Few duos in automotive history go together better than the Chevrolet Corvette and V-8, but that wasn’t always the case.
When the iconic sports car arrived on the scene in 1953, it came equipped with an inline-six. The father of the Corvette, Zora Arkus-Duntov, thought the vehicle could handle a little more oomph, and the vehicle he used to prove this point to General Motors is now up for auction on Bring a Trailer.
A curvaceous and chrome-adorned exterior isn’t all that…

