Somethings Wrong Here. I thought '68s still had the grip style door handals. '69 was the first year for the flush style. 
yes/no?
Is a 79 Considered a Shark?
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It was flush but where the '69 up has the lock the '68 has the lock which is also a push button to open the door.
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Sort of. The Mako Shark was designed AFTER the '63 Sting Ray. The 1959 Stingray was the basis for the 1963 Sting Ray.
The Mako Shark was Bill Mitchell's playtoy since the Stingray was pulled back in as too close to what was supposed to be released soon. So Mitchell made a concept car to play with, as concept cars are typically a bit too wild to be believed as the real cars.
Here's my take.
Before the C5 came out the Corvette used to be classified as the following in the shop I worked at part time in the 80's:
53-62 were straight axle or live axle
63-67 were mid-years
68-82 were shark bodies
84 up were late models
When the C5 came out that's when I noticed the classifications changed to "C" plus generation.
C1 = 53-62
C2 = 63-67
C3 = 68-82
C4 = 84-96
C5 = 97-04
C6 = 05 to current
Short answer. Your 79 is a shark in my book.
I picked the "Save Our Seas" Florida plate for my 82 because it had a shark on it.
Before the C5 came out the Corvette used to be classified as the following in the shop I worked at part time in the 80's:
53-62 were straight axle or live axle
63-67 were mid-years
68-82 were shark bodies
84 up were late models
When the C5 came out that's when I noticed the classifications changed to "C" plus generation.
C1 = 53-62
C2 = 63-67
C3 = 68-82
C4 = 84-96
C5 = 97-04
C6 = 05 to current
Short answer. Your 79 is a shark in my book.
I picked the "Save Our Seas" Florida plate for my 82 because it had a shark on it.
I remember when it was this:
53-62 were straight axle or live axle
63-67 were mid-years
68-82 were late models
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Lots of automotive ads are in error and even picture items that never were in production.
Stingray = '69-'76.
And I'm going to steal it, too.
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Why, at this late date, alienate a whole model year's production just because of some GM bean counter's oversight. Its introduction was already a year past due because of other vastly more important production glitches. Missing out fender badges is small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.
Only my 2 cents worth. I'm not trying to persuade anyone else.
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From: CORVETTE 77 385 C.I. TEXAS
Originally Posted by Procrastination Racing
Also, Chevrolet in their salesmen order books have it listed as model CORVETTE STING RAY .... The badge may say Stingray, but the paperwork says Sting Ray.
Sting Ray refers to the new in 63 smaller body style w/ IRS. This pic. may help some.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/albu...ictureid=89242
When the body was redone for 68, it is still basically the same chassis as opposed to a C1 or C4.
There have been many discussions that C2 & C3 should have been 1 forum here.
Advanced: Corvette Corvette CORVETTE, corvette same.
Sting Ray Sting Ray Stingray Stingray same.
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just look at the front hood and wings over the two front fenders on c2 and c3 vettes, all of them, and then drive it and accelerate and it's not hard to envision that being how an ocean stingray flies through the water. Look at a c3 from the side and it's not hard to envision the concept of the mako shark moving through the water.
They is all Corvettes. For my money I don't care if someone knowledgable calls mine a shark or a stingray or a Corvette because they are usually standing there admiring it and wishing they owned it or one like it.
I like these names better than the modern habit of numbering them... combined with letters. That's too impersonal.
My Trek Hybrid bicycle by that standard might be very sexily known as the TRKT 27H!
Trek Touring 27" frame Hybrid. Now how sexy is that compared to the names Corvette, Stingray, Shark?
Lance P.
They is all Corvettes. For my money I don't care if someone knowledgable calls mine a shark or a stingray or a Corvette because they are usually standing there admiring it and wishing they owned it or one like it.
I like these names better than the modern habit of numbering them... combined with letters. That's too impersonal.
My Trek Hybrid bicycle by that standard might be very sexily known as the TRKT 27H!
Trek Touring 27" frame Hybrid. Now how sexy is that compared to the names Corvette, Stingray, Shark?
Lance P.
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HAHAHA, Just a lil twist. Or a Sail boatFrom Wiki
A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate (2000+ tons) and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft (500 or fewer tons),[1] although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role. During the Age of Sail, corvettes were smaller than frigates and larger than sloops-of-war, usually with a single gun deck.
I think this is where the NAME Corvette from. The French. ie Corvair. Just food for thought. LOL Small, Lite,Fast.
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Thank you Sir DZRick, As I'm turly lost in a world of C3, C6s or Sharks, Stingrays OH Ya! CORVETTEs. Which was a Fast SAILING SHIP !! HAHAHA, Just a lil twist. Or a Sail boat
From Wiki
A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate (2000+ tons) and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft (500 or fewer tons),[1] although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role. During the Age of Sail, corvettes were smaller than frigates and larger than sloops-of-war, usually with a single gun deck.
I think this is where the NAME Corvette from. The French. ie Corvair. Just food for thought. LOL Small, Lite,Fast.
HAHAHA, Just a lil twist. Or a Sail boatFrom Wiki
A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate (2000+ tons) and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft (500 or fewer tons),[1] although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role. During the Age of Sail, corvettes were smaller than frigates and larger than sloops-of-war, usually with a single gun deck.
I think this is where the NAME Corvette from. The French. ie Corvair. Just food for thought. LOL Small, Lite,Fast.
