’74 PONTIAC GTO: END OF AN ERA!

Posted on October 27, 2026 by MartynL

In 1974, Pontiac concentrated all its performance efforts on the SD-455 Firebirds, resulting in the ’74 PONTIAC GTO: END OF AN ERA! The ’74 GTO represents Pontiac’s one-year-only, last-ditch attempt to save the iconic nameplate, which over the years had become synonymous with Supercar and Musclecar. The GTO ignited the Supercar Revolution in 1964, and ten years later became a mostly cosmetic option on the compact Ventura GM X-Body platform Pontiac inherited from Chevrolet (Nova). It signaled th...

SPIRIT OF ZORA CORVETTE ROCKS 2026 MILLE MIGLIA

Posted on July 26, 2026 by MartynL

First-timers brave extreme heat, 144 Time Trials, narrow cobblestone streets and mountain roads for five days, and the SPIRIT OF ZORA CORVETTE ROCKS 2026 MILLE MIGLIA to finish the world’s most beautiful road race! A 1957 Fuel Injection Corvette, the Spirit of Zora, owned and driven by Michael Moss with John Cutrone navigating, has finished (371st place) the grueling five-day, 1,250-mile 1000 Miglia (Mille Miglia “Storica”) in Italy, on June 13, 2026. Mike and John en route through Brescia, ab...

AMERICANS IN ITALY: TEAM ZORA USA!

Posted on June 7, 2026 by MartynL

The Spirit of Zora ’57 Corvette Fuelie and Sarasota Café Racers Michael Moss and John Cutrone: AMERICANS IN ITALY: TEAM ZORA USA! In preparation for the 2026 1000 Miglia (Mille Miglia Historica), TEAM ZORA USA has arrived in Italy a week early for the iconic multi-stage, five-day Brescia-Rome-Brescia event. Moss and Cutrone, AMERICANS IN ITALY: TEAM ZORA USA!, are participating in the pre-Red Arrow 1000 Miglia program, produced by Brescia’s Scuderia Sports. Michael Moss, an accomplished road...

BEST CORVETTE MAGAZINE COVERS

Posted on December 8, 2025December 8, 2025 by MartynL

Corvettes have a side hustle: They help sell automotive magazines! Corvette historian and illustrator, Scott Teeters, blogs about the BEST CORVETTE MAGAZINE COVERS. Back in the day - 1960s-1980s - when I edited enthusiast car magazines (Hi-Performance CARS, SPEED and SUPERCAR, RODDER & SUPER/STOCK) and produced the first regular frequency magazine for Corvette enthusiasts sold on newsstands (VETTE), I learned that putting a Corvette on the cover almost always guaranteed higher sales. O...

SPIRIT OF ZORA ’57 CORVETTE FUELIE

Posted on May 4, 2025 by MartynL

Prepped for the 2026 Mille Miglia in Italy, Team Zora USA’s SPIRIT OF ZORA ’57 CORVETTE FUELIE rocks at Corvettes on the Circle! Competitive Historic racer Michael Moss - Lola T70 & Gurney Eagle - wins Class and Favorite Car “gold” with his SPIRIT OF ZORA ’57 CORVETTE FUELIE at the 26th Annual Skyway Corvette Club’s Corvettes on the Circle show on May 3rd. Held at St. Armands Circle, Sarasota, FL, this year’s show hosted more than 175 Corvettes spanning eight generations of America’...

CHEVY 427 BISCAYNE: STREET RACER’S SPECIAL

Posted on August 13, 2023 by MartynL

BALDWIN-MOTION'S CHEVY 427 BISCAYNE: STREET RACER’S SPECIAL offered the most blast-for-the-buck, plus the element of surprise. In 1978, Baldwin-Motion offered enthusiasts the largest selection of modified brand new Chevys in the field. In addition to its base 425-horsepower SS-427 Camaro and 500-plus-horsepower Phase III model, the Fantastic Five lineup included 427 Novas, Chevelles, Corvettes, or even a low-rent, full-size Biscayne. All nameplates could be fitted with a myriad of perfo...

CHEVY 409: BIG-BLOCK LEGEND

Posted on October 23, 2022October 23, 2022 by MartynL

It may have started out as an updated 348-inch truck engine, but it ended up as the CHEVY 409: BIG-BLOCK LEGEND! Two years before the Supercar hype and big-engined midsize cars, full-size ’62 Chevys, powered by 409-inch versions of the 348 W-Series passenger car and truck engine, carried the Musclecar banner for Chevrolet. While the engine first surfaced in the 1961model year, it was a late arrival. Just 142 Chevys with RPO-580 360-horsepower, single-four-barrel (Carter AFB) and solid-lifter-ca...

MOTION MINICAR VW THUNDERBUG

Posted on October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 by MartynL

After setting records for two years in Baldwin-Motion’s A/MP Camaro, in 1970 Bill Mitchell shrinks the Supercar and continues his winning ways driving the MOTION MINICAR VW THUNDERBUG. New model introductions for 1970 reinforced Detroit’s accelerating love affair with performance. It was a new decade and carmakers continued seducing buyers with the most powerful Ponycars and Supercars yet. It was a boom year for Motown Muscle. And it was a record year for Baldwin-Motion and Motion Perfor...

’19 CORVETTE: MID-ENGINE STINGRAY!

Posted on August 1, 2017August 10, 2017 by MartynL

According to Michael Accardi at GM INSIDE NEWS, the myth is real and mid-engined Corvette production is slated for January 2019. Moving the Corvette’s motor to the middle has been an idea General Motors has hung onto ever since Zora Arkus-Duntov almost made it happen in 1960. His mad brilliance has left behind a long legacy of dreamy concepts both from his time at GM and after. Unfortunately, the idea was always dismissed as too expensive and boutique both for the company from an economics stan...

JAGUAR XJ220: BIG CAT REUNION!

Posted on July 31, 2017August 2, 2018 by MartynL

A pride of predatory cats goes on the prowl at the Silverstone Classic and David Brabham is reunited with his class-winning Le Mans car. More than 40 Jaguar XJ220s came together at the Silverstone Classic on July 29th, in a record-breaking reunion to mark the 25th birthday of what was once the fastest production car in the world. The dramatically styled, mid-engined, two-seat Supercar was introduced in 1992. With a top speed of 212.3-mph, it was Jaguar’s quickest road-going car – an accolade it...