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Hope not a silly question.......recently purchased a 1979 coupe...was TOLD by the PO that it is a Stingray. Now, I'm being told it is NOT a Stingray as GM quit making them a few years earlier.
So my silly question is, my '79 sure LOOKS like a Stingray....why isn't it one? What makes it NOT a Stingray?
Unfortunately kids GM said so I still think it should be same basic body style but everything was changed and 77 from the dash to the exterior look and 78/00 I don't know who could figure out manufactures
As the proud owner of a '68 "not a stingray car", I never get tired of this discussion.. Haha! Actually though, "Not a Stingray" makes a good password. Of course you usually have to add a number so 68 or 79 work well. And you need a symbol so being a Corvette the $ works well too.
As the proud owner of a '68 "not a stingray car", I never get tired of this discussion.. Haha! Actually though, "Not a Stingray" makes a good password. Of course you usually have to add a number so 68 or 79 work well. And you need a symbol so being a Corvette the $ works well too.
Too long for a license plate. I think the max is 7 digits in VA, so perhaps:
NORAY79
or, for you programmers
!SRAY79
Lots of people refer to C3s as "Stingrays", thanks to the marketing (and emblem) that GM applied from 69 to 76. People have complimented me on my "Stingray" when I'm in my wife's 79 (less so with the 80). If anything, I refer to them as a sharks, after the Mako Shark concept, or Vettes, or C3s.
I "heard" that!~ And that IS exactly what I will do.
Sorry about the "again" thingy.....I have found some things are worth 'doing again'
Little chilly today....will be near 70 tomorrow....definitely going for a ride in my "non" Stingray.
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I love this, but I'm an A Hole as other love to point out when I'm right. I like to show people the 68 literature that calls the 68 a "Sting Ray" although it isnt badged. THeres no difference as they only made one corvette body style, in general, but i think the c3 evolution in body shape didnt change its soul, long nose, sexy fenders, short rear, independent rear suspension. Now if it were a LT1 or an L88 or L48 or L82 or what I have , an L79, then your talking options but there was no Stingray or Sting Ray option..
RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP IN THE FIRST SENTENCE.....BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!!! !!!!
Yes, yes yes. The 68 was rushed into production, stuff was taped on to get it through acceptance of the top dogs, research the air dam cooling system, and stuff like the emblems and trim taht was intended wasnt available or ready yet tso they scraped it and it made it to the 69. So is your car a Sting Ray. Yes, all c3 corvettes are as they were intended to be, its just what option the Original Owner could afford or knew about to add to the order sheet.
In the end, make it yours, drive it like you want to and love it for what it is.........., Americas Sports Car. I dont hink they made a good one since.....
Last edited by Rescue Rogers; Apr 28, 2019 at 05:36 PM.
It's just a name and has nothing to do with any options or anything like that. '68's did not have the Stingray emblem on the front 1/4 so are they Stingrays or not. I don't know why people think "Stingray" means anything.
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Yes they are, GM said so. I just posted that. Its written in the lterature, I havent read any of the other years literature, maybe they say it in another years lterature. BUt you are very correct in it doesnt really mean anything. I just like running my mouth and ruffling feathers. No offense but I couldnt help it and there isnt a sarcasm emoji yet.
Last edited by Rescue Rogers; Apr 28, 2019 at 06:25 PM.
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Whether or not it's badged as a "Stingray", I consider all of them from 1968 to the next body style change as "Stingrays". I always called them Corvette Stingrays ever since I sat in a new 68' orange, big block, convertible when my Dad was at his dealer making a deal on a 1968 Impala Custom Coupe! I always loved that body style change for 1968. One of the best styled car bodies ever designed! Enjoy your Stingray body styled Corvette!
Stingray or not a Stingray
