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
1969: The K5 Blazer Answers the Early Bronco
Classic Camaro Production Numbers, 1967 to 2002
Why the Model A Ended After Four Years
The Stratagraph Camaros at Le Mans, 1981 and 1982
Why Ford Stopped Making the Model T in 1927
Fourth-Gen Camaro Years: What Changed From 1993 to 2002
The 1926 and 1927 Improved Model T: Ford's Last Facelift
Model T Production Numbers by Year, 1908 to 1927
The 1992 Bronco and Its Rounded Final Form
The 1980 Bronco Slims Down for a New Decade
How the 1980 Bronco Chased Fuel Economy
The Last Scrambler: Closing the CJ-8 in 1986
1988: The IROC-Z Stands Alone
Dearborn, Metuchen, San Jose: Mustang Assembly Plants and Their Codes
The Cult Following of the Big Bronco
The 1978 Bronco vs the Early Bronco It Replaced
The Ranger XLT and the Plush 1978 Bronco
The 1979 Bronco, a One-Year Wonder
The Fuel Crisis That Delayed the Full-Size Bronco
How Many Were Built: The CJ-2A Production Story
The 1974 Camaro Restyle and the 5 mph Bumpers
How Chevrolet Marketed the New 1973 Blazer
Early Broncos on Screen, Movies and TV
