/10/2024]

Welcome to this week’s installment of CorvSport’s unique (and exclusive) series, where we analyze the Corvette wholesale market bi-monthly 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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Corvette Culture

Meet The ZZz430-Powered Custom 1954 Roadster That Shouldn’t Put You To Sleep

In today’s “what’s the next new shiny object” world, finding an enthusiast committed to the Corvette they currently have is getting harder. This is especially prevalent with the remarkable eighth-generation Corvette, as I usually can’t go a week without seeing at least one enthusiast on social media who has already...

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C8 Corvette ZR1

2025 ZR1 News Recap: Does New Video Settle Engine Debate? And Much More…

In today’s action-packed special ZR1 news edition, we’ll revisit the 2025 vs 2026 model year debate that was finally put to rest, show you the newest video of ZR1s idling that spawned more engine debates, highlight some of the newest spy photos, then finish up with a full encyclopedia of...

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DIY Guide: How To Replace The Fuel Pump On Your C6 Corvette

Welcome to another episode 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 an enthusiast contemplating a DIY project the...

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C5 Market Update: You’ll Never Believe How Much This 200,000-Mile FRC Sold For

There’s a dynamic I’ve experienced bidding on thousands of vehicles as a used car dealer. Over the countless auctions I’ve attended during my 17 years as a dealer, I’ve seen it happen more times than I can count. If you mix in ego with a no-reserve auction, prices can get...

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Corvette Museum

The Best Sights And Sounds From The 2024 27th Annual Michelin NCM Bash

In this highly anticipated decades-long tradition, the National Corvette Museum kicks off the start of its summer season with thousands of enthusiasts migrating to Bowling Green for this 3-day extravaganza. Most notably, the iconic NCM Bash gives Corvette junkies a first look at the newest model year offerings from Chevrolet....

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Corvette Listings We Love

Thanks for joining CorvSport for another edition of our new 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 catch our eye more than others. Perhaps it’s a tastefully done Restomod with a...

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

Welcome to another installment of The Top Three, where CorvSport combs the internet for the lowest mileage Corvettes currently in the market. I’m still amazed by how an enthusiast can own any of these beautiful Corvettes and resist driving them regularly! If you want to try to get a jump...

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Wholesale Market Report: Most Notable Corvette Auction Activity [4/26/2024]

Welcome to this week’s installment of CorvSport’s unique (and exclusive) series, where we analyze the Corvette wholesale market bi-monthly in an attempt 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...

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Breaking Chevy Tease: Will The 2025 ZR1 Really Be Revealed At The NCM Bash?

Today, we have an action-packed edition of our ZR1 News Recap. CorvSport has been on top of covering all the breaking and relevant ZR1 news (check out our full archive below). Just days ago, fresh spy photos emerged across the internet, courtesy of Rick Conti, and once again, fervor and excitement...

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DIY Guide: How To Replace The Opti-Spark And Water Pump On Your C4

Welcome to the continuation of a new DIY series where CorvSport canvasses 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 an enthusiast contemplating a DIY project the...

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The Top 7 Coolest Corvettes From Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach

We have a great rivalry in the collector car auction world right now, with Barrett-Jackson and Mecum throwing out numbers that rival what other auctions are garnering for our beloved Corvette. After their Kissimmee extravaganza, where a whopping 72% of the 527 ‘Vettes offered sold, Mecum was declared the undisputed...

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Corvette Racing Recap: Positive Steps Forward For IMSA And WEC Z06 GT3.R Teams

It’s been a wild ride for Corvette Racing in both series this season. To begin, the Corvette Racing world had to adjust to GM’s transition from factory-backed to factory-supported racing (full CorvSport feature here). Then, to add to the complexity of the season, all the teams were given a brand...

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Mecum Houston 2024: CorvSport Ranks The Worst To Best Selling Generations

In January of this year, Mecum made another pilgrimage to rural Florida and erased any doubt about who the new king of collector car auctions was. These Kissimmee numbers are why Mecum dubbed themselves the “undisputed” champion of collector car auctions, and CorvSport agrees wholeheartedly. $275,000,000: Most dollars ever achieved...

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C8 Corvette E-Ray

E-Ray News Recap: 1st Boosted E-Ray On Dyno, Twin-Turbo E-Ray Hits 9s, Flipping Updates

In just a few short months, GM’s first performance hybrid has over-delivered on many fronts. For starters, the end product over-delivered, as GM produced remarkable results on every promise it hyped–and then some. As you’ll see in our bonus content below, the revolutionary E-Ray is cranking off stock 0-60 times...

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Corvette Listings We Love

Welcome back to another edition of CorvSport’s new 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 catch our eye more than others. Perhaps it’s a tastefully done Restomod with a beastly engine...

Douglas Barton·

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

Welcome to this week’s installment of The Top Three, where CorvSport combs the internet for the lowest mileage Corvettes currently in the market. I’m always bewildered by how an enthusiast can own any of these beautiful Corvettes and resist driving them regularly! If you want to try to get a...

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Wholesale Market Report: Most Notable Corvette Auction Activity [4/12/2024]

Welcome to this week’s installment of CorvSport’s unique (and exclusive) series, where we analyze the Corvette wholesale market on a bi-monthly basis in an attempt 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...

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ZR1 News Recap: 2025 vs. 2026 Debate Put To Rest With Teaser Video From Chevy

Two spirited debates among enthusiasts on social media can now be put to rest. Despite numerous sources and publications indicating the new revolutionary Corvette C8 ZR1 was slated to be released as a 2025 model, some vocal enthusiasts across social media were still convinced the new model would not be...

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