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
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
The Boat-Tail Riviera's Unmistakable Road Presence
The 1963 Sunliner: A Convertible With Racing in Its Blood
The 1964 Cutlass A-Body Redesign
Boat-Tail Riviera vs Eldorado and Toronado: GM's Luxury Trio
Notable Surviving 1970 Monte Carlos and Their Stories
The Evolution of the El Camino SS Badge
The Jetfire: America's First Turbo Car
1963 Galaxie vs the Max Wedge Mopars
The Aluminum 215 V8
The 1959 Impala Batwing: The Wildest Chevrolet Ever
The 1970 Cuda: The E-Body Fish Bares Its Teeth
The Impala Emblem and Its Origins
Was There Ever a 1972 Hemi Charger?
GTX Production Numbers
The 1965 Ford F-100
The 1973 Eldorado: Peak Land Yacht
Rare 1930s Concept Cars & Prototypes
The One-Year 1958 Body That Never Repeated
The Rally Gauge Cluster: Reading a 1968-69 GTO Dash
