Is the '68 really a Stingray???
05-13-2005, 09:02 AM
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Is the '68 really a Stingray???
I think I read somewhere that the Sting Ray badging from the C2s was not put on the 68 vette, but made its return in '69. As far as I'm concerned the 68 is a Stingray, but it could be an interesting discussion...
05-13-2005, 09:33 AM
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Well, the only answer is NO according to the way the question was asked: "Is the '68 really a Stingray???"
How you or anyone else feels about it doesn't change the factual part.
And now, we are once again going to be beating on this dead horse.
How you or anyone else feels about it doesn't change the factual part.
And now, we are once again going to be beating on this dead horse.
05-13-2005, 09:56 AM
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IMHO, all 68 to 82 Vettes are Stingrays and not only 69 to 77... The name describes the body style and it was the same for all C3's
05-13-2005, 11:40 AM
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The only reason the name wasn't on the 68 was because they felt the body was SOOO different from the 63-67 real sting rays that it shouldn't wear the badge....BUT people pissed and moaned over them taking it off so they put it back on it 69 thats the whole story right there I saw a vette show on tv that said that...it's justa badge.
yes the 68 is a stringray the magazines back in the day telling about the all new 68 call it a stingray even...it has gills like a ray don't it!
yes the 68 is a stringray the magazines back in the day telling about the all new 68 call it a stingray even...it has gills like a ray don't it!
05-13-2005, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by gerry72
And now, we are once again going to be beating on this dead horse.
I'm a noob. Haven't seen this post around.
At any rate it really depends on who you ask or where you look. Some say badging and others say the car (frame, body, etc).
05-13-2005, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by gerry72
And now, we are once again going to be beating on this dead horse.
And furthermore...who gives a
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05-13-2005, 11:59 AM
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there are new people joining this forum all the time so you have to expect for past questions like this one to pop up now and again. it might have been discussed befor but some of the people on here might have missed the post or might not have been on long enough and might have something interesting to add. just my .02
05-13-2005, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by SkunkApe
But...does it really matter if the '68 is/is not a Stingray?
05-13-2005, 12:28 PM
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HELL NO!
Show me a factory 68 with a "stink ray" emblem. And yes it matters. Thats whats great about a 68, it isn`t any GD fish, it`s pure unadulterated Vette "Baby" with gobs of HP.
Show me a factory 68 with a "stink ray" emblem. And yes it matters. Thats whats great about a 68, it isn`t any GD fish, it`s pure unadulterated Vette "Baby" with gobs of HP.
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05-13-2005, 01:27 PM
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I love this discussion!! And then we accuse so-called "NCRS types" of being ****!!??? 
In a nutshell:
1. 67 and (which?) previous years were called and badged, "Sting Ray" written as 2 words.
2. Print advertisements for the then-new 1968 corvette spcecifcally referred to it as the "corvette sting ray", so GM marketing was confused, mistaken or both.
3. The 1968 itself had no Sting Ray or Stingray badging.
4. The 1969 vette with a body nearly identical to the 68, had a Stingray (one word) badge on the side.
So, you decide!!
I don't really care if it is or it isn't, but I sure won't mar my body with a funky "badge" which would make me look like a 69 wannabe.
In a nutshell:
1. 67 and (which?) previous years were called and badged, "Sting Ray" written as 2 words.
2. Print advertisements for the then-new 1968 corvette spcecifcally referred to it as the "corvette sting ray", so GM marketing was confused, mistaken or both.
3. The 1968 itself had no Sting Ray or Stingray badging.
4. The 1969 vette with a body nearly identical to the 68, had a Stingray (one word) badge on the side.
So, you decide!!
I don't really care if it is or it isn't, but I sure won't mar my body with a funky "badge" which would make me look like a 69 wannabe.
05-13-2005, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Ironcross
HELL NO!
Show me a factory 68 with a "stink ray" emblem. And yes it matters. Thats whats great about a 68, it isn`t any GD fish, it`s pure unadulterated Vette "Baby" with gobs of HP.
Show me a factory 68 with a "stink ray" emblem. And yes it matters. Thats whats great about a 68, it isn`t any GD fish, it`s pure unadulterated Vette "Baby" with gobs of HP.
05-14-2005, 08:53 PM
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I was think about putting a Stingray badge on my 1980, just so the general public will stop asking if my car is a stingray, and then having to explain why it is not 
05-14-2005, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Tall Boy
I was think about putting a Stingray badge on my 1980, just so the general public will stop asking if my car is a stingray, and then having to explain why it is not
Bonehead: What year is that?
TallBoy: It's an '80.
Bonehead: Is it a StingRay?
TallBoy: Nope...just a regular Vette.
Bonehead: (with an up-turned nose and a slight look of disgust). Oh. I thought so.
