Vehicle Description
The Atlanta Showroom is offering this 1965 Chevrolet Corvette. If
there is a car that answers all the questions of "is it a good
investment", "is it fun and appealing", "will it get noticed at a
car show, stop light, anywhere" "is it the best American sports
car"? Well here is your answer, plain and simple...a C2 Corvette.
This Nassau blue vette stops you in your tracks and excites every
sense of your car needs. The 327 engine is not numbers matching,
but runs like a swiss clock with the recent rebuild on the
transmission. If you can't see yourself in this car with the AC on
with the clean white top up on the hot days and the top down on
those perfect weather days, then you have never experienced the
feeling of a corvette. This is a better than average driver and not
so perfect you are afraid to pull it out of your garage. Have we
said what a great Vette this is, well...it is. The second
generation Corvette, which introduced Sting Ray to the model,
continued with fiberglass body panels, and overall, was smaller
than the first generation. The car was designed by Larry Shinoda
with major inspiration from a previous concept design called the "Q
Corvette," which was created by Peter Brock and Chuck Pohlmann
under the styling direction of Bill Mitchell. Earlier, Mitchell had
sponsored a car known as the "Mitchell Sting Ray" in 1959 because
Chevrolet no longer participated in factory racing. This vehicle
had the largest impact on the styling of this generation, although
it had no top and did not give away what the final version of the
C2 would look like. The third inspiration was a Mako Shark Mitchell
had caught while deep-sea fishing. Production started for the 1963
model year and ended in 1967. Introducing a new name, "Sting Ray",
the 1963 model was the first year for a Corvette coup� and it
featured a distinctive tapering rear deck. The Sting Ray featured
hidden headlamps, non-functional hood vents, and an independent
rear suspension.[24] Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov
never liked the split rear window because it blocked rear vision,
but Mitchell thought it to be a key part of the entire design.
Four-wheel disc brakes were introduced in 1965. Other options
available on the C2 included the Wonderbar auto-tuning AM radio,
AM-FM radio, air conditioning, a telescopic steering wheel, and
headrests. The Sting Ray's independent rear suspension was
successfully adapted for the new-for-1965 Chevrolet Corvair, which
solved the quirky handling problems of that unique rear-engine
compact. Options include: AC, power steering, wipers, horn, seat
belts, gauges, AM/FM, clock, radial tires, rally wheels,
convertible top, and turn signals. To view the car in greater
detail, including 100+ HD photos and HD video, please visit
www.gatewayclassiccars.com. For more information please call the
Atlanta showroom at 678-894-4833.