Woodward Dream Cruise 2007: Chevrolet
Click the Astro II for a high res gallery of the Chevys at Woodward
Chevrolet has one of the largest displays at the 2007 Woodward Dream Cruise in a prominent spot at the north end of Woodward in Birmingham. They brought the usual array of Nascar machines, a Cobalt badged funny car, a LeMans winning C6R Vette, and of course plenty of HHRs and street Corvettes of all vintages. The Chevy Volt world tour also made a stop here with the Volt sitting under a tent next to the Camaro Convertible concept. Overlooking the whole Chevy display was a giant poster of the Volt plugged into the side of a nearby high-rise.
There was a wide variety of vehicles from GM employees in addition to a selection from the GM Heritage Center that we profiled a few months back. In the middle of it all was the Astro II concept from the mid '60s. The Astro II was one of the early experimental mid-engine Corvettes that, as we all know, never came to fruitition. A pair of 1957 Chevys sat on top of towers at one end while several more were on the ground.
Check them all out and more in the gallery below.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Todd 1:58PM (8/18/2007)
So much for pedestrian safety standards!
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Justin 2:21PM (8/18/2007)
Can't beat American muscle :) that Silverado SS is hot
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Nelson 2:36PM (8/18/2007)
I believe the Astro II is built on a Corvair chassis. The boxer engine allows the extremely low bodywork. With all of the Corvair concept cars in the 60s, the potential was there for Corvair to become the American Porsche.
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why not the LS2/LS7? 11:55AM (8/19/2007)
That Astro II is beautiful. It suffers a little bit from the low rear, but I bet that could have been fixed with a little effort.
The engine in that thing must have been miniscule, because there's almost no openings in the body for cooling air to get in or out.
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John Bryans Fontaine 3:43PM (8/19/2007)
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The ( original ) Opel GT lives!!
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