Scott Teeters, Author at CorvSport.com

JoinedJune 8, 2023

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Corvette History

Kevin Livering’s “Far Out” Survivor

A Young Man’s Car Deal of a Lifetime Kevin Livering grew up in the ’60s and ’70s in Lebanon, Pennsylvania—right in the heart of what many call “Pennsylvania Dutch Country.” Lebanon sits about 50 miles east of Carlisle, home of the annual Corvettes at Carlisle show, and roughly 80 miles...

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Corvette Is Now a Member of the “One-Second Club”!

The 2026 ZR1X is America’s fastest production car ever! How fast and quick, you ask? Chevrolet has not publicly stated an official top speed for the 2026 ZR1X yet, but GM’s performance specs indicate the ZR1X likely shares its top-speed ceiling with the standard ZR1 platform — around 233 mph....

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The Story of Chevrolet Crate Engines

Crate Engines & Restomods If you attend car shows and watch car auctions, you know that Restomods seem to be everywhere. In the arena of streetable cars (not race cars), there are basically three slots. Concours Restorations are old cars restored to day-one, factory-correct condition. At the opposite end are...

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Profiling Greatness

Gibson “Gib” Hufstader, A Genuine Corvette Unsung Hero

On May 4, 2025, the Corvette world lost a giant. Gibson “Gib” Hufstader was 94. Without racing and high performance, the Corvette might not have survived the 1960s. Early C1s caught heat for the Blue Flame Six and Powerglide, and the small-block Chevy with a proper four-speed wasn’t ready until...

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Corvette History

Frank Winchell – The Forgotten Mid-Engine Corvette Engineer

Frank Winchell wasn’t like the extroverted Zora Arkus-Duntov; he was a typical mechanical engineer of his day—quiet but demanding. People said you didn’t work “with” Frank; you worked “for” Mr. Winchell. If an engineer told him something couldn’t be done, he’d chew them out and find someone who would do...

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Corvette History

Zora’s All-Aluminum 377 Small Block Engine

Meet the Grandfather of the All-Aluminum 377 SBC: the 427 ZL-1, the 430 Can-Am, and the LS-Series Engines: The Mighty Allison V-12 Aircraft Engine The story of Zora Arkus-Duntov’s all-aluminum 377 racing engine begins twenty-five years before Harley Earl conceived of a Chevrolet sports car while attending the 1951 Watkins...

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Corvette History

The C5 Was Almost the First Mid-Engine Corvette

The Mid-Engine Corvette We Finally Got We are now entering the seventh year of the C8 Corvette, and it has been a huge success for Chevrolet. The C8 did everything better than any Corvette before. The 2023 Z06, 2024 E-Ra, ZR1, and ZR1X raised the bar to unimaginable levels. The...

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Corvette History

The Sting Ray Roof Controversy: Design Genius or Borrowed Brilliance?

Where Did the Sting Ray’s Roof Come From? When the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray arrived in car magazines and car showrooms in the fall of 1962, the automotive world was stunned! There was nothing like it in the entire industry. And it wasn’t just a pretty, all-new, fiberglass beauty with...

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Hidden Gem Corvettes, Pt. 6: C2 1964-1967 383 Stroker “Lightweight” Sting Ray

1963 Corvette Sting Ray – The American Performance Car From Another Planet When the new 1963 Sting Ray arrived on the covers of car magazines and in Chevrolet dealership showrooms, it was a complete game changer. The Sting Ray Coupe looked like nothing ever seen before. Compared to regular cars...

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Interesting, Affordable, Hidden Gem Corvettes, Pt. 5: C6 2005-2009 Z51 Corvette

Here’s an expression you don’t hear very often; “Street Sleeper”. The expression goes back to the olden days when most cars were rather drab. Detroit has always had high-profile cars with larger-than-usual, more powerful engines. The street sleeper was one of those drab cars with a hot Cadillac, Lincoln, Chrysler,...

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Interesting, Affordable, Hidden Gem Corvettes, Pt. 4: C5 2002-2004 Z06 Corvette

2002-2004 Z06 Corvette

This is the only of our six “under-appreciated Corvettes” series cars that was a purpose-built, separate, “performance” model Corvette. Not since the C4 ZR-1 went away after 1995 had there been a separate “performance” model Corvette. The C4 ZR-1 is still a jewel of a Corvette, but the RPO ZR-1...

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Interesting, Affordable, Hidden Gem Corvettes, Pt. 3: C4 1996 Six-Speed LT4 Corvette

The Ultimate Sleeper C4 Corvette? The classic small-block Chevy engine had been under the hood of Corvettes for forty one years. From 1955 to 1970, the small-block grew incrementally from 265; to 283; to 327, and finally to 350 cubic-inches. Horsepower went from 195 to 370 horsepower. From milk-toast-mild...

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Underrated Corvettes Part 2: 1980 L82 C3 Corvette

1980 L48 L82 Corvette

If you own a 1980-1982 Corvette, we mean no offense. Within the pecking order of Corvettes, the last three years of C3s have the lowest cache of respect. There’s only one reason for the lack of respect; horsepower. They are not inherently bad cars. Corvettes from 1974 to 1982 had...

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Underrated Corvettes Part 1: 1989-1991 C4 6-Speed Coupe

1989-1991 C4 6-Speed Corvette Coupe

Old Corvettes tend to be the victims of newer Vettes because the cars just keep getting better and better. New Corvettes have always been expensive for their time. In the ’60s a $6,000 Corvette was outrageously expensive. Today, it’s easy to spend over $100,000 for a C8. But you don’t...

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The 2019 Corvette C7 ZR1: The Greatest Front-Engine Corvette Ever?

I’ve had my head plugged into all things Corvette since 1965 and sometimes I forget my age! Car magazines have been taunting the Corvette faithful with dreams of a mid-engine Corvette since the early ’60s when photos of the 1960 CERV-I and the 1964 CERV-II engineering study cars were published....

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Ed Cole’s Corvette A-Team

Ed Cole and the Corvette Team

Ed Cole – Chevrolet’s New Chief Engineer Ed Cole was the son of a Michigan dairy farmer and grew up in the nineteen-teens and nineteen-twenties. Growing up on a farm you learn a lot about machines and by the time Cole was a teenager, he was a field representative for...