Corvette prepares to turn 50.

San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) | August 6, 2002 | Copyright

Byline: Matt Nauman

From the Beach Boys (1963's "Shut Down" with its fuel-injected Sting Ray) to Prince (1983's "Little Red Corvette"), the Corvette has fueled the imagination of songwriters.

Television (Martin Milner in his `60 Corvette in "Route 66") and movies (1978's "Corvette Summer") have used the car, too, as a way to symbolize America's wanderlust and its aspirations.

"It epitomizes American freedom," said Larry Hayes, who turned a Corvette road trip with his son into a job at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky. "It's what ...

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