Corvette Summer is a 1978 American adventure comedy film directed by Matthew Robbins. Released June 2, 1978, Corvette Summer was a box office success, making about $36 million at the worldwide box office, on a relatively high budget (for that era) of $9 million. Plot: Kenny Dantley is a car-loving Southern California high school senior. For a project in his shop class, Kenny rescues a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray from inside an operating car crusher in a scrapyard and helps rebuild it as a custom