Corvette Nation
Here’s everything you need to know about how to accelerate your enthusiasm for America’s most popular sports car:
National Corvette Museum
Founded in 1994, the NCM is in Bowling Green, Kentucky, near the Corvette Assembly plant along Interstate 65 about an hour north of Nashville. Open seven days a week, year-round, except for Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Day and New Year’s Day.
350 Corvette Drive
Bowling Green, Ky. 42101-9134
1-800-53-VETTE
www.corvettemuseum.com
Magazines
Corvette
Corvette Enthusiast
Corvette Fever
Corvette Quarterly (www.cqmag.com)
Vette
Vette Vues
Major Events
Bloomington Gold
St. Charles, Illinois
June 15-17, 2007
Corvettes at Carlisle
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
August 24-26, 2007
Anniversary Celebration/Corvette Hall of Fame
National Corvette Museum
Bowling Green, Ky.
August 31-September 3, 2007
Web Sites
www.Corvette.com
www.corvetteactioncenter.com
www.corvetteforum.com
www.corvettetrader.com
www.digitalcorvettes.com
www.vettes.com
Books
Corvette, America’s Sports Car, Yesterday Today and Tomorrow
By Jerry Burton
Hugh Lauter Levin and Associates (October 2006)
The Complete Book of Corvette
By Mike Mueller
Motorbooks International (October 2006)
The Corvette Black Book
By Mike Antonick
Michael Bruce Associates (updated annually)
Best Corvette Songs
Little Red Corvette – Prince
Dead Man’s Curve – Jan and Dean
The Corvette Song – George Jones
Sensible Shoes – David Lee Roth
16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six – Tom Waits
Going Back to Cali – LL Cool J
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To see this article in its original format, view the pdf version of the Summer 2007 issue of Hagerty magazine.
