CCWP is celebrating our 60th anniversary and so is Tom Henry Chevrolet, check it out!
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Tom Henry Chevrolet Celebrates 60 years!
Big things are happening in the “Small Town” of New Alexandria.
The Andy Davis Band takes the stage at 11 am for a FREE concert.
NEW THIS YEAR… A Food Truck Round-Up. Local vendors will be serving up delicious samplings…everything from Pizza to Haluski will be available for purchase.
Take part in an Adam’s Car Polishes Interactive Experience. Plus..vendors, games, a basket raffle, prizes and more.
IS IT WORTH IT? The very first 2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1 with VIN 001 sold this past weekend at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. for $925,000. One-hundred percent of the proceeds from the auction go to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and its Building for America’s Bravest program.
“The Siller family started the foundation to honor the memory of their brother Stephen who lost his life on Sept. 11, 2011, as a New York City firefighter. The program builds smart homes for catastrophically injured service members returning home and first responders. Each home is custom designed to the needs of the individual while also being energy efficient, easily accessible, and automated.” ANTHONY ALANIZ, Associate Editor
The winning bid came from Rick Hendrick, chairman of Hendrick Automotive Group and owner of the Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR team.
“Chevrolet’s Corvette ZR1 is a bonkerballs flagship supercar like none the US has ever produced, with 755 supercharged horsepower and an easy-peasy 210 mile per hour top speed. It’s available with a big ole wing and awesome lightweight track-focussed wheels. If you like V8s and power and America, you’d be silly not to want one. This Corvette looks like a million bucks, or at least $925,000.” According to Kristen Lee – Jalopnik
So the question is “IS IT WORTH IT” and how long before Rick Hendrick will see a profit on this investment? It’s a great car in my opinion, but its new and time will tell on how many will be sold and how it will be received by the general public… I would still like to own it but can only afford to pay around $925 (remove all those zeros)!
Last year, Rockland, Maryland-based Genovation Cars announced the second generation of its electric sports car, the GXE – which stands for Genovation Extreme Electric. This week, the company announced the pre-production GXE will make a silent splash at next month’s Consumer Electronics Show
The second generation switches to the C7 Corvette Grand Sport, the new GXE’s two electric motors should get something like 800 hp and 700 pound-feet of torque. All of that power, mind you, goes to the carbon fiber wheels at the rear. On top of more powerful electric motors, Genovation upped the battery capacity from 44 kWh to 60 kWh and maintained 50/50 weight distribution. Range is said to be around 150 miles if you play Holly Golightly with the throttle pedal, or just enough for two UFO-sounding laps of the 12.9-mile Nürburgring. Genovation says the bolt to 60 mph happens in under three seconds – a traditional Grand Sport does it in 3.5 seconds – and top speed will be on the far side of 220 mph.
The coming GXE proves the adage that the best things in life are free, the second-best things in life are hideously expensive. Each of the 75 examples Genovation plans to build will cost $750,000. The limited run helps keep the price high, and buyers can opt for a feature not seen on any other electric car we know of: a seven-speed manual transmission. The company believes it won’t have any trouble finding buyers, and plans to use the haul of loot to finance a less expensive electric sports car called G2. Genovation has schedule GXE deliveries to begin at the end of 2019.
Steel Town Corvette Club has been asked to co-ordinate the “65 Years of Corvette” Exhibit at the 2018 “World of Wheels (WOW)” car show Jan.19-21 at the David Lawrence Convention Center. The WOW is featuring the Corvette this year.
If anyone would like to showcase your Corvette, especially C1’s through C5’s. All Generations are welcome to submit their information to Dave Oreski (412) 427-3375 [email protected] or Perry Minnis (412) 420-7290 [email protected] for consideration. Read on for more details on how to participate.
The Exhibit will be sponsored by Colussy Chevrolet, who is the sponsor of Steel Town Corvette Club. 2018 is also Colussy Chevrolet’s 100th anniversary as a dealership. If you would like to display your Corvette send Dave Oreski [email protected] your name, year, color and type of Corvette (jpg pics would be extremely helpful also), and your contact information – phone and email ASAP.
We need to collect all the information requested for your Corvette to be considered. A committee from Steel Town Corvette Club will review the Corvettes submitted and make selections for the Exhibit. We would like to have at least two Corvettes (coupe and convertible) from each generation, C-1 thru C-7, as well as anniversary, pace car, and special editions.
Additionally we would like to have uniquely customized/painted Corvettes, race/drag/competition Corvettes, and special interest or historic Corvettes.
There is a $50 registration fee that includes two weekend passes to the World of Wheels, a large metal display plaque, and judging of your Corvette for trophies and prizes. Please remember that the World of Wheels is in January and the weather might not be the best so you may want to make arrangements to have your Corvette brought to the Convention Center. Once we select your Corvette and layout the Exhibit, we expect you to be responsible for making sure you get your Corvette to the show. If you have any questions please contact Dave Oreski (412) 427-3375 [email protected] or Perry Minnis (412) 420-7290 [email protected].
World of Wheels-Pittsburgh is a 3 day event being held from 19th January to 21st January 2018 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, United States Of America. This event showcases products like Car, Automotive ,electric, tables, chairs, lights, drapes, stanchions etc. in the Auto industry.
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Vennie is a Winner!
Congratulations to Vennie Krutz (one of our members) for being chosen the “BEST OF THE BEST IN DECEMBER” contest in 2017 from Stingray Forums.com, which was based on a shot of your C7 from the back. Welcome to the Winners Circle, Vennie!
Vennie had a good year with this award and also a 1st Place Trophy for “BEST MODIFIED C7” at our May 7, 2017 Indoor Corvette show, sponsored by Tom Henry Chevrolet.
Congratulations from all your friends from CCWP!
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Happy Holidays 2017
From everyone here at CCWP and our families…. Wishing all of our families a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thanks to Mike Furman, Corvette National Sales – Criswell Chevrolet for sending me the latest 2018 and 2019 ZR1 corvette ordering document. 2018-2019 Ordering Document
Who will be the first club member to purchase a new 2019 ZR1?
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2019 ZR1 CONVERTIBLE MAKES DEBUT
All I can say is WOW!… Check it out….. 2019 ZR1 Convertible announced!
The ZR1 coupe will carry a suggested retail price of $119,995, while the ZR1 convertible will start at $123,995 (prices include destination charge, but exclude tax, title and other dealer fees).
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NEW Website is LIVE!
We are happy to announce that we’ve updated our website and hope you will like it!
2018 marks our 60th Anniversary and we thought it was appropriate and long over due to upgrade our website and make it more useful with new features like this Blog and Calendar Event page that will be kept updated with details on our upcoming events throughout the year. We also are proud to feature our members and their cars on a picture slideshow on the home page.
There’s an improved Newsletter page where the files have been optimized and smaller making it easier and faster to open and download.
We are also going to be adding more Sponsors soon.
Please make sure to take a minute to read our history in the “About Us” page. CCWP has a rich history and hope to last another 60 years at least and leave a real legacy to our grandchildren and great-grandchild.
Please don’t hesitate to give us feedback on either Facebook or through email at [email protected].