It’s Wednesday. As a huge Corvette fan for most of my life, I can trace my love of the car back to the 1978 movie “Corvette Summer” starring Mark Hamill. It’s the story of a kid who builds a custom Corvette as a project in his Highschool auto shop. One night when the class takes the Vette out for its first drive on the streets of Van Nuys, it gets stolen. After hearing that the Vette was seen in Las Vegas, Mark Hamill leaves home to spend his summer tracking down his beloved Vette.
The other star in the movie was the highly customized 1973 Corvette Stingray. When I saw this car I immediately fell in love with it. It was wild, even by 1978 standards. Many years later I heard that one of the two cars made for the movie had been sold to a Corvette parts company called MidAmerica. When I mentioned on my website that I had located the Corvette Summer car, one of MidAmerica’s employees contacted me and invited me out to McCormick Place in Chicago where the car was going to be on display during a Corvette show. I was finally able to see the car up close and take some photos and videos. MidAmerica eventually sold it to a private owner for an undisclosed amount. I still love that car and even had the opportunity to buy a replica of it, but it was in rough shape so I passed on it.
Anyway, all of this came about when I noticed that Green Day had a song on their new album called “Corvette Summer” that was inspired by the movie. They even created a video for the song, in which they pay homage to the original movie. And yes, they got Mark Hamill to reprise his roll! You can check out the video above.
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Rev up those engines, the Corvette Summer music video is here and it’s one wild ride!! The song was named after one of our favorite cult classic movies, so it only made sense to pay homage to it with the music video. We even took things one step further and got Mark Hamill (who starred in the original) to star in our remake alongside us, Hannibal Buress, and some others. We blew the entire budget on them so we had to get creative with cardboard boxes, some duct tape and matchbox cars we found in Tre’s basement. Directed by the dynamic duo Ryan Baxley & Brendan Walter. Buckle up, and enjoy the ride!
Corvette Summer
It’s Wednesday. As a huge Corvette fan for most of my life, I can trace my love of the car back to the 1978 movie “Corvette Summer” starring Mark Hamill. It’s the story of a kid who builds a custom Corvette as a project in his Highschool auto shop. One night when the class takes the Vette out for its first drive on the streets of Van Nuys, it gets stolen. After hearing that the Vette was seen in Las Vegas, Mark Hamill leaves home to spend his summer tracking down his beloved Vette.
The other star in the movie was the highly customized 1973 Corvette Stingray. When I saw this car I immediately fell in love with it. It was wild, even by 1978 standards. Many years later I heard that one of the two cars made for the movie had been sold to a Corvette parts company called MidAmerica. When I mentioned on my website that I had located the Corvette Summer car, one of MidAmerica’s employees contacted me and invited me out to McCormick Place in Chicago where the car was going to be on display during a Corvette show. I was finally able to see the car up close and take some photos and videos. MidAmerica eventually sold it to a private owner for an undisclosed amount. I still love that car and even had the opportunity to buy a replica of it, but it was in rough shape so I passed on it.
Anyway, all of this came about when I noticed that Green Day had a song on their new album called “Corvette Summer” that was inspired by the movie. They even created a video for the song, in which they pay homage to the original movie. And yes, they got Mark Hamill to reprise his roll! You can check out the video above.
-keep
Rev up those engines, the Corvette Summer music video is here and it’s one wild ride!! The song was named after one of our favorite cult classic movies, so it only made sense to pay homage to it with the music video. We even took things one step further and got Mark Hamill (who starred in the original) to star in our remake alongside us, Hannibal Buress, and some others. We blew the entire budget on them so we had to get creative with cardboard boxes, some duct tape and matchbox cars we found in Tre’s basement. Directed by the dynamic duo Ryan Baxley & Brendan Walter. Buckle up, and enjoy the ride!