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Unloading a Lime Rock Green C7

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It’s been over ten years since you could order a Corvette in green, so this is a special occasion of sorts. This one was unloaded near Texas Motor Speedway and sports a Z51 performance package with a 3LT Brownstone interior. So what do you think? Is green a good color on a Vette, or would [...]

LS1 Powered ’68 Nova Sleeper on eBay

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Take one rust-free West Coast ’68 Nova with cloth seats, poverty caps and whitewalls, drop in a Corvette LS1 and what do you get? The ultimate sleeper? Motor is a ’03 5.3 LS with 75k miles mated to a ’04 4L60e tranny with 69k miles. Comes with new engine management harness, o2 sensors, MAF sensors [...]

GM’s Q1 Net Income Down 14 Percent

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GM reported a net income of $865 million for Q1, a drop of 14 percent. Still, this is GM’s 13th consecutive quarterly profit since they came out of bankruptcy in 2009. CFO Dan Ammann blamed the drop on the heavy discounts for the existing full-size trucks as they prepare for the all-new 2014 trucks. GM [...]

Quentin Tarantino’s Stolen Malibu Recovered After 19 Years

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Tarantino’s famous red ’64 Malibu from Pulp Fiction was stolen right after production wrapped. Apparently the thieves duplicated the VIN from another Malibu and used that to register the car. When the second Malibu came under scrutiny for a possible crime, the cops noticed the duplication and tracked down Tarantino’s car in Oakland, California. Its [...]