The Corvette Hunter. Tyler Greenblatt

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      ISBN 978-1-61325-454-7

      Item No. CT599

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Greenblatt, Tyler, author.

      Title: The Corvette hunter: Kevin Mackay’s greatest Corvette finds / Tyler Greenblatt.

      Description: Forest Lake, MN: CarTech Books, [2018]

      Identifiers: LCCN 2017042378

      Subjects: LCSH: Corvette automobile. | Corvette automobile--History. | Automobiles--United States--History.

      Classification: LCC TL215.C6 G74 2018 | DDC 629.222/2--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017042378

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       CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Reggie Jackson

       Introduction

Chapter 1: The Beginning: How Kevin Mackay Became The Corvette Hunter

Chapter 2: 1967 427/435 Coupe: Bounty Hunter

Chapter 3: 1969 L88 Rebel #57: Dixieland Delight

Chapter 4: 1969 John Paul Lightweight L88: Criminally Fast

       Chapter 5: 1969 VV Cooke #80: The Winningest C3 Corvette

       Chapter 6: The Sunray DX Cars

       Chapter 7: 1969 See-Through L88: “The Coolest Thing I Ever Pulled Over”

       Chapter 8: 1960 Briggs Cunningham #3: The Quest for the First Le Mans Class-Winning Corvette

       Chapter 9: 1966 Roger Penske Development L88: The Holy Grail

       Chapter 10: 1965 4,310-Mile Convertible: “What Color Top Does It Have?” By Kevin Mackay

       Chapter СКАЧАТЬ