Question on Stingray name
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Question on Stingray name
Quick aside from my work in the garage. When Dad had the car I remember him telling me that the '68 was not a Stingray that the name didn't come out til '69. Others have told me all c-3s are Stingrays just the '68 didn't have the nameplate. Anybody want to clear it up for me?
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matter of interpretation, vettes were stingrays 63-67, named not used on car in 68 and brought back in 69-77. on c2 cars some years were "sting ray" others were "stingray" i don't remember if the 68 advertisement said stingray or just corvette, someone with better memory will chime in I am sure.
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Quick aside from my work in the garage. When Dad had the car I remember him telling me that the '68 was not a Stingray that the name didn't come out til '69. Others have told me all c-3s are Stingrays just the '68 didn't have the nameplate. Anybody want to clear it up for me?
While it is correct the word Sting Ray doesn't appear on the actual car in 1968, the term was used widely in the sale brochure and other advertising for the year, so in my opinion it is a Sting Ray.
I have a 67, 68, and a 69, and don't call any of them Stingray or Sting Ray, they are Corvettes to me.
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matter of interpretation, vettes were stingrays 63-67, named not used on car in 68 and brought back in 69-77. on c2 cars some years were "sting ray" others were "stingray" i don't remember if the 68 advertisement said stingray or just corvette, someone with better memory will chime in I am sure.
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While it is correct the word Sting Ray doesn't appear on the actual car in 1968, the term was used widely in the sale brochure and other advertising for the year, so in my opinion it is a Sting Ray.
I have a 67, 68, and a 69, and don't call any of them Stingray or Sting Ray, they are Corvettes to me.
John
While it is correct the word Sting Ray doesn't appear on the actual car in 1968, the term was used widely in the sale brochure and other advertising for the year, so in my opinion it is a Sting Ray.
I have a 67, 68, and a 69, and don't call any of them Stingray or Sting Ray, they are Corvettes to me.
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I know wrong thread but they are instant daylight....stronger then all others...That stingray emblem is not on 68`s....and without it the Brass created the cleanest 68-82 Corvette of those years
I know wrong thread but they are instant daylight....stronger then all others...That stingray emblem is not on 68`s....and without it the Brass created the cleanest 68-82 Corvette of those years
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matter of interpretation, vettes were stingrays 63-67, named not used on car in 68 and brought back in 69-77. on c2 cars some years were "sting ray" others were "stingray" i don't remember if the 68 advertisement said stingray or just corvette, someone with better memory will chime in I am sure.
This is basically the crux of the argument, which is semantics of course. In my opinion, GM made lots of errors in brochures than never translated to some cars, so I never considered the '68 I had as a Stingray. I always thought of the fact that it wasn't a Stingray as one of the long list of one-year-only quirks that made the '68 as unique and cool as it was.
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You are not looking hard enough . Look harder and you will also find " Stingray " as one word in some of the brochures. Mistakes by GM ? Maybe, but it is fact.
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That is all I was referring to.
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the name means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING it was just a marketing term. who people get hung up on the name is behind me
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