Modern Rodding

1967 Corvette Convertible

n the performance world, some cars come from the factory with cachet, and others, as hard as one may try, it just isn’t going to happen. The Corvette is one of the factory hot rods that have “cachet” in droves, specifically the ’67 Corvette with big-block power. Andy Nowka of Washington knew rebuilding his ’67 Corvette convertible was a no-brainer. Big-block Corvettes are cool, really cool, but he saw an opportunity to go one giant step further by installing an LS and have it outfitted with an LS Classics Series

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