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
SS vs Buick GS/GSX: The Forgotten A-Body Rival
Why Pontiac Discontinued the GTO After 1974
The Swivel Bucket Seats That Defined Colonnade Comfort
1970: The Year GM Lifted the Displacement Cap
Teardrop Cars: Aerodynamic Art of the 1930s
Chevelle vs El Camino: Same Bones, Different Mission
L88 Corvette 1967: the race engine Chevrolet sold through dealerships
Four-Wheel Brakes: The Great 1920s Safety Leap
The 1969 Road Runner Interior
The 1942 Blackout Cars Explained
The Two-Year Wonder Explained
1955 Bel Air Production Numbers
The 1956 Corvette redesign: how Chevrolet finally got it right
Why 1966-67 Is a Sleeper Generation
The 1960 Thunderbird and the Golde Sliding Sunroof
The 283 and 327 Small-Block Years
1968: The SS396's Last Year as Its Own Series
Gen2 Body Styles
Two-Tone Paint and 1955 Style
1969 Road Runner Production
The First Unibody Thunderbird
Balloon Tires: The 1920s Ride Revolution
Most iconic Corvette packages: the RPO codes that defined the car
