Zora Arkus Duntov The Legend Behind Corvette

Author : Jerry Burton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0837617774

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Zora Arkus-Duntov by Jerry Burton Pdf

Zora Arkus-Duntov: The Legend Behind Corvette tells the story of how a gifted engineer brought up by Russian Revolutionary parents became the guiding force behind the legendary American sports car, and in the process attained the elite status of American legend himself. Author Jerry Burton, founding editor and current editorial director of Corvette Quarterly, has worked with many of Zora's friends and colleagues, as well as his widow Elfi, to write the first major biography of Zora Arkus-Duntov. Burton has illustrated his book with hundreds of unpublished photos, blueprints, and archival documents.This book puts Duntov in the perspective needed to understand his achievements as a Russian-Jewish immigrant fighting to make his mark at General Motors.

Author : Jerry Burton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015060060541

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Zora Arkus-Duntov -The Legend Behind Corvette by Jerry Burton Pdf

Zora Arkus-Duntov: The Legend Behind Corvette tells the story of how a gifted engineer brought up by Russian Revolutionary parents became the guiding force behind the legendary American sports car, and in the process attained the elite status of American legend himself. Author Jerry Burton, founding editor and current editorial director of Corvette Quarterly, has worked with many of Zora's friends and colleagues, as well as his widow Elfi, to write the first major biography of Zora Arkus-Duntov. Burton has illustrated his book with hundreds of unpublished photos, blueprints, and archival documents.This book puts Duntov in the perspective needed to understand his achievements as a Russian-Jewish immigrant fighting to make his mark at General Motors.

Author : Jerry Burton,Dave McLellan,Jerry Corvette
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0837601916

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Corvette Engineering Limited Edition Boxed Set by Jerry Burton,Dave McLellan,Jerry Corvette Pdf

These two books contain 50 years of Corvette history - from the perspective of the car's first two Chief Engineers, Zora Arkus-Duntov and Dave McLellan. As a set, the two books contain a total of 736 pages, with 390 photos and illustrations that cover the birth of the Corvette right through Dave McLellan's vision for a Corvette supercar of the future. Each boxed set includes: -Limited edition copy of Zora Arkus-Duntov: The Legend Behind Corvette with certificate of authenticity signed by author Jerry Burton -Limited edition copy of Corvette From the Inside with certificate of authenticity signed by author Dave McLellan -Both books elegantly bound in red bonded leather with gold lettering on spine -Books housed in handsome blue bonded leather slip case

Author : Mike Mueller
Publisher : MotorBooks International
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-23
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780760341407

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The Complete Book of Corvette by Mike Mueller Pdf

Details every model, including prototypes and factory racers.

Author : Dave McLellan
Publisher : Bentley Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-02
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0837617766

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Corvette from the Inside: The 50 Year Development History as Told by Dave McLellan by Dave McLellan Pdf

Corvette From the Inside is a very different kind of Corvette book. It is a guided tour through Corvette history by a man who was intimately involved with America's favorite sports car for seventeen of the most exciting years of his professional life. The challenges McLellan faced in the 70s and early 80s as he struggled to lead the Corvette program from the edge of failure to resounding success serve as a wonderfully detailed case-study in how the American automotive industry relied on the ingenuity, intellect, and pure determination of its top engineers to resurrect itself from a near-fatal slump and compete once again with Asian and European manufacturers.Dave McLellan joined General Motors in 1959, when the Corvette was only six years old. As a result, he looks at the early tale of the Corvette from a unique insider's perspective. He recounts the background of the Corvette's creation and provides fascinating insight into the Zora Arkus-Duntov years. He discusses the technical obstacles and solutions that paralleled the development of the Corvette from a primitive and poorly executed six-cylinder sporty car to one of the fastest and best handling sports cars ever conceived.Impressed by McLellan's engineering talents, GM groomed him to assume the helm at Corvette Engineering, which he did upon Duntov's retirement in 1975. McLellan stepped into the job of Corvette Chief Engineer just as the car hit an all-time performance low. He gives his first-hand account of the transition from the underpowered C3 Corvette of the mid and late 70s to the formidable C4 and ZR-1 Corvettes with which McLellan will always be identified. In describing his experiences with the Corvette, his story traces the path of the auto industry from the dark days of the 1970s when OPEC and strangling emissions requirements took the punch out of the American muscle car, to the 1990s when the American super car-exemplified by the incredible four-cam ZR-1 Corvette-emerged as a world class competitor.

Author : Randy Leffingwell
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-10
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760337745

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Legendary Corvettes by Randy Leffingwell Pdf

Eighteen of the most legendary Corvettes of all time--from the earliest surviving Corvette ever built for the 1953 model year to the five Grand Sport racers built by Zora Arkus-Duntov to a fifth-generation Corvette raced by the team that included father-and-son Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr.--are featured in this book.

Author : Chevrolet
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760367438

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Corvette Stingray by Chevrolet Pdf

The officially licensed Corvette Stingray: The Mid-Engine Revolution chronicles the full development story behind Chevrolet’s re-imagined sports car with an engaging, detailed text and photography from GM’s archives and Corvette team members. Corvette is Chevrolet’s iconic performance car. Its importance to the brand cannot be overstated. Thus each new generation is sweated by Chevy’s designers, engineers, marketing staff, and executives to ensure that it sets the bar higher than the preceding version. With the eighth generation, Chevrolet has done more than raise the bar or move the goalpost—they’ve torn down the stadium and started from scratch. For the first time ever in a production version, the new Corvette features a mid-engine configuration. Though Corvette engineers have experimented with this engine placement over the past several decades, 2020 marks the first time GM has committed it to production cars. Corvette already had prodigious power on tap, but its front-engine configuration put some limitations on its handling and traction. The new mid-engine Corvette eliminates any final performance barriers and takes the battle to supercar rivals like Ferrari, Lamborghini, and McLaren. It's the story every Corvette fan needs to read.

Author : James Schefter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780671685010

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All Corvettes Are Red by James Schefter Pdf

The inside story of the people who made the Corvette a legend for over forty years, "All Corvettes Are Red" is the result of more than eight years of research by the author into every part of the world's #1 automaker. "A true labor of love".--"Booklist". of color photos.

Author : David Kimble
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781610586733

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Corvette Racing by David Kimble Pdf

Chevy’s Corvette is without question one of the most recognized sports cars in the world. Since its introduction at GM’s Motorama, Corvettes have been favorites for fans and drivers in a wide variety of racing venues, including endurance events, hillclimbs, Trans-Am, drag racing, and GT Racing. For six decades, Corvettes have battled and defeated some of the the biggest names in the sports car world—Ferrari, Porsche, Cobra, Jaguar—at storied road courses like Le Mans, Daytona, the Nürburgring, Sebring, and Laguna Seca.Beginning with the Real McCoy, a Zora Arkus-Duntov special raced at Sebring in 1956, this book draws on the history of factory-sponsored and private racing efforts, chronicling the history of the various Vettes that have been put to the test as racing machines. Noted automotive writer and renowned artist David Kimble delves deep into Vette’s on-track history to provide the most thorough Corvette racing history ever published. Corvette Racing is illustrated with rare images from GM’s media and design archives and complemented by Kimble’s own stunning cutaway artwork. For Corvette and racing fans, this book is the definitive word on Corvette’s nearly 60 years of competition.

Author : Paul Ingrassia
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781451640656

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Engines of Change by Paul Ingrassia Pdf

A narrative like no other: a cultural history that explores how cars have both propelled and reflected the American experience— from the Model T to the Prius. From the assembly lines of Henry Ford to the open roads of Route 66, from the lore of Jack Kerouac to the sex appeal of the Hot Rod, America’s history is a vehicular history—an idea brought brilliantly to life in this major work by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Paul Ingrassia. Ingrassia offers a wondrous epic in fifteen automobiles, including the Corvette, the Beetle, and the Chevy Corvair, as well as the personalities and tales behind them: Robert McNamara’s unlikely role in Lee Iacocca’s Mustang, John Z. DeLorean’s Pontiac GTO , Henry Ford’s Model T, as well as Honda’s Accord, the BMW 3 Series, and the Jeep, among others. Through these cars and these characters, Ingrassia shows how the car has expressed the particularly American tension between the lure of freedom and the obligations of utility. He also takes us through the rise of American manufacturing, the suburbanization of the country, the birth of the hippie and the yuppie, the emancipation of women, and many more fateful episodes and eras, including the car’s unintended consequences: trial lawyers, energy crises, and urban sprawl. Narrative history of the highest caliber, Engines of Change is an entirely edifying new way to look at the American story.

Author : Scott Kolecki
Publisher : CarTech Inc
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781613257135

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Corvette Concept Cars by Scott Kolecki Pdf

For more than a half century, the Corvette has been celebrated as “America’s sports car” by owners and enthusiasts. Since the first model rolled off the assembly line on June 29, 1953, it has been transformed time and again from a well-intentioned-but-underpowered boulevard cruiser into one of the most iconic sports cars of all time! How did Harley Earl’s original vision for a two-seat sports car progress through eight distinct generations to become the car that we know and love today? Who were the visionaries responsible for advancing its form and function over the last 70 years? Also, why has the Corvette continued to find commercial success in an ever-changing marketplace when so many other automobiles have come and gone since its creation? Corvette Concept Cars: Developing America's Favorite Sports Car answers these questions by delving into the origins of the Chevrolet Corvette and of the countless designers, engineers, drivers, and dreamers responsible for its creation. It explores the personal histories of Corvette’s greatest visionaries (Harley Earl, Zora Arkus-Duntov, and Bill Mitchell) and tells how each of their fates were indelibly intertwined with the rich (and sometimes volatile) history of Chevrolet’s flagship sports car. This book is an exploration of the Corvette concept cars from the earliest turnstile dream cars and purpose-built racers to the many unique mid-engined concept and research vehicles that preceded the creation of the current production model: the eighth-generation mid-engine Stingray. Painstakingly researched and written by Corvette historian Scott Kolecki and packed with more than 400 incredible photographs, Corvette Concept Cars: Developing America’s Favorite Sports Car is the quintessential history of the evolution of the Chevrolet Corvette!

Author : Randy Leffingwell
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-23
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0760346631

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Corvette by Randy Leffingwell Pdf

Explore a complete history of America's original sports car. Through hundreds of rare and unpublished photos from GM's media and design archives, special gatefolds and in-depth analysis from noted Corvette historian Randy Leffingwell, Corvette: Seven Generations of American High Performance celebrates six-plus decades of America's sports car, covering the revolution and evolution of America's longest continuously produced nameplate, from Harley Earl's initial concept to the latest seventh-generation carâ?¬â? the 2014 Corvette Stingray. Officially licensed and created in cooperation with General Motors, Corvette: Seven Generations of American High Performance focuses on the Corvette's place in popular culture as well the its engineering and design success. This book offers something for everyone who has ever lusted after a 'Vette. From the inaugural 1953 Corvette to today's stunning Stingray, this book touches on all aspects of Chevrolet's iconic sports car: history, racing, period ads, posters, memorabilia, key designers such as Bill Mitchell, engineers such as the fabled Zora Arkus-Duntov, celebrity 'Vette fans, and more. No Corvette fan will want to miss out on this ultimate history of America's first and foremost sports car.

Author : Dave Friedman Lowell C. Paddock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781610609005

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Corvette Grand Sport by Dave Friedman Lowell C. Paddock Pdf

Author : Jerry Burton
Publisher : Hugh Lauter Levin Associates
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Corvette automobile
ISBN : 9780883631218

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Corvette, America's Sports Car, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow by Jerry Burton Pdf

This lavishly illustrated, deluxe book--as stylish as the car itself--tells the story of how the Corvette, a uniquely American icon, became one of the world's most popular sports cars. More than 200 color and 1,000 b&w photos.

Author : Tom Benford
Publisher : Bentley Pub
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0837609283

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Corvette Illustrated Encyclopedia by Tom Benford Pdf

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