Even though he was a key design figure at GM, Zora Arkus-Duntov became equally as important over at Porsche. What was his ...
The post Zora Arkus-Duntov’s Personal Corvette Is Being Restored—and You Can See It appeared first on Hagerty Media. Looking ...
W hen Chevrolet launched the third-generation Corvette in 1968, Zora Arkus-Duntov had just been promoted to Chief Engineer at ...
The sale of the 1957 Corvette SS – pet project of Corvette "godfather" Zora Arkus-Duntov – doubled the prior auction record A Chevrolet racing prototype from 1957 just blew away the record for ...
Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov began his work on stuffing a V-8 into the roadster from 1954, using Chassis EX87/5951 for that development work. After that car showed real promise at ...
Originally published in Sports Cars Illustrated in March 1959. With each annual change, Zora Arkus-Duntov, the Corvette's godfather, has emphasized performance improvements. His theory is that to ...
The name comes from Chevy engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, who is often labeled as the “father of the Corvette.” While he didn't create the car, he is credited with turning it from a boulevard ...
Great credit is due to Chevrolet's engineering development program and to the one man who sparked that program and made the new Corvette possible — Zora Arkus-Duntov, Mr. Corvette. Paradoxically ...
Designed by the godfather of the Corvette, Zora Arkus-Duntov, it was a futuristic prototype that focused on ride and handling. While the original was sold by Barrett-Jackson for over $1 million ...
A piece of Corvette royalty was offered to the public; it sold for $7.7M The car is considered the first purpose-built General Motors race car It is being offloaded by the Indianapolis Motor ...
“Also on public roads, we wanted to offer an easy access button.” The letter Z is an homage to the father of the performance Corvette, Zora Arkus-Duntov, who was hired to turn the original ...