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Corvette Central’s Jerry Kohn to be inducted into 

Bloomington Gold’s Great Hall


Corvette Central is excited to announce that company Founder and CEO Jerry Kohn will be inducted into Bloomington Gold’s Great Hall.  Bloomington Gold, held yearly in the state of Illinois, is one of the premier Corvette gatherings in the USA.
The 1970′s were a time when new Corvette parts were scarce and most Corvette owners spent time sifting through used parts at swap meets. It was then that Kohn, a tool & die specialist and Corvette enthusiast from Michigan, was searching out much needed parts for a 1958 Corvette. He soon found that the parts he needed were either unavailable, of poor quality or overpriced.  He recognized the opportunity to create his first reproduction parts: grille teeth for 1953-1960 Corvettes. In October of 1974, he took his first sets of reproduction grille teeth to a Corvette show in Illinois. Soon, other Corvette owners were asking for grille teeth and Jerry began making sets for fellow restorers. The need for reproduction Corvette parts greatly exceeded Jerry’s expectations, and so Corvette Central was born.  Today, Corvette Central manufactures over 3,000 parts at its facility in Sawyer, Michigan, and has over 50,000 different Corvette parts and accessories to choose from.
According to Bloomington Gold’s announcement: “The 50 people and 50 cars that played the most significant roles in the Corvette phenomenon are being selected for introduction into the Great Hall between 2010-2014.  Each year 10 people and 10 Corvettes are featured at the annual Bloomington Gold event in June. ”
For more information on Corvette Central, please visit www.corvettecentral.com

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