022 Corvette Chief – Dave Cole

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In this episode, I share part 1 of an interview with Dave Cole. Dave’s father was Ed Cole, the Chief Engineer and then General Manager of Chevrolet. Ed was one of the gentlemen responsible for bringing the Corvette to life.

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021 Corvette Chief – Corvette From The Inside – The Book

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In this episode, I share with you the genesis of the book I have written on the Corvette. It is written from the perspective of an insider who led the team and helped make it all happen for 17 years of Corvette history. The book allows the reader to approach the story at three levels, in pictures with captions, as the main stream story and as side bars that tell interesting side lights to Corvette.

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020 Corvette Chief – Bowling Green Plant – Beyond The Tour

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Every Corvette enthusiast should talk a trip to the home of Corvette Assembly and the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY. The plant tour is a good visual experience, but there is so much more that is unseen. It is the unseen engineering and processing that makes it possible for the car to go together right the first time. Let me tell you what to look for to make the unseen visible.

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019 Corvette Chief – Racing The Production Corvette

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This year Mid America celebrated the Corvette’s that ran in the million dollar Corvette Challenge race series of 1988-9. I took this as an opportunity to share with you the genesis of these cars and how Corvette racing between 1985 and 1989 led to the ZR-1 of 1990.

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018 Corvette Chief – Mike Yager of Mid America Motorworks

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Mike Yager
Mike Yager is Chief Cheerleader (President) of Mid America Motor Works. As a thanks to its Corvette customers, Mid America hosts Fun Fest in mid September each year at it’s Effingham, IL headquarters. Who would believe that 15,000 Corvettes and 45,000 customers would head for a corn field in southern Illinois for this special event, but they do. The podcast interview with Mike is right here. Click on the link to Mid America’s website to see what they offer the Corvette enthusiast.

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017 Corvette Chief – McLellan House

I’m going to change the subject on you and talk about architecture, specifically the McLellan House. Our home was designed for my wife Glenda and myself in 1969 by a student and lifetime colleague of Frank Lloyd Wright, John H. Howe. Living here for almost 40 years has been an extraordinary experience. I’ll show you in pictures what I mean.

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015 Corvette Chief – Fuel Economy Part 02

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This is Part 2 of 2 on Fuel Economy
Corvette fuel economy is a topic that affects the pocketbook of Corvette drivers but one that too few of us want to talk about it when we can talk about performance. So, ready or not, here is the lowdown on fuel economy, a topic that affects the performance of your car and along with emissions defines the performance that is possible. In two podcasts I discuss the current Corvette and then talk about the future and what’s in store for Corvette drivers in this world of increasing fuel efficiency requirements.

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014 Corvette Chief – Fuel Economy Part 01

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Corvette fuel economy is a topic that affects the pocketbook of Corvette drivers but one that too few of us want to talk about it when we can talk about performance. So, ready or not, here is the lowdown on fuel economy, a topic that affects the performance of your car and along with emissions defines the performance that is possible. In two podcasts I discuss the current Corvette and then talk about the future and what’s in store for Corvette drivers in this world of increasing fuel efficiency requirements.

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013 Corvette Chief Podcast – Reeves Callaway

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Reeves of Callaway Cars fame and I go way back to the time in 1986 when we made the decision to go for a naturally aspirated 4 cam engine (the LT5). We shared with Reeves the work we had done up to that point to develop a twin turbo Corvette. Reeves took this and made it his own, producing the Callaway Twin Turbo Corvette. This lead to the 250 + mph Sledge Hammer and an ongoing series of Callaway Corvettes, the latest being the C16.

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