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Nov 26, 2020 · The actual car underneath all that body paneling was a 1973 Corvette C3 with an L48 5.7-liter V8 engine, the base model, that made 190 horses and ran on something that was called a Turbo 350 transmission. The Turbo bit was nothing but marketing lingo and had nothing to do with a turbocharger at all.
Corvette Summer is a 1978 American adventure comedy film directed by Matthew Robbins. It was Mark Hamill's first screen appearance after the unexpected success of Star Wars the previous year. Hamill stars as a California teenager who heads to Las Vegas to track down his beloved customized Corvette Stingray.
Nov 24, 2020 · Post the success of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars series, he was offered the role of Kenny Dantley in the 1978 flick, Corvette Summer, opposite Annie Potts, who most of us known as MeeMaw from the TV series Young Sheldon . Take a look at the plot.
Dec 2, 2022 · Classic 70's Adventure Comedy I Corvette Summer (1978) I Retrospective. A high school grad and a call girl-in-training try to track down his stolen Corvette.
Jun 2, 1978 · Ken loves to design and build exotic cars. When the High School shop class project car, a fully tricked out dream Corvette, is stolen, he begins searching for it. His search leads him to Las Vegas, where Vanessa, a teenaged prostitute wannabe, helps him try to track it down. — Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>.
The "Corvette Summer" car became iconic in its own right, thanks to its role in the film and its over-the-top custom features. It's a memorable example of the custom car culture that was particularly popular in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s.
Oct 24, 2010 · Check out this 1973 Chevrolet Corvette equipped with an L48 350 engine and turbo 350 automatic transmission, featured in the 1978 movie Corvette Summer. Read more about it in Corvette Fever...
Jan 1, 2024 · Have you ever dreamed of driving a Corvette that looks like it came straight out of a corny old 70’s movie? Well, you’re in luck, because there’s a 1977 Stingray that was (allegedly) made for the film Corvette Summer starring Mark Hamill and Annie Potts.
Jul 30, 2020 · A prop from a movie with a plot just as unbelievable as that hood. As you probably guessed by now, the movie is called Corvette Summer, and it was released in 1978. Just after Mark Hamill got...
Aug 1, 2001 · Read up on the reviews of this popular 1978 movie Corvette Summer and the Chevrolet Corvette that was featured in it, only in Vette Magazine.
