When it was published in 1973, Corvette-America's Star Spangled Sports Car was groundbreaking as the first book written about the Corvette, or any single car model for that matter. It has since been credited with helping to kick-start the exciting Corvette hobby, and four decades later is still widely regarded as the Corvette bible.This fully revised and expanded edition is the result of extensive new research into the Corvette's first three decades by author Karl Ludvigsen. He has rewritten and reorganized his original Corvette bible to cover the complete history of the C1, C2 and C3 Corvettes. Corvette-America's Star-Spangled Sports Car: 1953-1982 has more than doubled in page count and includes a precise exploration of the design and engineering phases for each generation, as well as coverage of all the sensational racing, concept and experimental cars that contribute such excitement to the Corvette story. You'll also meet men like Smokey Yunick, John Fitch, Bunkie Knudsen, John DeLorean, Dave McLellan and stylists Bill Mitchell, Larry Shinoda and Jerry Palmer- and many others who helped shape the trajectory of America's favorite sports car.Ludvigsen's intimacy with the men and machines behind "The Real McCoy" allows him to draw back the curtain of corporate secrecy to reveal details, drawings and photos of never-before-seen experimental cars, prototypes and styling studies. Delivering unprecedented insights and interpretations, Corvette-America's Star-Spangled Sports Car: 1953-1982 is a book for anyone who ever drove a Corvette-or wanted to.