CHEVROLET STINGRAY
The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car manufactured in six generations by General Motors (GM) since 1953. The first Corvette was designed by Harley Earl and named by Myron Scott after the fast ship of the same name. Originally built in Flint, Michigan and St. Louis, Missouri, it is currently built at a General Motors assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The National Corvette Museum and annual National Corvette Homecoming, also located in Bowling Green, celebrate the car's history. Although the first of the Chevrolet Corvette sportscars were produced in 1953, the marque didn’t reach maturity until 1962 and the introduction of the Stingray. Like its ancestors, the new car had a fibreglass body, but the styling, was all new, a mixture of muscular haunches and chisel-edged tension that gave it a unique appeal. The coupe version lost its split rear window after the first year owing to customer resistance: ironically these 1963 cars are now the most collectable Corvettes of all. The convertible looked good with its hood either up or down, the top stowing neatly under a lid. Underneath, the separate chassis remained, but the Corvette was unusual for an American Car in having independent rear Suspension. Its cheap but effective system used the drive shaft as the upper link, with a simple steel rod as the lower link and a transverse leaf spring. A range of small-block 5.4 V-eight engines were offered, from a base model giving 250bhp Lo a 300bhp unit with a bigger carburettor and the 1340bhp L76 with solid tappets and a higher 11 25:1 compression ratio. The latter was available with the famous Rochester fuel injection, unleashing a further 20bhp. The performance of the relatively light corvette was electrifying, with 0-60(96) in 5.6 seconds. Transmissions were either three-speed manual (rearly specified), two-speed auto or more usually, four-speed manual. The third generation or "Shark", patterned after Chevrolet's "Mako Shark II" (designed by Larry Shinoda), started in 1968 and ended in 1982. This generation has the distinction of being introduced to the motoring public in an unorthodox—and unintended—fashion. 1968 marked the introduction of Mattel's now-famous Hot Wheels line of 1/64-scale die cast toy cars. General Motors had tried their best to keep the appearance of the upcoming car a secret, but the release of the Hot Wheels line several weeks before the Corvette's unveiling had a certain version of particular interest to Corvette fans: the "Custom Corvette", a GM-authorized model of the 1968 Corvette. The 1968 corvette was not actually titled "Stingray", although it was almost identical to the "Stingray" 1969 model. Nowhere on the 1968 models can the word "Stingray" actually be found.
Specifications (1957 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray)
Year: 1957
Make: Chevrolet
Model: Corvette Stingray Racer
Frame: Space frame
Body: Fiberglass
Engine location: Front
Drive type: Rear wheel
Weight: 2,200 lb (1,000 kg)
Engine
Engine configuration: V
Cylinders: 8
Aspiration/Induction: Normal
Displacement: 283.00 in³ | 4638 cc
Valve train: OHV
Power: 315 hp (235 kW) @ 6200 rpm
Torque: 295.00 ft • bf (400 N. m) @ 4700 rpm
Power to weight ratio: 7.0 lb/hp
Power to volume ratio: 68.5 bhp/L
Bore: 3.87 in | 98.3 mm
Stroke: 3.00 in | 76.2 mm
Compression Ratio: 11.0:1
The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car manufactured in six generations by General Motors (GM) since 1953. The first Corvette was designed by Harley Earl and named by Myron Scott after the fast ship of the same name. Originally built in Flint, Michigan and St. Louis, Missouri, it is currently built at a General Motors assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The National Corvette Museum and annual National Corvette Homecoming, also located in Bowling Green, celebrate the car's history. Although the first of the Chevrolet Corvette sportscars were produced in 1953, the marque didn’t reach maturity until 1962 and the introduction of the Stingray. Like its ancestors, the new car had a fibreglass body, but the styling, was all new, a mixture of muscular haunches and chisel-edged tension that gave it a unique appeal. The coupe version lost its split rear window after the first year owing to customer resistance: ironically these 1963 cars are now the most collectable Corvettes of all. The convertible looked good with its hood either up or down, the top stowing neatly under a lid. Underneath, the separate chassis remained, but the Corvette was unusual for an American Car in having independent rear Suspension. Its cheap but effective system used the drive shaft as the upper link, with a simple steel rod as the lower link and a transverse leaf spring. A range of small-block 5.4 V-eight engines were offered, from a base model giving 250bhp Lo a 300bhp unit with a bigger carburettor and the 1340bhp L76 with solid tappets and a higher 11 25:1 compression ratio. The latter was available with the famous Rochester fuel injection, unleashing a further 20bhp. The performance of the relatively light corvette was electrifying, with 0-60(96) in 5.6 seconds. Transmissions were either three-speed manual (rearly specified), two-speed auto or more usually, four-speed manual. The third generation or "Shark", patterned after Chevrolet's "Mako Shark II" (designed by Larry Shinoda), started in 1968 and ended in 1982. This generation has the distinction of being introduced to the motoring public in an unorthodox—and unintended—fashion. 1968 marked the introduction of Mattel's now-famous Hot Wheels line of 1/64-scale die cast toy cars. General Motors had tried their best to keep the appearance of the upcoming car a secret, but the release of the Hot Wheels line several weeks before the Corvette's unveiling had a certain version of particular interest to Corvette fans: the "Custom Corvette", a GM-authorized model of the 1968 Corvette. The 1968 corvette was not actually titled "Stingray", although it was almost identical to the "Stingray" 1969 model. Nowhere on the 1968 models can the word "Stingray" actually be found.
Specifications (1957 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray)
Year: 1957
Make: Chevrolet
Model: Corvette Stingray Racer
Frame: Space frame
Body: Fiberglass
Engine location: Front
Drive type: Rear wheel
Weight: 2,200 lb (1,000 kg)
Engine
Engine configuration: V
Cylinders: 8
Aspiration/Induction: Normal
Displacement: 283.00 in³ | 4638 cc
Valve train: OHV
Power: 315 hp (235 kW) @ 6200 rpm
Torque: 295.00 ft • bf (400 N. m) @ 4700 rpm
Power to weight ratio: 7.0 lb/hp
Power to volume ratio: 68.5 bhp/L
Bore: 3.87 in | 98.3 mm
Stroke: 3.00 in | 76.2 mm
Compression Ratio: 11.0:1
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