The straight-axle frontend, metalflake bronze and gold paint, narrowed front grille, and small front wheels and wide magnesium rear wheels gave away the formula of a vintage Corvette gasser.

Big John's Vette was capably driven by notableCalifornia Gasser pilot "Bones" Balough and later by Mazmanian's nephew,Rich Siroonian. The car earned a national reputation for "bad" as wellas a ...

Most people see a straight-axle under the front of a retro drag car and immediately think "Gasser." However ... weight advantages plus, in the Corvette's case, a favorable engine setback.

What might be one man’s trash is another’s treasure, especially when it comes to this C2 Corvette. The 1965 was a “basket ...