Corvette Summer

It’s Wednesday. As a huge Corvette fan for most of my life, I can trace my love of the car back to the 1978 movie “Corvette Summer” starring Mark Hamill. It’s the story of a kid who builds a custom Corvette as a project in his Highschool auto shop. One night when the class takes the Vette out for its first drive on the streets of Van Nuys, it gets stolen. After hearing that the Vette was seen in Las Vegas, Mark Hamill leaves home to spend his summer tracking down his beloved Vette.

The other star in the movie was the highly customized 1973 Corvette Stingray. When I saw this car I immediately fell in love with it. It was wild, even by 1978 standards. Many years later I heard that one of the two cars made for the movie had been sold to a Corvette parts company called MidAmerica. When I mentioned on my website that I had located the Corvette Summer car, one of MidAmerica’s employees contacted me and invited me out to McCormick Place in Chicago where the car was going to be on display during a Corvette show. I was finally able to see the car up close and take some photos and videos. MidAmerica eventually sold it to a private owner for an undisclosed amount. I still love that car and even had the opportunity to buy a replica of it, but it was in rough shape so I passed on it.

Anyway, all of this came about when I noticed that Green Day had a song on their new album called “Corvette Summer” that was inspired by the movie. They even created a video for the song, in which they pay homage to the original movie. And yes, they got Mark Hamill to reprise his roll! You can check out the video above.

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Rev up those engines, the Corvette Summer music video is here and it’s one wild ride!! The song was named after one of our favorite cult classic movies, so it only made sense to pay homage to it with the music video. We even took things one step further and got Mark Hamill (who starred in the original) to star in our remake alongside us, Hannibal Buress, and some others. We blew the entire budget on them so we had to get creative with cardboard boxes, some duct tape and matchbox cars we found in Tre’s basement. Directed by the dynamic duo Ryan Baxley & Brendan Walter. Buckle up, and enjoy the ride!

Sweet Jesus!

It’s Tuesday. It’s a good thing that none of you can see me drooling right now. One of my readers recently came across this beautiful 2020 Corvette while at the Honda dealership in Morgantown, West Virginia. What’s a C8 doing at a Honda? Apparently this gorgeous vehicle is there on consignment. So if you’re interested and have a spare $85k burning a hole in your pocket, then get on over to I-79 Honda and pick up this Sebring Orange C8 before it’s gone. Or, you can join me drooling over the photos!

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Keep, The car was on the showroom floor at I-79 Honda in Morgantown, WV. 2020 with 2000 miles. Original price was $93,000.00 after $32,000 of factory upgrades. The asking price is $85000. Owned by a local and I guess successful guy who is in the waste recycling business. (that would be a high priced garbage collector). He recently built a huge house on Cheat Lake near the city with a very large garage filled with a dozen or so Corvettes. The car was placed here on consignment. Since Halloween is on the way I figured that you would like the pumpkin color. Thanks for all you do. KJT.

Monday Again

It’s Monday. Fall officially arrived yesterday and here in Illinois it’s already starting to look like it. We took the Vette out over the weekend and noticed that a fair amount of trees have already started changing color. In the next couple weeks it should be looking pretty colorful around here.

We decided to kick off the Fall season by checking out an Octoberfest event Saturday night. They had great food, craft beers, and live music. My only regret was not getting a giant pretzel. I love those things but my belly was already stuffed—and very happy.

We had nothing but rain on Sunday, so I caught the Bears game against the Colts. It was rather depressing because the Bears tried very hard, but again they just couldn’t get the job done. The final score was 21-16.

I recorded the Nascar race in Bristol, Tennessee, on Saturday night and watched it after the Bears game on Sunday. Usually the Bristol night race is a lot of fun to watch because it’s a very small and tight track that often leads to plenty of carnage, but the race was dominated by Kyle Larson and there really wasn’t anyone that could touch him. It made for a somewhat boring race.

Okay, so nobody likes Monday, right? So instead of picking just one babe for today, I decided to put together a gallery of babes. Hopefully this will take some of the pain out of your Monday. Enjoy.

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