Wayne Coburn
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Corvette C1/C2/C3/C4 Factory Documentation Sports Cars Collector Community
📍 Bowling Green, Kentucky

Wayne Coburn

Longtime Corvette owner, judge and club figure who knows the cars, the records and the people behind them.

Wayne Coburn has owned Corvettes since his first C2 in the 1980s and has judged, shown and talked Corvettes ever since, close to the factory and museum in Bowling Green. Where some historians live in the records, Wayne lives in the community: the club meets, the barn stories, the guy who knew the guy. He writes Corvette history and buying know-how with a raconteur's warmth, grounded in documentation but told through people. He will happily settle a bench-racing argument with a tank sticker.

Magazine Articles by Wayne Coburn

Gold Buick Riviera GS beside a cream Ford Thunderbird on a marina boardwalk at sunset
Car Features

Riviera GS vs Thunderbird: Personal-Luxury With a Punch

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Black and gold 1974 Hurst Olds Cutlass Colonnade coupe at a sunny car show
Car Features

The Hurst/Olds Colonnade Years

Wayne Coburn · · 6 min
Bronze 1970s Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Colonnade coupe in a suburban driveway at golden hour
Car Features

The Cutlass Supreme Colonnade

Wayne Coburn · · 6 min
Bronze 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Colonnade coupe at a suburban plaza
Car Features

The 1973 Colonnade Redesign

Wayne Coburn · · 6 min
Coral orange 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass on a showroom floor among GM siblings
Car Features

The A-Body Cutlass in the GM Lineup

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
1964 Ford Galaxie 500 XL in red parked on a sunlit short track infield at dusk
Car Features

Ned Jarrett and the 1964 Galaxie Season

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Buick Riviera Gran Sport parked beside a standard Riviera in a showroom
Car Features

Gran Sport vs Standard Riviera: What Changed and Why

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Three Oldsmobile Cutlass trim variants S Supreme and Salon parked in studio light
Car Features

Cutlass S vs Supreme vs Salon

Wayne Coburn · · 6 min
White 1963 Ford Galaxie 427 stock car parked on a NASCAR track apron at golden hour
Car Features

How the 1963 Galaxie Won the Manufacturers Battle

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Teal 1966 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme hardtop at a vintage gas station at golden hour
Car Features

The 1966-1967 Cutlass

Wayne Coburn · · 6 min
Black El Camino SS and Chevelle SS parked nose to nose in a dusk parking lot under streetlights
Car Features

El Camino SS Versus Chevelle SS: The Family Rivalry

Wayne Coburn · · 6 min
1968 Ford F100 Camper Special truck with slide in camper at a golden hour campground
Car Features

The F-100 Camper Special

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
1970 Dodge Challenger T/A with matte black hood parked in a dim classic car club garage
Car Features

The T/A's Legacy in Mopar History

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Rear quarter of a white 1964 Thunderbird Landau showing its black vinyl roof and Landau bar at dusk
Car Features

The Landau Bar: The Thunderbird's Luxury Signature

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
1968 Plymouth Barracuda notchback in teal parked on a suburban street at golden hour
Car Features

The Notchback Barracuda: The Overlooked Body Style

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Yellow Pro Street Mustang notchback with tubbed rear and hood scoop parked on a quiet dragstrip
Car Features

Al Segrini's Super Mouse

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Candy apple red 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air hot rod with open hood beside a vintage speed shop
Car Features

The Tri-Five as the Ultimate Hot Rod Platform

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Orange Challenger T/A and blue Plymouth AAR Cuda parked nose to nose at a racetrack paddock
Car Features

Challenger T/A vs Plymouth AAR Cuda

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Bright pink 1988 Ford Thunderbird Pro Street car with tubbed fenders on a show floor
Car Features

Matt and Debbie Hays' Pink Thunderbird

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
1962 Ford F100 unibody truck with a cracked seam where cab meets bed in a dusty garage
Car Features

Why the Unibody F-100 Lasted Only Two Years

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
1968 Plymouth Barracuda fastback in deep metallic blue at a scenic overlook at dusk
Car Features

Second-Generation Barracuda Styling

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Turquoise and white 1957 Chevrolet Nomad hardtop wagon in a suburban driveway at afternoon
Car Features

The Chevrolet Nomad: The Hardtop Wagon Icon

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Close-up engine bay view of a Porsche 928 showing the V8 engine and torque tube leading to the rear transaxle
Car Features

The Transaxle Layout: Why the 928 Handles

Wayne Coburn · · 6 min
Gold 1958 Ford Thunderbird Special Landau parked outside a mid century country club at golden hour
Car Features

The Apollo and Special Landau Editions

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min