{"id":758,"date":"2018-06-17T11:09:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T14:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werner.med.br\/w143\/?page_id=758"},"modified":"2023-02-22T13:06:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T16:06:07","slug":"corvette-c3-1-vitesse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/corvette-c3-1-vitesse\/","title":{"rendered":"Corvette C3 #1 &#8211; Vitesse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/chevrolet_corvettec3_1_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>1968 Corvette (C3)<\/strong>\nPilots: H. Greder, R. Wisell \nTeam: <em>Scuderia Filipinetti<\/em> \nRace: DNF (GT class) at Le Mans in <strong>1969 <\/strong>\nVitesse - 044C (diecast) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #919191;\">Published 09\/04\/17<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The third generation (C3) of the Corvette was available from 1968 to 1982.  Designed by Larry Shinoda and based on the gorgeous <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.corvetteonline.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2014\/12\/corvette-concepts-the-history-of-the-fish-corvettes-1959-6916.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Mako Shark II<\/a>,  it was more \u201cmuscular\u201d than the previous C2. This C3 was first seen by the public in general in a very peculiar and unintended way. General Motors tried hard to keep the appearance of the upcoming car a secret. Nonetheless, a leak came from a very unexpected source. Hot Wheels (!) released it\u2019s very first line of 1:64 models several weeks before the car\u2019s unveiling, and one of these models was the new Vette. But even with the spoiler, the car made a big splash. As was the norm with American Iron, the engine was a V8, with optional displacement sizes. You could order the car with a few options in engine sizes, from 4998 cm\u00b3 to 7440 cm\u00b3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/chevrolet_corvettec3_1_02.jpg\" alt=\"C3 #1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Exhaust pipes and kind of rough paint job are the model&#8217;s Achilles&#8217; heel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1968 a total of 28566 Corvettes came out of the assembly line, but only a little over 9900 were coupes. Sporting a &#8220;big block&#8221; 6997 cm\u00b3 V8, this particular Corvette (chassis #194378S410300) was a French warrior . The car only raced in France (three times in the <em>Tour de France<\/em> and five times at Le Mans). However, the car was far from successful at La Sarthe, and the best result was an 18th place in 1973. In 1969 C3 #1 here had to abandon the race at the 169th lap,  due to a broken gearbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/zgroup\/vettes_03.jpg\" alt=\"C3 #1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Muscle cars at Le Mans &#8211; just imagine the noise!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is my first model from Vitesse, and I honestly didn\u2019t know what to expect. However, even though this is a pretty old mold, it did impress me when it arrived (better than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/chevrolet-corvette-c3-stingray-76-altaya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Altaya (opens in a new tab)\">Altaya<\/a> for sure). If not for the not-so-smooth paint job and not-hollow pipes, I would say it\u2019s very nice; easily as good as an average Ixo. This C3 #1 is a budget model for sure, you can easily see that. But even with the poor paint job it has a fantastic bang-for-the-buck, specially for the Le Mans collector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1968 Corvette (C3) Pilots: H. Greder, R. Wisell Team: Scuderia Filipinetti Race: DNF (GT class) at Le Mans in 1969 Vitesse &#8211; 044C (diecast) Published 09\/04\/17 The third generation (C3) of the Corvette was available from 1968 to 1982. Designed by Larry Shinoda and based on the gorgeous Mako Shark II, it was more \u201cmuscular\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/corvette-c3-1-vitesse\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Corvette C3 #1 &#8211; Vitesse&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15326,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/758\/revisions\/15326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}