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Article: Sting Ray is perhaps the most coveted 'Vette
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 8, 2002
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The last year for the legendary Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray was
1967. By then, it had become the most desirable Corvette model since
the 'Vette was introduced in 1953 as a slow six-cylinder production
version of an auto show concept car.
In fact, many Corvette fans think the 1963-67 Sting Ray is the
most desirable Corvette ever built. It's easily the most collectible.
Fortunately for collectors, the bulky, radically restyled Sting
Ray successor had too many bugs to be introduced for 1967. The Sting
Ray thus was held over until 1968, which gave it an unexpected extra
year of production. In fact, its successor had so many design flaws
that it could have used another year of development.
The ...