trivia, how good are you?

[bluevette74]

What year was the only year that chevorlet did not make the corvette?

[BlkZO6]

1983 is probably the answer you're looking for, but there is an 83 model at the NCM. They were never offered to the public, though.

[Blackbird01]

Yep, 1983.

Got another trivia question for ya.

When Chevy introduced the ZR-1 with it's LT-5 DOHC V8, the car looked VERY SIMILAR to the regular Corvettes out there.
However, it was WIDER. How much wider? Eh...?

[BlkZO6]

As a completely wild, random guess, with numbers totally out of my ass, I'll say 3".


Would asking the first year for the LT1 constitute asking a trick question?

[hakka]

Yeah, 3" 1970 was the first year the LT-1 was offered in vettes...I wouldn't consider it a trick question Heres one:

In 1959, Jim Hall, Carrol Shelby, and Gary Laughlin proposed an aluminum bodied corvette to Chevy. They commisioned an Italian coachbuilder to do the work...which one was it?

[BlkZO6]

I presume you mean the XP-720. Well, I won't cheat...I don't know who designed it. I actually thought it was Bill Mitchell, but I don't think he was Italian.

[hakka]

not sure what the XP# was...I meant the coachbuilder, though. It was scaglietti(sp?) Here's another...its pretty easy: what was the name of the straight six used in vettes from '53-'55?

[Chris]

blue flame 6

[Chris]

Whats the easiest way to identify the difference between a 56 and 57 vette without looking under the hood?

[hakka]

i didn't know there was any change to the body you've got me stumped

[Chris]

Its so small its pathetic. Do you want the answer?

[BlkZO6]

Wasn't there a crossed flag emblem on the front fenders of the 57s? Or was that just the fuelies?

[Chris]

I dont know, but it isnt the answer anyway

[BlkZO6]

Other than by vin, I don't know.

[Chris]

ok, here it is: look at the inside rear view mirror. On the 1956 model, it adjusts with a thumbscrew, on the 1957 adjustment requires a wrench to loosen the locknut.