A road test of a 1977 L82 Corvette, when it was new

[67HEAVEN]

From the December 1976 issue of Motor Trend magazine...

 

[kentvette]

Yeah! C3 stuff! Thanks. HAven't read it all yet, but nice to see a raod test from "almost my car's era"! (I have the R&T book that has a 78 featured I think.....) Good to see "Jingles" mentioned too, a name that tends to be forgotten these days.

 

[67HEAVEN]

kentvette, I'm pleased that you are aware of Jim Ingle "Jingles". I may have something very interesting from him in the near future. In 1978, he was director of the Corvette Development and Testing department, within Chevrolet Engineering.

 

[kentvette]

kentvette, I'm pleased that you are aware of Jim Ingle "Jingles". I may have something very interesting from him in the near future. In 1978, he was director of the Corvette Development and Testing department, within Chevrolet Engineering.

A friend of ours in St Louis was a good friend of "Jingles", so we heard a lot of stories of his various exploits He used to attend events like "Corvettes on The Rockies" and "The Black Hills Classic", often bringing some "hot" or prototype Corvette. Alas, we've done both events, but after Jim's time......