Corvette Prepares to Turn 50.

San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, California) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | August 9, 2002 | Copyright

Byline: Matt Nauman

Aug. 9--From the Beach Boys (1963's "Shut Down" with its fuel-inject 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 ...

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