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1964 Corvette Sting Ray Coupe. For 1964 Chevrolet made only evolutionary changes to the Corvette. Due to concerns over rear visibility, the coupe’s two piece split rear window was dropped in favor of a single piece of arched glass.
The body was designed by Larry Shinoda, [1] designer of the 1963 Sting Ray Split Window Coupe and the CERV-1. There are styling cues in XP-819 that later appeared in Shinoda's famed 1968 "Sting Ray" design. A reverse rotation General Motors marine engine was factory-installed in the car, so the two-speed transaxle would operate properly.
Introducing a new name, "Sting Ray", the 1963 model was the first year for a Corvette coupé and it featured a distinctive tapering rear deck (a feature that later reappeared on the 1971 "Boattail" Buick Riviera) with, for 1963 only, a split rear window. The Sting Ray featured hidden headlamps, non-functional hood vents, and an independent rear ...
[citation needed] The split rear window would be eliminated (and re-worked into one pane of curved glass) for the 1964 Corvette coupe. The 1963-1967 Stingray (in both coupe and roadster editions), with its slightly bulged front and rear quarter-panels, would be one of the first General Motors cars to feature what came to be known as "Coke ...
Featured vehicles include a 1962 Chevrolet C-10 that Danny, Kevin and Scott investigate at the tow yard of Kevin's brother, Steve, which shows signs of fire damage; and a 1963 split window Corvette Sting Ray that Scott sees while on the road. Also, Mike's taunts over Roli's experience leads to an impromptu a wrestling match between the two.
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
1963 Split-window Corvette. A conflict arose between Duntov and Chevrolet chief designer Bill Mitchell over the design of the new C2 Corvette "Sting Ray" model. [ 5 ] : 360, 361 Mitchell designed the car with a long hood and a raised windsplit that ran the length of the roof and continued down the back on a pillar that bisected the rear window ...
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]