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On the other hand, only 278 buyers specified the $421.80 air conditioning; leather upholstery – a mere $80.70 – was ordered on only 1,114 cars. The cast aluminum knock-off wheels, manufactured for Chevy by Kelsey-Hayes, cost $322.80 a set, but few buyers checked off that option. However, almost 18,000 Sting Rays left St. Louis with the four ...
The C4 Corvette represented a clean break from the Zora Arkus-Duntov-designed C3, with a completely new chassis and sleeker, more modern but still evolutionary styling.It was the work of a team under chief Corvette designer Dave McLellan, who'd taken over from Duntov in 1975 — under the design direction of Irv Rybicki.
The Chevrolet Corvette (C1) is the first generation of the Corvette sports car produced by Chevrolet. It was introduced late in the 1953 model year and produced through 1962. [ 4 ] This generation is commonly called the "solid-axle" generation, as an independent rear suspension did not appear until the 1963 Sting Ray.
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In 1989, Varity buys a majority interest in automotive parts supplier Fruehauf, the parent of Kelsey-Hayes for US$700 million. The Kelsey-Hayes company has 21 factories: four in Canada, 12 in the U.S. and five in Europe. The company manufactures wheels, wheel-end components and anti-lock braking systems for cars and trucks.
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AMC described them as "15-inch styled road wheels" in brochures and catalogs. [81] Enthusiasts call them "Machine wheels". They came with a chrome center cap adorned with a blue trim disc featuring a gear icon in the center and the words American Motors around it. [82] The 15-inch (381 mm) by 7-inch (178 mm) wheels made by Kelsey-Hayes.
On the car's inaugural race of the year, the 2016 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, the Corvette racing team scored a class win with a photo finish between the numbers 3 and 4 cars, driven by Oliver Gavin and Antonio Garcia with Khayman Buff as a back up driver. The cars finished .034 seconds apart from one another. [7]