Intended to have been replaced by the 3rd Generation Corvette, the Sting Ray stuck around for one last model year to allow the C3 to get debugged.
The lack of a hood bulge on this Sunfire Yellow ragtop indicates a small block V-8 lives under there, which in 1967 would be one of two flavors of 327. The base four-barrel motor had a 10.25:1 compression ratio and was rated at 300 SAE gross horsepower, while the L79 bumped the compression up to 11.0:1 and made 350 horses. Either one could be mated to a 3-speed automatic or 4-speed manual transmission.
You can tell it's a '67 by the four gills on the fender vents.
Road & Track tested a four-speed convertible Sting Ray with the base 300hp 327 and recorded a zero-to-sixty time of 7.6 seconds and a quarter mile run of 16.0 flat at 86mph. Base price was $4,228, which is as close to forty grand in current money as makes no nevermind.
This example was photographed in August of 2021 using a Nikon D2X and 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 VR zoom lens.
If Chevy offered a "base" Corvette for $40K nowadays they couldn't build them fast enough!
ReplyDeleteA base car is a lot less basic these days.
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