I could use a lesson.......
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Intermediate
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From: Fayetteville NC
I could use a lesson.......
I am wannting to get a 70 - 72 BB vette. I am curious, "stingray"? What did the name come from, What does it denote?
Any and all info would be appriciated.
Any and all info would be appriciated.
Team Owner
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From: Columbia Missouri
The C2 Corvettes were called Sting Ray, as an actual name. The '68 did not have this badge, and starting in '69 again, they added the badge, Stingray. Now, even though the '68 didn't have a badge, and the '76 was the last C3 with a Sting Ray badge, all C2 Corvettes are Stingrays and all C3s are basically Sting Rays. It's not a model, or package, or anything that denotes value. It's just a name GM put on them.
Pro
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I hate to even bring this up but I thought as well that the 68 wasnt a stingray then someone posted pics of GM sales brocures showing the 68 as a stingray. Just didnt put it on the car???. I fought it til I saw the pics. I have a 68 too...
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Sting Ray is a mid year car, 63-67. Stingray is a C3. It is just a name, nothing more, nothing less. It does make the car any better or any worse.
Burning Brakes
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And just to confuse you a little more.....
GM had a concept car in 1961 called the Mako Shark.... It was a precurser to the production C2 models (1963~1967)
But the C2's were called Sting Ray ( two words) when they went into production.
Another concept car was shown in 1965: Called the Mako Shark II
C3 (1968~1982) model Corvettes are also known as "Sharks" as they closely resemble this second series concept.
The side vents on the 68 and 69 model vettes certainly looked like shark gills.
http://www.corvettelegends.com/mako.htm
As mentioned above, in 1968 there was NO name badge on the production Corvettes..... In 1969 the name Stingray (one word) appeared.
Sting Ray, Stingray, or Shark..... all are great names which are clearly synonomous with Corvettes.
cheers
GM had a concept car in 1961 called the Mako Shark.... It was a precurser to the production C2 models (1963~1967)
But the C2's were called Sting Ray ( two words) when they went into production.
Another concept car was shown in 1965: Called the Mako Shark II
C3 (1968~1982) model Corvettes are also known as "Sharks" as they closely resemble this second series concept.
The side vents on the 68 and 69 model vettes certainly looked like shark gills.
http://www.corvettelegends.com/mako.htm
As mentioned above, in 1968 there was NO name badge on the production Corvettes..... In 1969 the name Stingray (one word) appeared.
Sting Ray, Stingray, or Shark..... all are great names which are clearly synonomous with Corvettes.
cheers
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GM Promotional video of the C3 Mako Shark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdFcRQSfBIg
It wasn't just a C2 thing. :-P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdFcRQSfBIg
It wasn't just a C2 thing. :-P