“I’ve always been a car nut ... bought an ’85 Corvette, which I still own today.” During development, Chevrolet engineers discovered that bonding a hardtop to a C5 convertible body ...

In the beginning, the Corvette was a cute little two-seater. It sure enough looked like a sports car, but underneath the radical fiberglass bodywork was a puny 235 cu. in., 150-horsepower "Blue ...