Tom Ramirez
Corvette researcher and historian based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Two decades documenting Corvette production history from original factory records.
Tom Ramirez relocated to Bowling Green, Kentucky specifically to be closer to the center of Corvette history — the assembly plant, the museum, and the community of collectors and researchers who have spent their lives documenting the marque. What started as a personal obsession became a long-running research project covering every generation of Corvette production from 1953 onward.
His focus is factory documentation: build sheets, tank stickers, dealer records, and the production decisions that defined each generation. He's spent years cross-referencing surviving cars against production data and tracing the development history through original sources. He writes about Corvettes the way a historian writes about any subject — methodically, with primary sources whenever possible, and with a healthy skepticism toward the myths that accumulate around desirable cars.
Tom owns a 1967 427/435 Sting Ray, a 1972 LT-1 coupe, and a daily-driver C5 Z06.
Magazine Articles by Tom Ramirez
1960: The Year the El Camino Calmed Down
Why the GTO Is Called the Godfather of Muscle Cars
The Full-Size Cartruck: Why the 1959 El Camino Was So Big
1964: The Year the Hemi Ambushed the Galaxie
A-Body Cutlass Colors
Why the 1978 Monte Carlo Sold So Well in a Tough Era
Why the 1970-1972 Era Is Legendary
1978 Monte Carlo vs Cutlass Supreme - The G-Body Rivalry
The 1973 GTO That Almost Wasn't: Cancellation and Reprieve
1959: The Birth of the Chevrolet El Camino
The Cutlass Convertible Years
The First El Camino Super Sport in 1968
A-Body Cutlass Body Styles
The W-31 350 Ram Rod
Smaller, Lighter, Still a Monte: The 1978 Character Shift
The Rallye 350 (1970)
Notable Boat-Tail Rivieras That Survived the Decades
Where the Boat-Tail Riviera Sat in the GM E-Body Story
The 1968 A-Body Cutlass
How 1970 Set Up a Decade of Monte Carlo Success
The 1970 Cutlass Supreme Debut
1966 GTO and the Overhead-Cam Sprint Six Sibling
Which El Camino SS Generation Speaks to You
