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The Corvette Stingray Racer is a sports racing car and concept car that debuted in 1959. The car was developed in the styling studios at General Motors (GM) at the behest of Bill Mitchell, GM Vice President of styling. The design was based on a sketch by designer Pete Brock, and was further developed by Larry Shinoda.
The '61 Corvette tail was given two additional tail lights (six total) for the concept car. The concept was also inspired by Bill Mitchell's 1959 Stingray racer XP-87 which also influenced the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray. Charles M. Jordan's son, Mark reports that the XP-755 was built out of the 1958 XP-700 Corvette show-car. [1]
The 1959 Corvette Sting Ray concept and 1960 XP-700 show car in the front and the 1963 Corvette convertible and fastback in the back. The 1963 Sting Ray production car's lineage can be traced to two separate GM projects: the Q-Corvette, and Bill Mitchell's racing Sting Ray.
Model Products Corporation, usually known by its acronym, MPC, is an American brand and former manufacturing company of plastic scale model kits and pre-assembled promotional models of cars that were popular in the 1960s and 1970s. MPC's main competition was model kits made by AMT, Jo-Han, Revell, and Monogram.
The Corvette SS was Chevrolet's first purpose-built race car. [24] It was considered the successor to the three "SR" cars that raced at 1956 in Sebring, and the two SR-2 Corvettes, [15] which were based on a production Corvette chassis. Two cars were completed; the development car called the "mule", and a full-spec Corvette SS.
The Chevrolet Corvette (C1) is the first generation of the Corvette sports car produced by Chevrolet. It was introduced late in the 1953 model year and produced through 1962. [4] This generation is commonly referred to as the "solid-axle" generation, as the independent rear suspension did not appear until the 1963 Sting Ray.
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray was the name for several model years of Chevrolet Corvettes: Corvette Stingray (concept car), concept cars from 1959 and 2009; Chevrolet Corvette (C2), the second generation of the Corvette, introduced in 1963, referred to as the Corvette Sting Ray
Corvette Stingray (concept car) E. Chevrolet E-Spark; Chevrolet Express (concept car) G. Chevrolet GPiX Concept; Chevrolet Groove; L. List of Chevrolet concept cars; M.
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