The Blue Flame Six is Corvette’s first engine, based on the architecture of an inline-six-cylinder Chevrolet truck engine known as the Stovebolt Six. Chevrolet engineers took that truck engine ...

Until the 265-cubic-inch (4.3-liter) small-block V8 arrived, the Corvette was fitted with the 235-cubic-inch (3.9-liter) Blue Flame inline-six. Rated at 150 horsepower and paired with a two-speed ...

FHP said that’s when the Corvette burst into flames. The driver of the Corvette died at the scene of the crash, while the other driver suffered serious injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital.