Stingray?

boredsoIstrokedit · 03-26-2003, 03:49 PM

Can somebody explain the Stingray? What years/engine was it? I have never completely understood it, and just looked for the emblams :conehead

honaker · 03-26-2003, 03:59 PM

All C's are considered stingray's. It is not a factory package like the SS was. I beleive they stopped using the emblem in 75/76.

In 67 though, It was a package option for the last year of the C2.

I have no documention for any of this, just stuff I have picked up from here and other places.

I hope I'm not leading you down the wrong road.

:rolleyes:

JJ Deuce · 03-26-2003, 04:02 PM

1963 - 1967 = Sting Ray (two words) - based on Bill Mitchell's show car/daily driver

1969 - 1976/77 = Stingray (one word) - all the cars had the badge, it didn't correlate with different options, etc.

honaker · 03-26-2003, 04:04 PM

1977 didn't carry the emblem.

Robert N · 03-26-2003, 04:09 PM

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1977 didn't carry the emblem.

and depending on who you ask, the car is or isn't really a stingray.

jerryp58 · 03-26-2003, 04:43 PM

:iagree: with Jeff 6T9...

1963 - 1967 = Sting Ray (two words) - based on Bill Mitchell's show car/daily driver
1969 - 1976/77 = Stingray (one word) - all the cars had the badge, it didn't correlate with different options, etc.

... except like Honaker77 said, not '77. So, just '69 to '76 were badged "Stingray"...

... but I'm not sure what you mean....

and depending on who you ask, the car is or isn't really a stingray.

:confused:

I would consider lower case stingray to be the same title as shark or other non-badged expressions. Or were you just trying to point out that if it's not badged "Sting Ray" or "Stingray" some people don't even consider it a stingray (no matter what the year). I agree with that :yesnod:

JJ Deuce · 03-26-2003, 04:53 PM

I couldn't remember if it stopped in 76 or 77.

As far as what to call the cars, I still call C3s "sharks", and C2s Midyears.

When people find out I have a Corvette, their first question is usually, "Is it a Stingray?"

boredsoIstrokedit · 03-26-2003, 05:14 PM

what about 68 :D

JJ Deuce · 03-26-2003, 05:21 PM

i don't know why they skipped it, but they didn't come with the Stingray badge. I've seen them added on a lot of '68s, though

Tom73 · 03-26-2003, 05:34 PM

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what about 68 :D

The '68 did not have any Stingray badges, but in ads and Chevy lit it was refered to as a Sting Ray (two words) so guess technicaly it is a Sting Ray like the 63-67. :D

tom...

Robert N · 03-26-2003, 05:59 PM

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Or were you just trying to point out that if it's not badged "Sting Ray" or "Stingray" some people don't even consider it a stingray (no matter what the year). I agree with that :yesnod:

Exactly

Ganey · 03-26-2003, 10:25 PM

Easy.
Some Corvette history is helpful to ID a Stingray.
In 63, the new smaller body & chassis w/ I.R.S. was called a Sting Ray. When the body was redone in 68 at first called Sting Ray & then used Stingray emblems in 69. Emblems are for identification & some can not identify w/o the emblem. Seems some place far more importance on emblems than the factory ever did. The factory wanted to change the new car so that it could be identified as new at the time. Stingray is not an option or emblem, some are unmarked.
Chassis essentially same from 63-77, body essentially same 68-77 & interior essentially same from 68-77.
There can be no question that 68-77 are Stingrays.

:cool:

ZisforZora · 03-26-2003, 10:57 PM

Midyears were badged 'Sting Ray' because of Mitchells racer. I figured 69 to 77 were Badged 'Stingray' because Marketing found people wondered why the new vettes weren't stingrays, they had time for ads in 68, parts for 69. I assumed the change to one word was a cost saving measure.