Vette – July 2019

JULY 2019  VOLUME 43  NUMBER 07

There are certain Corvettes that are just the flagship of all Corvettes, and a 1966 big-block 425hp packed inside 427 inches

backed up to a four-speed is most certainly in the conversation. For the past 15 years, Ted Stevens has owned such a

Corvette loaded with many of the highly desirable options of the day that included not only the first year for the 427 but

one equipped with transistor ignition, side dual exhaust, close-ratio four-speed, Positraction equipped diff, heavy-duty and

vacuum power brakes, the special front and rear suspension and the cast-aluminum knock-off wheels. Still residing in its one-year only Mosport

Green color, this is one Corvette that gains in beauty and value as the years go by.

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ON THE

COVER

FEATURES

16 Hot Sauce

Steve Locklin’s radio

delete ’64 Sting Ray

30 The Star of ’

With 425 hp and a four-speed,

it doesn’t get much better than this

44 Silver and Bold

Brilliant C1 blends old-school

appeal with new-school feel

TECH

22 Core Values – Part 2

Replacing the C3 heater

core and evaporator

36 Brake Time

Upgrading to four-piston

Wilwood disc brakes and

keeping our 15-inch wheels

52 Get The Shaft

GForce Performance Engineering

offers you two choices of brute-

tested tough halfshafts for your

C5 or C6 Vette

DEPARTMENTS

04 IN THE INTERIM

08 PRODUCT PREVIEW

10 FROM THE ARCHIVES

12 TECHNICALLY SPEAKING

58 RARE FINDS

60 DESIGNER SERIES

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