Jay Leno's garage
12-29-2012, 08:19 AM
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Jay Leno's garage
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Look at the program with Jay and Welburn reviewing four vintage Vetts. Two of these are the Stingray Racer and the 1963 Stingray. Worth viewing and listening to Welburn. IMO, he is saying, between the lines, that the C7 is Stingray inspired. This looks to me like an effort to acclimate the market to the Stingray name and Stingray styling by GM in preparation to the C7 intro. Interesting in that it has been said that the C7 styling will be one of the cars by which Welburn's entire career at GM will be judged. As for Stingray inspiration, we'll have to wait and see the C7 before we can make a better assessment of that. One thing I can say for sure, the C7 will have MUCH BETTER aerodynamics than the Stingray Racer or 1963 car ever had. Even though relatively successful, the racer had tons of lift!
Look at the program with Jay and Welburn reviewing four vintage Vetts. Two of these are the Stingray Racer and the 1963 Stingray. Worth viewing and listening to Welburn. IMO, he is saying, between the lines, that the C7 is Stingray inspired. This looks to me like an effort to acclimate the market to the Stingray name and Stingray styling by GM in preparation to the C7 intro. Interesting in that it has been said that the C7 styling will be one of the cars by which Welburn's entire career at GM will be judged. As for Stingray inspiration, we'll have to wait and see the C7 before we can make a better assessment of that. One thing I can say for sure, the C7 will have MUCH BETTER aerodynamics than the Stingray Racer or 1963 car ever had. Even though relatively successful, the racer had tons of lift!
12-29-2012, 10:57 AM
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I've piloted a 427/435 midyear at speed, and it did indeed get very, very light up near triple digit speeds. I thought maybe it was just old soft suspension, but no, that car definitely didn't generate anything comparable to downforce. 
12-29-2012, 11:12 AM
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12-29-2012, 12:31 PM
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Look at the program with Jay and Welburn reviewing four vintage Vetts. Two of these are the Stingray Racer and the 1963 Stingray. Worth viewing and listening to Welburn. IMO, he is saying, between the lines, that the C7 is Stingray inspired. This looks to me like an effort to acclimate the market to the Stingray name and Stingray styling by GM in preparation to the C7 intro. Interesting in that it has been said that the C7 styling will be one of the cars by which Welburn's entire career at GM will be judged. As for Stingray inspiration, we'll have to wait and see the C7 before we can make a better assessment of that. One thing I can say for sure, the C7 will have MUCH BETTER aerodynamics than the Stingray Racer or 1963 car ever had. Even though relatively successful, the racer had tons of lift!
Look at the program with Jay and Welburn reviewing four vintage Vetts. Two of these are the Stingray Racer and the 1963 Stingray. Worth viewing and listening to Welburn. IMO, he is saying, between the lines, that the C7 is Stingray inspired. This looks to me like an effort to acclimate the market to the Stingray name and Stingray styling by GM in preparation to the C7 intro. Interesting in that it has been said that the C7 styling will be one of the cars by which Welburn's entire career at GM will be judged. As for Stingray inspiration, we'll have to wait and see the C7 before we can make a better assessment of that. One thing I can say for sure, the C7 will have MUCH BETTER aerodynamics than the Stingray Racer or 1963 car ever had. Even though relatively successful, the racer had tons of lift!
if this is what the C7 ends up as -- the Styling of the C7 seems a little more reminiscent of a Datsun -- I liked these Datsuns:
[/QUOTE]Is it possible GM used a Datsun as their inspiration for the C7
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