Zora Arkus Duntov The Legend Behind Corvette

Author : Jerry Burton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zora Arkus-Duntov -The Legend Behind Corvette written by Jerry Burton and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Burton has illustrated his book with hundreds of unpublished photos, blueprints, and archival documents.This book puts Duntov in the perspective needed to understand his achievements as a Russian-Jewish immigrant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 : James Schefter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671685015
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All Corvettes Are Red written by James Schefter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Jerry Burton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780837601915
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corvette Engineering Limited Edition Boxed Set written by Jerry Burton and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 0760341400
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Book of Corvette written by Mike Mueller and published by MotorBooks International. This book was released on 2012-01-23 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details every model, including prototypes and factory racers.

Author : Dave McLellan
Publisher : Bentley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780837617763
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corvette from the Inside: The 50 Year Development History as Told by Dave McLellan written by Dave McLellan and published by Bentley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Chevrolet
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760388288
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corvette Stingray written by Chevrolet and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The officially licensed Corvette Stingray: The Mid-Engine Evolution chronicles the full development story behind Chevrolet’s re-imagined sports car and updates it to cover 70th Anniversary cars, the high-performance Z06, and the all-new E-Ray hybrid.

Author : David Kimble
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 1610586735
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corvette Racing written by David Kimble and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Randy Leffingwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legendary Corvettes written by Randy Leffingwell and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard M. Langworth
Publisher : Crescent
ISBN 13 : 9780517636732
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Book of Corvette written by Richard M. Langworth and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1987 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A supercharged history of America's most exciting sportscar. Features a complete profile of each model from the dream cars of the early '50s to 1987's sophisticated world-class performers.

Author : Randy Leffingwell
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 0760368503
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corvette written by Randy Leffingwell and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete and official history of America's original sports car, right up to the much-buzzed-about eighth generation Stingray supercar released in late 2019, written by Corvette authority Randy Leffingwell and illustrated with imagery straight from the GM archives.